
Enhanced Snowmen
Finally, your army of snowmen is not completely useless anymore! This small mod makes snowballs thrown by snowmen cause a small amount of damage. Thereby they can finally protect themselves from these evil monsters.
About this Mod
Enhanced Snowmen
Finally, your army of snowmen is not completely useless anymore!
This small mod makes snowballs thrown by snowmen cause a small amount of damage.
Thereby they can finally protect themselves from these evil monsters.
Easy to use. Can be added/removed at any time.
About
You want your army to grow by itself? Then you can enable a config option which makes mobs become snowmen if they are killed with a snowball.
Details
With default settings snowballs thrown by snowmen deal a small amount of damage to any hostile creature (0.25 hearts). With that, it takes about 40 snowballs to fight a zombie, but if you have enough snowmen this should be quite quick.
In addition the snowballs freeze (slow down) the hit mob for two seconds, thereby the snowmen have an even better able to defend themselves.
Snowballs thrown by players do not deal damage, by default.
Most of this is configurable.
Server
If you want to use this on a server, it is sufficient to install it on the server itself. Clients do not need this.
Configuration
Can either be done in the ingame mod list GUI (MC1.11 or higher) or by editing the config/enhanced_snowman.cfg
# Convert creatures killed by snowmen to a snowman
B:convert=false
# Only deal damage to hostile creatures
B:onlyHostile=true
# Allow players to deal damage with snowballs
B:playersDealDamage=false
# Add a short freeze/slowness to a creature damaged by a snowball
B:slowness=true
# Damage dealt by one snowman snowball # Min: 0.0
# Max: 100.0
D:snowballDamage=0.5
# Convert creatures killed by snowmen to a snowman
B:convert=false
Available Versions
How to Install Enhanced Snowmen on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Enhanced Snowmen". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11, 1.21.8, 1.21.4 (+7 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Enhanced Snowmen server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Enhanced Snowmen compatible with forge and neoforge?
Enhanced Snowmen officially supports forge, neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.8, 1.21.4. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Enhanced Snowmen – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Enhanced Snowmen consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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