About Distant Friends
From ModrinthPlayer like mobs that look at you from a distance
"Distant Friends" is a Minecraft mod that adds eerie player-like mobs to your game. These mobs stand still in the distance and punch the air / sneak as if they were real players. But as you approach them, they disappear without a trace.
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Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 19 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Distant Friends on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 0.17.0, released 2026-10-17
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 26.1.2 to 26.3 (3 versions) | 26.3 |
| NeoForge | 26.1.2 to 26.3 (3 versions) | 26.3 |
From 7 recorded builds of Distant Friends.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.17.0 | 2026-10-17 | 26.3 | NeoForge |
| 0.17.0 beta | 2026-10-17 | 26.3 | Fabric |
| 0.16.2 | 2026-09-12 | 26.2 | NeoForge |
| 0.16.2 beta | 2026-09-12 | 26.2 | Fabric |
| 0.15.3 | 2026-09-12 | 26.1.2 | NeoForge |
| 0.15.3 beta | 2026-09-12 | 26.1.2 | Fabric |
Dependencies
- Required: modrinth project ohNO6lps (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
- Required: modrinth project P7dR8mSH (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Distant Friends on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Distant Friends as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 18 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-18Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMrbysco, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
