Adds monsters that spawn in lava.
🔥 Summary
If you’ve ever found yourself bored once you mine down to lava because it stops hostile mobs from spawning, then this is the mod for you! This is a small mod that adds a new hostile monster to the game that spawns in lava and spits fireballs at you. Lava monsters’ spawning conditions can be adjusted in a handy-dandy properties file!
💡 Latest Updates
The Lava Monster has been completely overhauled and ported to 26.1!
26.1 Changes
- Brand new idle, hurt, and death sounds
- Sounds for walking outside of lava
- Lava Monsters now laugh when successfully hitting a target
- Added a new bite attack for close range, complete with animation
- Fully redone animations for walking and swimming
- Added the Lava Walking potion, a rare drop from the monster
- Added the ability to bucket the monsters, which does half of their max health in damage
- Added new step particles when the fire trail is disabled
- Added a new spawn egg texture, made by L200
🤷 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Can I use this in my modpack?
Yes, you definitely can. Just make to provide credit to all the authors respectively and link back to the CurseForge page.
Can I redistribute this mod onto other platforms?
Yes, as long as all downloads point directly to our CurseForge page and proper credit is given to the authors.
Will you port to older versions?
We focus on the latest "drop" release of each year (26.1, 27.1, 28.1, etc.), and unfortunately we don't have the time to backport. Older versions remain available to play, but aren't supported. The source is open for reporting bugs and reviewing the code, but we don't accept backports, contributions, or third-party redistribution of our work.
🌐 Translate Lava Monsters - Help break the language barrier!
All translators are credited here. Thank you to everyone who helps make this mod accessible!
Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika) translations by: Wendigo44 
اللغة العربية (alLuġah al'Arabiyye) translations by: VXsz, fl.bnmbnm 
Català (Catalunya) translations by: Minaderm 
Čeština (Česko) translations by: frantisekbenes65 
Cymraeg (Cymru) translations by: Fl3x_X_Placid, 
Deutsch translations by: xTomFox, m.strongamov 
Español (Argentina) translations by: tomasaisama2008 
Español (Chile) translations by: Vantanase Español (España) translations by: josebaizairiondo, Minaderm 
Español (México) translations by: Vamacheron 
فارسی (Fārsiy) translations by: khbatwyy63 
Français (Québec) translations by: Lachney 
Français (France) translations by: Lachney Galego (Galicia) translations by: Minaderm 
עברית ('Ivriyþ) translations by: Ido 
Magyar (Magyarország) translations by: wrghig 
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesia) translations by: accountforcommenting23 
Italiano (Italia) translations by: Giorgiovanni 
日本語 (Nihongo) translations by: Vamacheron, お馬 
한국어 (Hangugeo) translations by: LoboAzul0103 
Lietuvių translations by: WaryRGMCA 
Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia) translations by: StearING2 
Vlaams (Vlaanderen) translations by: Jelle 
Nederlands (Nederland) translations by: Sindarin27, Jelle 
Polski (Polska) translations by: Matzetix 
Português (Brasil) translations by: cesarlopesg354035, Mikeliro 
Русский (Russkiy) translations by: PinkGoose 
Svenska (Sverige) translations by: 1019milo 
Türkçe (Türkiye) translations by: CreepSkeet 
简体中文（中国大陆） translations by: S0ar1ngDeath, likefishlike
🤚 Support: If you have questions or any issues with our mods, read the FAQ! You can also either submit an issue on the issue tracker, or come into our Discord server where we can help you!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.8, 1.20.1, 1.19.3
- 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 CurseForge — 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.
Lava Monsters is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.19.4 and newer. Downloaded 3,311,801 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.