In vanilla Minecraft, there are the beginnings of a stealth system.
For example, mob detection range is reduced by 20% when the player is sneaking.
However, I thought this has little practical use in real gameplay, so I decided to make this mod.
New features:
- Now there’s a reason to walk instead of run: while walking, detection range is reduced by 25%.
- If the player is standing still or sneaking, detection range is reduced by 50% instead.
- If a mob is facing away from the player, detection range is further reduced by 50%.
- If the player is standing in tall grass, detection range is reduced by 50%.
- New armor enchantment Stealth. For each level of the Stealth armor enchantment, detection range is reduced by 4%. Not compatible with the Protection enchantment.
- The Invisibility effect reduces detection range by 93%, 82.5%, 65%, 47.5%, and 30% respectively when wearing 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 armor pieces, just like in vanilla Minecraft.
- Under the Blindness effect, a mob’s follow range is reduced by 50%.
- If the player has the Glowing effect, stealth does not work.
- If the player has attacked a mob within the last 10 seconds, stealth does not work against that mob.
- Detection reductions stack with diminishing returns. For example, if the player is sneaking behind a mob, detection range is reduced to 25%. Calculation example:
1 * (1 - 0.5) * (1 - 0.5) = 0.25. - Also added attribute betterstealth:stealth, which is set to 0 by default and unused. This attribute reduces mob detection range (for example, a value of 0.2 means a 20% reduction). You can assign this attribute to rogue-class items in your modpacks.
All values are configurable
This mod does not change mob behavior and does not conflict with other mods.
Quick facts
- 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 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.
Demi's Better Stealth is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.20.1. Downloaded 192,080 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.