
⚠️ WARNING: THIS MOD CAN MILDLY INTERACT WITH THE WORLD
Ambient Dread
Ambient Dread is a horror mod that aims to add paranotic events instead of jumpscares every 5 minutes.
🧾 List of the 23 Events
Do not check if you would like the mod to be a surprise!
Spoilerfootstep_stone A single distant footstep on stone
footstep_gravel A single distant footstep on gravel
cave_wrong The classic cave-ambience moan, lowered/wrong
wood_creak Wood shifting — a creak from nowhere
slow_breath A slow, heavy breath nearby
whisper_drone A faint whispery drone drifting past
far_door A far-off door/timber groaning open
footstep_deepslate A closer footstep on deepslate
low_drone A low portal-like drone
heartbeat A heartbeat that isn't yours
stare The "you're being watched" enderman tone
curse An old, wrong elder-guardian wail
distant_growl A distant, deep roar/growl
shriek A sharp shriek in the dark
phantom_tick A redstone comparator tick with no cause
phantom_lever A lever click from nowhere
torch_sputter Smoke puffs + a burnout crackle — a light seems to gutter/
flame_flicker Small flame particles + a snuff sound, like a flame nearly dying
cold_spot Soul particles drift past — a cold spot passing through
flicker A brief one/two-frame dark-then-light screen flash
whisper A short unsettling line ("did you hear that", "behind you"…) from the config pool
whisper_name A rarer line that uses your name only if allowNameWhispers is on
torch_convert A normal torch within ~32 blocks turns into a redstone torch (dimmer, redder)
door A door within 50 blocks quietly opens or closes on its own
torch_break A torch within ~32 blocks breaks and drops, as if it gave out
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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.
- Ships as ambientdread-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 100 KB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.