The War of The Overworlds
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. File opened and checked on 28 Sep 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Adds invaders from Mars that will destroy everything in the worlds path. Based on H.G Well's novel War Of The Worlds
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
No one would have believed....
THIS MOD IS DISCONTINUED
(Geckolib is required for this mod)
Experience a full scale Martian invasion as they terraform and massacre your world to be theirs, using their large three legged Fighting Machines and their other machines to exterminate everything in their way, Survive their tyranny or fight for your world back!
Based on H.G Well's 19th Century Novel "The War Of The Worlds" and the machines designs from Henrique Alvim Correa's Illustrations for the French Edition. this mod attempts to enhance the minecraft experience with Fighting Machines striding across your minecraft world, terrorizing village upon villages and perhaps your home if you're unlucky.
Cylinder
The capsules that the Martians travel to the overworld in. on the top of the Cylinder is a lid that unscrews after a few seconds or so, with the Martians themselves peeping their head out of the lid and soon afterwards their controlled machines
Fighting Machine
The first of their machines, a monstrous tripod with tentacles for arms, and one gripping a camera shaped contraption aptly named the Heat-Ray, firing a concentrated beam of heat that destroys and burns everything it touches; The catalyst for the massacre of the Overworld.
Cannon Machine
A far more deadly variant , equipped with a large cylindrical cannon that shoots far ranged explosive projectiles, the Cannon machines projectiles are the equivalent of an Artillery Shell, they are considered a more bigger threat to villages
Black Smoke Machine
The Black Smoke machine is equipped with also a cannon but shoots a black vapor of thick black dust that is poisonous to anyone that breaths it in; with the symptoms of blindless, nausea and sudden death.
Digging Machine (WIP)
The digging machine is intended to dig deep into the ground for any survivors hiding inside of caves or for more material
Q&A
Why does it keep crashing
Its a strange bug where if your not near a village, it would crash..s. ooo
Credits:
Kangabet - Lead Director, Sound Designer
Lavendy_42 - Co-Director
MG & D-Boi Vids & Nyron_ - Modellers
Comicpod m2 & White Cheeked Gibbon Guy - Coders
Tibet Tripod YT - Composer
- 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 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.
- Ships as war_of_the_overworlds-1.0 (1).jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 2.9 MB
- Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.