WardBound

Wardbound

A horror mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 (NeoForge). You are not alone in this world. Something watches you from the dark, and you never know when it will come closer.

The mod never kills you: the stalker always leaves you at least 1 HP. It is meant to be scary, not unbearable.

Features

👁 The Stalker: a smart creature that picks a player and follows them. It watches from afar, approaches, warns, freezes while you look at it, vanishes if you walk up to it, and teleports behind you if you stare too long. It chases and attacks but never finishes you off, and backs away from light (torches, campfires, lanterns).

😱 Jumpscares and sounds: light and full jumpscares with their own sounds and screen effects. Sounds are played only to you: whispers, footsteps behind you, breathing, a heartbeat. Random fear events: whispers, footsteps, slamming doors, darkness, sudden fog and fake jumpscares. A fear meter rises with events and the stalker, and falls over time and in light (safe zones).

🪤 Traps: hidden bear traps on your path. Only a glint gives them away. Crouch next to one to disarm it. A sprung trap hurts, but never lethally.

🌀 Anomalies: zones visible from afar by particles: Cold (slowness), Gravity (launches you up), Mind (nausea, darkness, whispers) and Static (electric jolts).

🚪 Something touches your world: while you aren’t looking, doors move, campfires die, lanterns break and signs appear: “I see you”, “he is already near”. Block breaking can be disabled.

🎭 Rare events: one-time events, at most once per player and only after some play time.

🧿 Charms: three durable charms that wear down only when they actually help.

Charms work in a Curios slot, in the hotbar or in the off-hand.

🏆 Advancements: He’s Behind You, Eye Contact (stare back for 5 seconds), Light Saves (drive the stalker away with light), Survivor (survive a full jumpscare).

Dependencies

• Minecraft 1.21.1
• NeoForge 21.1.x
• Curios API (optional): adds a dedicated charm slot. Without it, charms work in the hotbar and off-hand.

Configuration

The server config wardbound-server.toml controls almost everything: jumpscare chance, spawn probability, stalker speed and damage, detection range, sound volume, safe-zone light level, teleport-behind, traps, anomalies, world tampering, rare events, minimum play time and the entity cap. Each system can be switched off separately.

Commands

Permission level 2 required: /horror status, spawn, despawn, reset, target, scare lite|full, fear, trap, anomaly.

Language

Only the Ukrainian translation is included. Select Ukrainian in the game’s language settings to see the mod’s texts.

⚠ Warning

Loud sounds, sudden jumpscares and darkness. Not recommended for people sensitive to such effects. Everything can be disabled in the config.