How do I install Vanilla Haunting?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Vanilla Haunting work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21, 1.21.1, 24w33a, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Vanilla Haunting

Java data pack listed for Minecraft 1.21–26.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by NBSurprise · on Modrinth

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Drop items on a soul campfire to haunt them!

Haunting 16 snowballs by dropping them in a soul campfire. Result: 16 ghast tears.

Add your own recipes!

Features a template and two recipes. Adding more recipes is as simple as duplicating the template, putting in the item required and result, and running recipe_builder.py.

Snowball to ghast tear recipe. Recipe builder script.

Currently, item tags are not supported.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 24w33a
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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.

File checked by MCModsHub

Downloads as haunting ported to vanilla.zip
Download size: 13 KB
Download link checked 25 Oct 2026 — working

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

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