HearthGuard

When the sun sets without shelter you no longer need fear hostile mobs as you can light a campfire which causes them to panic and flee in fear.

!Zombies approach your campfire at night, freeze, panic, and flee in fright.

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Works with [CinderStride](/mod/cinderstride) Upgrade campfires into Hearthfires that increase the fear range.

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Vanilla Friendly

• Mobs visibly show panic, fear, and flight
• Behavior is modified rather than artificial rules
• Works with vanilla campfire

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Features

• Works with modded mobs too!
• Mob behavior is modified to fear lit campfires
• Mobs freeze, jump in panic, then flee
• Loot may be dropped when they panic
• Requires actual line of sight

Behavior in action

Mobs react realistically and naturally rather than being pushed

Startled
!Startled

Jumping
!Jumping

Fleeing
!Fleeing

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Configuration

Config file: config/hearthguard/config.json

UI via Mod Menu (Fabric) and Cloth Config.

Settings

• Range: Campfire detection distance in blocks
• Flee Fast Speed: Speed when close to the fire
• Flee Slow Speed: Speed when farther away
• Mode: Whitelist or Blacklist
• Mobs: Affected entity IDs
• Drop Item Chance: % chance (0–100) to drop one item on first fear only

Notes

• Drop Item Chance = 0 disables fear drops
• Each mob can only drop once (persisted across saves)
• Only applies in the Overworld

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Known Issues

• Datapack defined mobs that reuse vanilla entity IDs cannot be selected independently

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Changelog

1.1.0

• Added integration with CinderStride Hearthfires now increase mob fear radius by 50%.

1.0.3

• Added Command system for runtime configuration
• Support for Minecraft v26.1.2
• Fixed: Config changes now correctly apply to previously spawned mobs

1.0.2

• Support for Minecraft v26.1.1

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License: MIT

Source: https://github.com/kingnhcomcast/hearthguard

Permissions: You are welcome to use this mod in your modpack. If you do, feel free to leave a comment and let me know.

If you want support for other minecraft versions or feature requests, leave a comment!

Enjoy!