
Gloomfall
Slightly overhaul hostile mobs attack on player, improve deepslate ambience and significantly buff hostile mobs under deepslate level.
About this Mod
This mod can be used as a cilent side mode if you only want music when on a sever.
Almost every features can be tuned or disabled to fit your liking.
When under y level 0, for the first time, vanilla musics stop instantly, playing a glitch sound then some seconds later the deepslate music will play
If you dont want deep music to play in a certain area go to config or through mod menu, then you can add your custom excluded area, the radius is calculated as a circle.
New Effects Added:
- Vulnerability: taken from zombie attack, very rare to happen above y0, but very common under y0, this effect makes you take 25% more damage and -1 attack damage.
- Concussed: speed reduced by 20%, unable to do any right click interaction, taken from creeper explosion.
- Splintered: Disable Jumping, reduce health regeneration (natural and food) by 40%, taken from skeleton.
All hostile mobs resist 72% damage from projectiles.
Mobs stats are also buffed under y0, check config for more info.
CUSTOM MUSIC CAN BE ADDED: Open the mod file with rar, go to assets/ and read the .txt file
Mod default setting can be unbalanced but you can change it to whatever in the config.
Sounds Credit:
- Deepslate Music by techtheist: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/techtheist/fma2021-part-2/dark-ambient-cave-experience/
- Splintered Sound Effect by Deathscyp: https://freesound.org/people/Deathscyp/sounds/443288/
- Concussed Sound Effect (Flashbang 808) by 1Love: https://freesound.org/people/1LOVE/sounds/582505/(only modified the .wav to .ogg)
- Vulnerability Effect from minecraft shulker
- Glitchy Transition Sound 1 by hello_flowers: https://freesound.org/people/hello_flowers/sounds/27426/
- Glitchy Transition Sound 2 by CURTYWURTY: https://freesound.org/people/CURTYWURTY/sounds/677947/
Note: only the code is under LGPL-3.0-only, assets are completely free to use and modify without the need to credit or follow the LGPL-3.0-only license, just make sure to follow the original custom sounds license used in this mod.
Available Versions
How to Install Gloomfall on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Gloomfall". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.1
Server-side
✗ UnsupportedRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Gloomfall server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric 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 (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Gloomfall compatible with fabric?
Gloomfall officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Gloomfall – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Gloomfall 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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