About Villainous Fish AI
From ModrinthAugments the AI of minecraft fish so that they react to their environment more.
All this mod does is make vanilla fish attempt to swim away from projectiles, dropped items, and primed tnt.
The shorthand explanation
This mod is a joke about some of the advertising/behind the scenes of Call of Duty: Ghosts, where one of the points made about their new innovations is "Next generation Fish AI".
Their selling point was having fish swimming away from players (and maybe projectiles) to make them seem more dynamic and responsive. In practice, it works.. but isn't very reliable or breathtaking. Definitely overhyped.
So onto minecraft. In the base game, fish will already swim away from nearby players. This mod makes them attempt to swim away from dropped items, primed tnt, and projectiles as well.
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Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 3 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Villainous Fish AI 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, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
- 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
- 1.2, released 2025-08-24
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.20.4 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | 1.21.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.20.4 to 1.21.1 (2 versions) | 1.21.1 |
| Forge | 1.20.4 | 1.20.4 |
| Quilt | 1.20.4 | 1.20.4 |
From 5 recorded builds of Villainous Fish AI.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 2025-08-24 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.2 | 2025-08-24 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
| 1.1 | 2024-02-04 | 1.20.4 | NeoForge |
| 1.1 | 2024-02-04 | 1.20.4 | Forge |
| 1.1 | 2024-02-04 | 1.20.4 | Fabric, Quilt |
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 Villainous Fish AI 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 catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Villainous Fish AI as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 2 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMaritheVillain, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
