When night falls the watcher comes out to play.
You are safe during the day, set up shelter and survive the night. The watcher is smart and will learn where you live. It may leave diamonds outside of your door to bait you out, he will drain your sanity and strike at your lowest point.
You are not alone in this world, Benjamin is your companion and you need him. If Benjamin dies your sanity drains and you suffer. You can gear Benjamin up by giving him armor and a sword. Without a sword he cannot defend himself. You can give Benjamin orders, all commands are listed below.
Benjamin Commands:
- Come here, Makes Benjamin run to you.
- Can you get some wood?, Will make Benjamin go gather wood.
- Stay here, Makes Benjamin stay in the spot you told him too.
- Follow me, Makes Benjamin follow you.
- Wake up, Wakes Benjamin up from his slumber.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 TheNightWatcher-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.2 MB
- Download link checked 9 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.