About Does It Tick?
From ModrinthTicking Entity Optimizations
_Minecraft's Dumbest Server Performance Mod._
What Does This Do?
Does it Tick is an entity ticking optimization mod, that greatly speeds up server performance with a simple philosophy:
_If a sheep is 12 chunks away, and no one sees it, does it tick?_
The answer is no, it shouldn't, and neither should lots of things that don't affect the player experience. So we simply turn it off! This surprisingly causes little issues, besides breaking some expected behaviour of AFK farms.
However, this mod also integrates with both FTB Chunks and Open Parties and Claims, so you can simply claim chunks where you want entities to tick as normal when you are not near them.
Since this is a fairly invasive optimization mod, a long list of config options is provided so that you can disable the optimization for certain entities. A reasonably sane default whitelist is included so that entities like the Ender Dragon, Ghasts, and other things that need to tick for gameplay reasons will not be effected.
If you experience any issues with modded entities not working, or being frozen in place when far away, make a GitHub issue!
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 3 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Does It Tick? 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
- fabric-1.21.1-1.1.4, released 2025-03-27
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20 to 1.21.1 (3 versions) | 1.21.1 |
| Forge | 1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of Does It Tick?.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| fabric-1.21.1-1.1.4 | 2025-03-27 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
| forge-1.20.1-1.1.4 | 2025-03-27 | 1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | Forge |
| fabric-1.20.1-1.1.4 | 2025-03-27 | 1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | Fabric |
| neoforge-1.21.1-1.1.4 | 2025-03-27 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| fabric-1.21.1-1.1.3 | 2025-03-25 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
Run Does It Tick? 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 catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Does It Tick? 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
- 1.21.1 and 2 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorTxni, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLGPL-3.0-onlyFree
