How do I install Cursed Earth?

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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Cursed Earth work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.19.2, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Cursed Earth

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.20. File opened and checked on 17 Oct 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by tfarecnim · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader Forge5 builds
Mod loader Fabric1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest
Minecraft 1.19.3
Minecraft 1.19.2
Minecraft 1.18.2
Minecraft 1.16.5

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.19.3 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.19.2 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.18.2 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.16.5 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Fabric

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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This adds a block that will rapidly spawn mobs in the darkness with some additional config options. It is made by sneak clicking a wither rose on normal dirt (can be disabled in config)

If Unstable Tools is installed, it can be made through the division sign ritual as well.

Sneak rightclicking the earth with an empty hand will show what mobs can spawn on it, handy for structure based spawning such as witch huts and nether fortresses.

min tick time between spawns (default 50)
max tick time between spawns (default 250)
mob cap - mobs stop spawning from cursed earth above this amount (default 250)
force spawn - mob spawns ignores restrictions such as light level or elevation (default false); removed in 1.20+
Mob blacklist - these mobs won't be spawned from cursed earth. cursedearth:blacklisted
cursed earth dies in sunlight (default true)
spreads naturally in darkness (default true)
spawn distance - minimum distance that players have to be before cursed earth spawns mobs (default 1)
cursed item - what item can be right clicked on dirt to make cursed earth. cursedearth:cursed_item default minecraft:wither_rose

* (Client only) Color of grass.

Cursed Earth — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 1

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Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.19.2
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 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as cursedearth-3.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 19 KB
Download link checked 13 Oct 2026 — working

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

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