SpawnHunt

SpawnHunt

SpawnHunt is a Fabric mod that turns Minecraft into a scavenger hunt. You’re given a random survival-obtainable item — go and find it. Play solo in a fresh world, or run a shared hunt for everyone on your server.

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Now on Minecraft 26.3 “Dappled Forest”

SpawnHunt is built against the 26.3 release, and the hunt pool has grown from 1,409 to 1,530 targets. All 121 new 26.3 items are in — the poplar wood set, wool and concrete stairs and slabs, cushions, the straw bed, red shrubs, shelf mushrooms, and the 16 new structure maps, which are now real items instead of map components.

Fair warning on those maps: a few of them (the village maps, ocean_monument_map, swamp_hut_map) are cartographer-trade-only, and woodland_mansion_map needs a Master-level cartographer. They’re survival-obtainable, so they’re in the pool — but they’re a long run.

How It Works

Singleplayer

1. Click SpawnHunt on the title screen
2. You’re shown a random target item — Reroll for a new one, or pick from the full List
3. Choose whether to play Hardcore (on by default), hit Start, and a new world is created for you
4. Find and collect the target item
5. Your time is tracked, and your best runs and recent history are saved per item

Multiplayer

1. Install SpawnHunt on your Fabric server (players don’t need the mod installed)
2. An OP runs /spawnhunt start random or /spawnhunt start <item>
3. Everyone on the server hunts the same item
4. Players with the mod see the full HUD; players without see action bar and chat messages
5. The moment someone collects the item, the hunt ends and the result is announced

Features

• 1,530 target items — every survival-obtainable item in the game, randomly selected each run, including everything new in 26.3
• Singleplayer — built-in timer with pause awareness, saved run history and best times per item, Hardcore mode
• Multiplayer — server commands, automatic inventory scanning, works with vanilla clients
• Zero setup — one click to start a singleplayer hunt, one command to start a multiplayer one. No config files.

Requirements

• Minecraft Java Edition 26.3
• Fabric Loader 0.19.0+ (built and tested against 0.19.5)
• Fabric API 0.160.7+26.3 or newer
• Java 25+

Fabric API is a separate download — if you’re upgrading from an earlier 26.3 build, update it too, or SpawnHunt will refuse to load.

Minecraft Version Support

| Minecraft | SpawnHunt |
|———–|———–|
| 26.3 | 5.x |
| 26.2 | 4.x |
| 26.1 | 3.x |
| 1.21.11 | 2.x |

Older versions stay available on the Versions tab; they’re no longer updated.

Installation

Client (singleplayer + multiplayer HUD)

1. Install Fabric Loader and Fabric API for Minecraft 26.3
2. Drop the spawnhunt jar into your mods folder
3. Launch the game — the SpawnHunt button appears on the title screen

Server (multiplayer)

1. Install Fabric Loader and Fabric API on your server
2. Drop the spawnhunt jar into the server’s mods folder
3. Start the server — /spawnhunt commands are available to OPs

Players do not need the mod installed to join in. They’ll see the hunt via action bar messages and chat. Players with the mod get the full HUD.

Commands

| Command | Permission | Description |
|———|———–|————-|
| /spawnhunt start random | OP | Start a hunt with a random item |
| /spawnhunt start <item> | OP | Start a hunt with a specific item (tab-completable) |
| /spawnhunt stop | OP | Cancel the current hunt |
| /spawnhunt restart [item] | OP | Stop and start a new hunt |
| /spawnhunt status | Everyone | Show current hunt info |

Screenshots

Community & Support

SpawnHunt is free and open source — source on GitHub, MIT licensed.