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The Hordes

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. File opened and checked on 28 Sep 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by smileycorp · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Minecraft version

⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.21 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.20 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.18.2 · NeoForge⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.20 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.19.4 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.19.3 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.19.2 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.18.2 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.16.5 · Forge
I don't know my version or loader
Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.
No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.
The Hordes — screenshot 1The Hordes — screenshot 2The Hordes — screenshot 3

For Forge, requires Atlas Lib.
This mod will only support Neoforge instead of forge in 1.21 +

Invasions

You hear the howls of a nearby horde

The Hordes — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 1

On a configurable nights hordes of monsters will attack your base in waves from midnight until morning, with the encounterable mobs and times of day also being configurable.

 

For guides about configuring the mod in version 1.2.0+ check here.

 

Infection

If enabled players and horses can be infected after being hit by a zombie, turning into a zombie after 5 minutes have passed or they die with the infection.

In a players case this will kill them and spawn a zombie player in their place.

This infection can be cured with a golden apple with the default settings, but can be configured to be any item which can be consumed, but not reversed.

Optional settings that are enabled by default extends this to villagers, preventing zombie villagers from being cured.

Has an option in the config to add any zombie variants of other mods mobs to the list of entities that can become zombified, providing there is a corresponding zombie for it to convert into.

1.3.0+ now has support for custom textures to make it possible to add zombified variants of similar mobs.

The Hordes — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 2

Zombie Players

The Hordes — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 3

When a player dies from infection or dies when an optional setting is enabled a zombified version of that player spawns in their place, containing all their items, when underwater a drowned version, or when in hot biomes, a husk version.

By default zombie players are immune to sunlight, but this can be disabled in the config.

Other Misc Tweaks

Optional settings to make zombie horses a hostile mob (enabled by default) and to prevent undead mobs from burning in sunlight (disabled by default).

Special thanks to bstylia14 for the original mod concept and for providing ideas and help during development, as well as Ski_Z for helping find a lot of bugs and giving mod suggestions.

Additionally thanks to mpustovoi for providing the russian translations.

 

  Have questions or suggestions? Join my discord!

 

The Hordes — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 4

 

Quick facts

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

File checked by MCModsHub

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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