About Lava Monsters
From ModrinthAdds monsters that spawn in lava.
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🔥 Summary
If you’ve ever found yourself bored once you mine down to lava because it stops hostile mobs from spawning, then this is the mod for you! This is a small mod that adds a new hostile monster to the game that spawns in lava and spits fireballs at you. Lava monsters’ spawning conditions can be adjusted in a handy-dandy properties file!💡 Latest Updates
The Lava Monster has been completely overhauled and ported to 26.1!
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26.1 Changes
- Brand new idle, hurt, and death sounds
- Sounds for walking outside of lava
- Lava Monsters now laugh when successfully hitting a target
- Added a new bite attack for close range, complete with animation
- Fully redone animations for walking and swimming
- Added the Lava Walking potion, a rare drop from the monster
- Added the ability to bucket the monsters, which does half of their max health in damage
- Added new step particles when the fire trail is disabled
- Added a new spawn egg texture, made by L200
🤷 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Can I use this in my modpack?
Yes, you definitely can. Just make to provide credit to all the authors respectively and link back to the CurseForge page.Can I redistribute this mod onto other platforms?
Yes, as long as all downloads point directly to our CurseForge page and proper credit is given to the authors.Will you port to older versions?
We focus on the latest "drop" release of each year (26.1, 27.1, 28.1, etc.), and unfortunately we don't have the time to backport. Older versions remain available to play, but aren't supported. The source is open for reporting bugs and reviewing the code, but we don't accept backports, contributions, or third-party redistribution of our work.🌐 Translate Lava Monsters - Help break the language barrier!
All translators are credited here. Thank you to everyone who helps make this mod accessible!Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 19 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.1.2.
Loaders
Runs on Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Lava Monsters 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
- 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
- 1.1.0, released 2026-07-15
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1.14.4 to 1.16.1 (3 versions) | 1.16.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21.8 to 26.1.2 (2 versions) | 26.1.2 |
From 5 recorded builds of Lava Monsters.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1.0 | 2026-07-15 | 26.1.2 | NeoForge |
| 1.0.12 | 2025-07-24 | 1.21.8 | NeoForge |
| 1.0.4 | 2024-11-07 | 1.14.4 | Forge |
| 1.0.5 | 2024-11-07 | 1.15.2 | Forge |
| 1.0.7 | 2024-11-07 | 1.16.1 | Forge |
Run Lava Monsters 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 catalogListed on Modrinth as “Mods”
Creatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Lava Monsters as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- ForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.1.2 and 18 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorModdingLegacy, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree
