Adaptive horde
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Adaptive Horde adds progression-based mob waves that scale per player gear score. Configure custom waves, drops, and pacing per dimension…
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.









Adaptive Horde brings progression-based danger to your world by spawning mob waves that scale to each player’s real gear power.
No static difficulty spikes, no waiting for “day X” to matter. As players get stronger, nights become more intense with smarter wave selection, scaling mob stats, and configurable spawn pacing.
Main Features
- Per-player gear score scanning (armor, enchants, melee, ranged)
- Dynamic wave selection by strength requirement
- Dimension-aware waves (Overworld / Nether / End)
- Configurable wave composition, spawn chances, and multipliers
- Wave-only custom drops (ADD or OVERRIDE)
- Boss bar tracking for active waves with remaining enemies
- Per-player wave announcements (toggle on/off)
- Ignore list for exempt players
- JSON-first configuration for easy server editing
- Works with modded entities and weapons
Built for Modpacks
Adaptive Horde is designed to work in heavily modded environments:
- Supports modded mobs by entity ID in waves.json
- Supports manual weapon scoring overrides (WeaponOverrides.json)
- Supports tag/item ranged overrides in ScalingConfig.json
- Hot reload supported via /adaptivehorde reload
Commands
All commands start with:
/adaptivehorde
Includes wave control, scanning, debugging, ignore management, announcements, bossbar toggle, and weapon override tools.
Config Files
Generated in:
config/adaptivehordes/
- ModConfig.json (runtime + pacing)
- ScalingConfig.json (gear score + scaling rules)
- MobConfig.json (wave mob runtime behavior)
- IgnoreConfig.json (ignored players)
- WeaponOverrides.json (manual weapon registry)
- waves.json (all wave definitions)
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- 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 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 adaptivehordes-0.9.0-beta.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 96 KB
- Download link checked 24 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.