Vivarium [Horror]

Vivarium [Horror]

A psychological horror mod where you are the monster, and The World is your victim.

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Screenshots

What have you done?
Flora & Fauna
The World Tree

About this Mod

Content Warning: Blood, Self-harm

Vivarium is a psychological horror mod, designed to make you feel guilty for your in-game actions. You are the monster, and The World is your victim.

The mod does not contain custom hostile entities, and the progression is based on your activity.
You will see changes in the environment, animal behavior, and in your perception of reality.

Multiplayer does not work, and will crash immediately.

What a lively world

Features:

-Butterfly animal, feeds on the...

-Vitaflower block, reactive flora that can be crafted into Cyan Dye

-Grasshopper animal

-Bird animal, can appear as an American Robin or a Mourning Dove

-Blood Liquid, found in the bowels of the earth

-Fully functional in-game config menu, including a "pace" setting to convienently adjust speed of events to your liking

Spoilers -Central "Guilt" variable that drives the mod, incremented upon killing mobs or mining most blocks

-Event where a broken log will bleed and a pool of blood will form

-Event where you will be caved in and teleported somewhere adjacent to disorient you

-Water and fog will slowly turn red as the mod progresses

-Music will pitch down as the mod progresses

-Neutral mobs will be aggro'd immediately at a point in mod progression

-Killing mobs will occasionally cause a blood effect

-Occasional sound effects (heartbeat underground, crying otherwise)

-Passive mobs will flee after a certain point in progression

-Hostile mobs will spawn more frequently as the mod progresses

-Hallucinated carvings will appear on blocks when you stare at a certain block for a long time

-Rain will be made of blood after a certain point in progression

-The sun will change to a crying eye after a certain point in progression.

-Vitaflowers will close or wilt when you get near

-Heat wave event where armor will cook you while in the sun

-Massive tree structure known as the World Tree, the World Heart can be found underneath

-Volcanic eruption event

-Thunderstorm event with heavier lightning than normal

-Dream sequence where you will find a knife which is used to complete the mod's progression

Available Versions

Vivarium [Horror] 7.3release
MC 1.20.1forge
May 14, 2026
Vivarium [Horror] 6.1release
MC 1.20.1forge
April 13, 2026
Vivarium [Horror] 5.5release
MC 1.20.1forge
April 3, 2026
Vivarium [Horror] 5.4release
MC 1.20.1forge
April 2, 2026

How to Install Vivarium [Horror] on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Vivarium [Horror]". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.20.1

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Vivarium [Horror] 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 (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Vivarium [Horror] compatible with forge?

Vivarium [Horror] officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Vivarium [Horror] – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Vivarium [Horror] 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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Details

License
MIT License
Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.20.1