About The Hordes
From ModrinthAdds 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_
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.
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 dataGame 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
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1.12.2 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of The Hordes.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.21.1-1.6.3f | 2026-09-09 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.12.2-1.6.3e | 2026-09-09 | 1.12.2 | Forge |
| 1.20.1-1.6.3g | 2026-09-09 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 1.21.1-1.6.3e | 2026-09-05 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.12.2-1.6.3d | 2026-09-05 | 1.12.2 | Forge |
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 catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth 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












