
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.
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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

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.

Zombie Players

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.
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- 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.
- Ships as The-Hordes-Alpha-0.1.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 113 KB
- Download link checked 24 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

