


About
Within Dawn is a psychological horror mod for Minecraft Forge that transforms familiar survival gameplay into an unsettling experience with paranoia, lurking entities. In the night, the world begins to change. Strange sounds echo through the forests, distant figures appear where they shouldn't, and something seems to be watching from beyond the fog.
There are different types of entities they have there own events and hunting ways. They may spawn together to kill you. Check the spoilers for more knowledge on the Entities.

This mod features "blinking" some entitys may go away if you blink it is triggered by pressing b key on the keaboard. Feeling like "was it even there?"
Recommended with dark Shaders, low brightness (around 40%) and headphones.
Some spoilers
SpoilerBlind: it spawn on both daw and night. Most dangerous, disturbs with player fov, makes eerie sounds. Ignoring him is the best way to survive.
Skinwalkers: there are currently 2 of them. One is sussteam and suswolf (couldn't get a good name for them). They are there to scare you. Spawning randomly and making sound for as hints. approaching them is not always safe
Lurker: (Ignore the names there works and names kind of don't match) often spawn near forests and are eager to hunt the player. Only way to stop them is to wait and run else it will kill you.
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as within_dawn-1.0.0-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 3.5 MB
- Download link checked 19 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.