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The Hordes

by Smileycorp · for Minecraft

Adds monster hordes invasions and zombie infection.

1.5MDownloads
55d agoLast updated
LGPL-2.1-onlyLicense
Forge · NeoForgeLoaders

About The Hordes

From Modrinth

Adds monster hordes invasions and zombie infection.

For Forge, requires Atlas Lib.

This mod will only support Neoforge instead of forge in 1.21 +

Invasions

_You hear the howls of a nearby horde_

The Horde

On a configurable nights hordes of monsters will attack your base in waves from midnight until morning, with the encounterable mobs and times of day also being configurable.

For guides about configuring the mod in version 1.2.0+ check here.

Infection

If enabled players and horses can be infected after being hit by a zombie, turning into a zombie after 5 minutes have passed or they die with the infection.

In a players case this will kill them and spawn a zombie player in their place.

This infection can be cured with a golden apple with the default settings, but can be configured to be any item which can be consumed, but not reversed.

Optional settings that are enabled by default extends this to villagers, preventing zombie villagers from being cured.

Has an option in the config to add any zombie variants of other mods mobs to the list of entities that can become zombified, providing there is a corresponding zombie for it to convert into.

1.3.0+ now has support for custom textures to make it possible to add zombified variants of similar mobs.

Zombified Illagers

Zombie Players

Zombie Players

When a player dies from infection or dies when an optional setting is enabled a zombified version of that player spawns in their place, containing all their items, or when underwater a drowned version.

By default zombie players are immune to sunlight, but this can be disabled in the config.

Other Misc Tweaks

Optional settings to make zombie horses a hostile mob (enabled by default) and to prevent undead mobs from burning in sunlight (disabled by default).

Special thanks to bstylia14 for the original mod concept and for providing ideas and help during development, as well as Ski_Z for helping find a lot of bugs and giving mod suggestions.

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 12 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.

Loaders

Runs on Forge and NeoForge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

The Hordes 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
1.21.1-1.6.3f, released 2026-09-09

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Forge1.12.2 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)1.20.1
NeoForge1.21.11.21.1

From 5 recorded builds of The Hordes.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.21.1-1.6.3f2026-09-091.21.1NeoForge
1.12.2-1.6.3e2026-09-091.12.2Forge
1.20.1-1.6.3g2026-09-091.20.1Forge
1.21.1-1.6.3e2026-09-051.21.1NeoForge
1.12.2-1.6.3d2026-09-051.12.2Forge

Run The Hordes 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”

Creatures & NPCs

Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists The Hordes 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
1.21.1 and 11 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorSmileycorp, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLGPL-2.1-onlyFree

The Hordes, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install The Hordes?

Modrinth lists The Hordes as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Forge and NeoForge.

Is it free?

Yes. The Hordes is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is LGPL-2.1-only.

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.

NxLabs

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