🔮 MysticHorror | Horror effects for your server
Supported: Paper 1.17.х
Category: Fun / Immersive
👻 About
MysticHorror adds random scary events to your Minecraft server — sounds, visual effects, camera shake. Your players will jump at unexpected screamers, whispers, demon laughs, and other eerie phenomena.
No resource packs required — everything works with vanilla Minecraft sounds.
✨ Features
🎭 Local Events (single player) Events happen individually for each player. Chance, interval, and cooldown are fully configurable.
| Event | Effect |
|---|---|
| WHISPER | Mysterious whisper |
| SCREAMER | Loud scream + camera shake |
| DEMON | Demon laugh + blindness (2 sec) |
| DOOR_CREAK | Creaking door sound |
| HEARTBEAT | Fast heartbeat (5 beats) |
| STATIC | Radio static + slowness (2 sec) |
| CHILD_LAUGH | Child's laugh |
| JUMPSCARE | Sudden scream + nausea (3 sec) + camera shake |
🌍 Global Events (all players) Events affect everyone online at the same time.
| Event | Effect |
|---|---|
| THUNDER_CRASH | Thunder strike (loud sound) |
| EARTHQUAKE | Rumbling ground sound |
| BANSHEE_SCREAM | Banshee scream |
| SHADOW_PASS | Passing shadow sound |
📋 Commands
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/mh reload |
Reload configuration | mystichorror.admin |
/mh list |
List all events | mystichorror.admin |
/mh trigger local <player> <event> |
Trigger local event | mystichorror.admin |
/mh trigger global <event> |
Trigger global event | mystichorror.admin |
Examples: bash /mh trigger local Notch jumpscare /mh trigger global thunder_crash
🔧 Configuration (config.yml)
yaml
# Local events (single player)
local-events:
enabled: true
interval: 10
chance-min: 5
chance-max: 15
cooldown-min: 60
cooldown-max: 180
# Global events (all players)
global-events:
enabled: true
interval: 30
chance-min: 2
chance-max: 8
cooldown-min: 180
cooldown-max: 300
🚀 Installation Download MysticHorror
Place it into your server's plugins folder (Paper server required)
Restart the server
Adjust config.yml to your preferences
Grant
mystichorror.admin
permission to trusted players or leave it for OPs only
🎯 Permissions Permission Description mystichorror.admin Access to all commands (default: operators) 💡 Tips For Halloween events — temporarily increase chance to 50–70% for maximum scares
For regular gameplay — keep 5–15% (won't get annoying)
The /mh list command can be given to trusted players via LuckPerms
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
- 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 MysticHorror-3.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 30 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.