📈 Scaling Mobs
This mod allows you to apply changes to bosses as well as regular mobs, depending on how many players are nearby. You can apply these changes to bosses, regular mobs, mod-specific mobs, and more.
✨ Features
- Dynamic Scaling – Boss health, damage, and armor increase with more nearby players
- Configurable Boss List – Define which mobs should be treated as bosses
- Math-Based Scaling – Scales using √(nearbyPlayers) for balanced difficulty progression
📥 Dependencies
- Cloth Config API – Required for GUI configuration (client-side only)
🎮 Supported Bosses (Default)
The mod comes with pre-configured bosses from popular mods:
| Mod | Bosses |
|---|---|
| Vanilla | Warden, Ender Dragon, Wither, Elder Guardian |
| Minecells | Concierge, Conjunctivius |
| Twilight Forest | Naga, Lich, Alpha Yeti, Ur-Ghast, Hydra, Minoshroom, Snow Queen |
| Alex's Mobs | Void Worm |
| Alex's Caves | Luxtructosaurus |
| Aquamirae | Captain Cornelia |
| Cataclysm | Maledictus, Ignis, Leviathan, Netherite Monstrosity, Harbinger, Ender Guardian, Ancient Remnant |
| Mowzie's Mobs | Ferrous Wroughtnaut, Frostmaw, Sculptor, Umvuthi |
| Iron's Spells & Spellbooks | Dead King |
📊 How Scaling Works
Changes to mobs/bosses only take effect if they were spawned within a 100-block radius of the required number of players
When a boss spawns or when players approach an existing boss:
Health = Base Health × √(Nearby Players)
Damage = Base Damage × √(Nearby Players)
Armor =
- If base armor > 0: Base Armor × √(Nearby Players)
- If base armor = 0: 5 + √(Nearby Players)
| Players | Scaling Multiplier |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1× |
| 4 | 2× |
| 9 | 3× |
| 16 | 4× |
| 25 | 5× |
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 scalingmobs-1.0-neoforge.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 15 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.