


About
Cryptic Foes is a mod that makes your minecraft experience more interesting & challenging by adding new enemies to your world. New dungeons and bosses are also planned for the future
Features
HowlerHowlers are peculiar cave dwellers, who can be found in caves below 0 by y. Howlers can be seen sleeping on cave ceilings and won't hurt you, unless you disturb their precious sleep.
- Howlers can use their powerful scream to stun everything on their way
- "Stunned" effect prevents target from every action, but disappears if target gets damaged
- Howler drops its membranes

- Cave salad is a new food item with some "interesting" side effect
- Monstrous horn can be used to create the same powerful screams as howler
- Silencing blend can be used on any block to remove its sounds
- Screamer is a new redstone block that knock backs mobs

For Modpack Creators
You are free to use our mod in your modpacks. However, if you're making a paid modpack, you'll need to ask us first.
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 Modrinth — 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as crypticfoes-1.0.4.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.4 MB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.



