
Brutal Bosses - Custom Bosses
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. File opened and checked on 5 Oct 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForge
Dungeons and other structures now have bosses spawning in them, more than 29 boss variants of vanilla entities
These bosses have custom abilities, stats, loot and behaviour/AI so each one is a different challenge.
Requires Cuboard dependency to be installed in newer versions
All bosses are created through datapacks, by default the mod already includes 29 Bosses.
They're fully customizable and you can add new bosses yourself easily. You can make a boss of about any entity, including other mod's entities.
Commands for testing bosses:
/brutalbosses spawnboss all spawns all bosses
/brutalbosses spawnboss random spawns a random boss
/brutalbosses spawnboss <filename> spawns a specific boss
This mod is compatible with any structure which adds lootable chests/containers, due to bosses spawning next to those chests.
Structures which are using vanilla loottables are inherently compatible, others may be added explicitly through datapacks.
Includes compatibility for the following structure mods by default:
Awesome Dungeon
Awesome Dungeon Edition Ocean
Awesome dungeon nether
Awesome dungeon end
Bygone Nether
Dungeon Crawl
Dungeons Enhanced
Dungeons Plus
End Remastered
Goblins & Dungeons
Illagers+
Infernal Expansion
It takes a pillage
Mo' Structures
Phillips ruins
Stoneholm, Underground Villages
The Graveyard
The Lost castle
Towns and Towers
Towers of the Wild: Reloaded
Towers of the Wild: Additions
Valhelsia Structures
When Dungeons Arise
William wythers
YUNG's Better Dungeons
YUNG's Better Strongholds
Missing a mod? you can easily add it with a datapack, check the spawning section of the boss creation guide: https://gist.github.com/someaddons/aa5986b9495863c3b55947a07e243395 List of all bosses:




























- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.21
- 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.
Brutal Bosses - Custom Bosses is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.21, 1.19.2 and newer. Downloaded 20,275,310 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.




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