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The DB - ARG Horror Mod

by destaneo7 · for Minecraft

A psychological ARG horror Minecraft mod based on real events from a Turkish SMP server. Experience fourth-wall breaking anomalies and slow-burn dread.

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About The DB - ARG Horror Mod

From Modrinth

A psychological ARG horror Minecraft mod based on real events from a Turkish SMP server. Experience fourth-wall breaking anomalies and slow-burn dread.

The DB — Psychological Horror Mod


The DB is a psychological horror mod that gradually turns Minecraft into an evolving horror experience. Unlike simple and cheap jumpscares, it relies on paranoia, environmental storytelling, and fourth-wall-breaking mechanics.

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  • Fourth-wall breaking mechanics: Corrupted game behavior, visual distortions, and events that unfold through chat.
  • Story-driven survival horror: A one-time narrative experience specifically developed for singleplayer.
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The mod has been rewritten from scratch and is now developed natively and exclusively for Forge 1.20.1. Support for 1.16.5 has ended; all event triggers, audio, and visual effects are built specifically for 1.20.1.

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  • Render Distance: 4+ chunks
  • Keep chat open
  • Brightness: 100%
  • If using Sodium/Embeddium: Entity Render Distance at 500%
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Is multiplayer supported? Currently untested and contains serious bugs. Singleplayer is recommended.

Is it safe? Yes, all visual/system effects are client-side and completely harmless, purely atmospheric.

What's the lore?

WARNING! CONTAINS SPOILER:

Alternative Lore

In May 2021, a group of friends played together on a private survival server. It began with small, easily dismissed occurrences—torches breaking without cause, quiet silhouettes at the edge of caves, and subtle distortions in the world.

The night the server was archived, everyone logged off—except one player. A critical data error trapped his session inside the world files as the server shut down. His player data was never cleared from the memory.

He is not a mythical entity or a random monster. He is DB: Data Left Behind.

Trapped in the digital void of an abandoned world, he reaches out through corrupted chat logs, environmental anomalies, and system-level glitches—waiting for the friends who forgot him to finally return.

Original Lore

ORIGIN STORY OF THE DB

In 2021, our group of over 10 friends played together on a private survival server. After some time, two players decided to split from the main group to grind independently.

Shortly after the division, a friend from the other team reported their torches mysteriously disappearing. At first, nobody believed them—until the exact same thing started happening to everyone else. Soon after, someone spotted a blue entity standing motionless at the end of a cave tunnel. Others reported similar sightings, and one friend claimed to see a pitch-black figure watching from the distance.

Not long after, the server world inexplicably vanished without a trace. Despite returning on the exact same seed (-259732728907866064) to investigate, we never found an explanation.

I created The DB to immortalize that exact experience. Whether it was a series of bizarre glitches, an elaborate prank, or something else entirely, this mod is built to replicate the paranoia and dread we felt during those weeks.

Does this description contain every detail and event of the mod? Not even close. This page barely scratches 5% of the anomalies.

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To contact me, please use my Discord account: egosumrexmaxinus

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 3 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.20.1.

Loaders

Runs on Forge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

The DB - ARG Horror Mod 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
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
null (alpha), released 2026-07-31

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Forge1.16.4 to 1.20.1 (3 versions)1.20.1

From 5 recorded builds of The DB - ARG Horror Mod.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
null alpha2026-07-311.20.1Forge
4.1 beta2025-11-021.16.4 to 1.16.5 (2 versions)Forge
4.0 beta2025-11-011.16.4 to 1.16.5 (2 versions)Forge
3.0 beta2025-09-191.16.5Forge
2.5 beta2025-09-011.16.5Forge

Run The DB - ARG Horror Mod 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 catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Building & decoration

Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists The DB - ARG Horror Mod as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
Forge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.20.1 and 2 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
  • ✓Authordestaneo7, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree

The DB - ARG Horror Mod, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install The DB - ARG Horror Mod?

Modrinth lists The DB - ARG Horror Mod as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Forge.

Is it free?

Yes. The DB - ARG Horror Mod is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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