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Tower Defense Mod

by lpw.wisniewski · for Minecraft

Two teams face off in an arena: defend your Nexus, build towers and walls, spawn mobs to attack the enemy, and use spells to turn the tide. The first team to lose their Nexus loses the game.

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About Tower Defense Mod

From Modrinth

Two teams face off in an arena: defend your Nexus, build towers and walls, spawn mobs to attack the enemy, and use spells to turn the tide. The first team to lose their Nexus loses the game.

Description

Two teams face off in an arena: defend your Nexus, build towers and walls, spawn mobs to attack the enemy, and use spells to turn the tide. The first team to lose their Nexus loses the game. Supports multiplayer PvP, solo play against an AI opponent, and single-player test mode.

Features

  • PvP or Solo — Two-team arena PvP, or solo mode vs AI with economic bonuses
  • 10 tower types — From basic arrows to chain lightning and AOE explosions
  • 10 mob spawners — Zombies, skeletons, ravagers, witches, iron golems, and more
  • 3 income generators — Passive gold over time
  • 5 spells — Fireball, Freeze, Heal Nexus, Lightning, Shield
  • Wall blocks — Wool, Oak, Cobblestone (4-block pillars, fireball-resistant)
  • Minimap — Live top-left HUD showing mobs, paths, towers, walls, spawners, generators, and both Nexuses. Your current money is shown bottom-right.
  • Per-player sidebar — Scoreboard shows "You" / "Opponent" HP and money, tailored to each player
  • Lobby system — Host creates, players join, manual start when ready
  • Solo mode — Play alone vs AI (villager avatar, resource allocation strategy, economic bonuses)
  • Test mode — One player controls both sides; crossing the midline auto-switches teams
  • Configurable — JSON config + web UI for balancing

Commands

All commands use the /td prefix.

Lobby & Game

Command Description

  • /td start Create lobby — Host creates a lobby and is auto-assigned to Team 1. When 2+ players are in, host runs again to start the game. When alone, host runs again to start solo mode (vs AI).
  • /td join Quick join — Join the lobby (auto-assigned to the smaller team). Only works when game is in lobby.
  • /td join 1 / /td join 2 Switch team — Change teams (lobby or prep phase only).
  • /td join <player> Request join — Request to join a game. Target uses /td accept to approve.
  • /td accept Accept — Accept a join request or an invite.
  • /td invite <player> Invite — Invite a player to the lobby (host only).
  • /td stop Stop game — End the current game. Host only in lobby.
  • /td status Status — Show game state and team sizes.
  • /td shop Shop — Open the Tower Shop (towers, walls, spawners, spells, upgrades).
  • /td test Test mode — Start single-player test mode from lobby (host only). Cross the midline to switch teams.

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Minecraft 1.21.4.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Tower Defense 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
Fabric
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
1.8.0, released 2026-03-26

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Fabric1.21.41.21.4

From 2 recorded builds of Tower Defense Mod.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.8.02026-03-261.21.4Fabric
1.7.12026-03-221.21.4Fabric

Dependencies

  • Required: modrinth project P7dR8mSH (modrinth, not in our catalogue)

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run Tower Defense 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”

Maps & scenarios

Custom maps, arenas and scenarios to play on.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Tower Defense Mod as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
Fabric
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.21.4

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-03Open ↗
  • ✓Authorlpw.wisniewski, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree

Tower Defense Mod, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Tower Defense Mod?

Modrinth lists Tower Defense Mod as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric.

Is it free?

Yes. Tower Defense 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.

NxLabs

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