this mod adds john, the creature from "the john mod" from 2011.
STATS: 60 hit points 6 attack damage (3 hearts of damage) resistant to fall damage.
abilities: climb walls.
-ITEMS-: john sword: 8 damage, 51 durability, john has a 10% chance to drop a john sword.
play with golden days base and the old combat mod
adds text to the top left corner of the screen that reads "Minecraft beta 1.8.1"
-CREDITS- kurtss: for making the original john mod. mcreator: the "coding".
thats about it!
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
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- Ships as the_john_mod-1.1.0-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 426 KB
- Download link checked 22 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.