Rough Mobs

Rough Mobs is a compact modification that significantly enhances the difficulty of standard Minecraft mobs, making the game more challenging and engaging.

This mod offers extensive customization options - you can modify or disable any feature through the configuration file. While the mod can be used server-side only, this is not recommended as some features may not function properly.

Key Features for Various Mobs

Zombies

• Spawn with random enchanted armor and weapons
• Have a chance to spawn riding zombie horses
• Can become boss zombies - extremely powerful enemies with valuable loot
• Apply hunger effect to targets (up to level 4)
• Possess increased knockback resistance and 30 max HP instead of 20
• Baby zombies burn in sunlight
• Can break certain blocks when walking through them

Skeletons

• Spawn with random enchanted armor
• Always equipped with bow and sword/axe, switching weapons when players approach
• May spawn riding skeleton horses
• Have a chance to become boss skeletons with valuable loot
• Possess 30 max HP instead of 20
• Shoot significantly faster
• Always transform into wither skeletons in the Nether
• Wither skeletons spawn throughout the Nether

Creepers

• Become invisible near players
• Move much faster
• Explode faster (1 second instead of 1.5)
• Explosion radius increased from 3 to 4
• Can burn in sunlight (disabled by default)
• Explode when burning (disabled by default)

Slimes and Magma Cubes

• Deal strong knockback damage depending on size
• Have 50% more health and jump further
• Small slimes can stick to players' heads, causing nausea and slowness
• Magma cubes regenerate health in lava
• Small magma cubes drop lava upon death

Endermen and Endermites

• Always drop at least one ender pearl
• Teleport attacking players away
• Can apply blindness or nausea
• Steal and drop items from players' hands
• Endermites apply wither effect

Spiders and Cave Spiders

• Take no fall damage
• Apply slowness (up to level 4), creating webs on the 5th hit
• Can spawn with riders

Witches

• Apply random effects to nearby entities
• Sometimes throw lingering potions instead of splash potions
• Spawn 4-7 bats upon death

Zombie Pigmen

• Possess all zombie abilities
• Become aggressive when players touch them
• May attack when blocks are broken nearby

Blazes and Ghasts

• Blazes spawn throughout the Nether
• Have 30 max HP instead of 20
• Create explosions upon death
• Knock back and damage melee attackers
• Ignite on contact
• Ghasts have 15 HP instead of 10
• Immune to arrows and projectiles
• Drop primed TNT on players below
• Fireballs create larger explosions

Other Mobs

• Wither has 600 HP instead of 300, knocks back attackers, and summons skeletons
• Silverfish can split when attacked
• Bats land on heads and drain health
• Zombie and skeleton horses burn in sunlight and break blocks
• Snowballs instantly melt in the Nether
• Vindicators have +50% HP and knockback resistance
• Evokers have +100% HP
• Guardians drop water upon death

Many mobs have increased follow range. The mod also allows adding custom attributes to entities on spawn: increasing health, speed, knockback resistance, attack damage, and follow range.

You can create custom entity spawn entries and adjust spawn rates. Mobs no longer attack each other, first searching for nearby players. You can also configure aggressive mob behavior toward animals and villagers.

(Boss zombie with a beautiful moon background)