🔥 HearthGuard

Turn campfires into protection.
Hostile mobs fear the fire — they panic, turn, and flee from lit campfires.

Built for vanilla+ gameplay — no new blocks, no clutter, just smarter mobs.

🌿 Why it feels vanilla

• Mobs run away instead of being blocked or burned
• Behavior-driven — no artificial rules or spawn prevention
• Creates a more natural, immersive survival experience

Designed to feel like a missing Minecraft mechanic.

🎯 Why use HearthGuard?

Vanilla Minecraft treats fire as damage — not something mobs fear.

HearthGuard changes that:

• Campfires become a real defensive tool
• Nights feel less binary and more tactical
• Mobs behave in a way that feels alive and reactive

It doesn’t make the game easier — it makes it smarter.

🛡️ Features

🔥 Core Behavior

• 🔥 Campfires become a true defensive mechanic
• Hostile mobs flee from nearby lit campfires
• 💡 Mobs panic faster the closer they are to the fire
• Requires line of sight — no fleeing through walls

🎲 Immersion Details

• Optional fear drop (panic reaction, once per mob)
• Mobs react naturally, not through artificial blocking
• 🎭 Multi-stage reactions (notice → panic → flee)

⚙️ Control & Compatibility

• Per-mob allowlist / blocklist
• 🧾 Command system for runtime configuration
• Optional UI via Mod Menu + Cloth Config
• ✔️ Lightweight & server-safe
• ✔️ Fabric & NeoForge (1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.x)

🚧 Planned Features

• 🔥 Hearthfire upgrade using rare materials (stronger, persistent fear)
• 🧠 Adaptive fear system (mobs can become resistant over time)
• 🎭 Advanced panic behaviors
• 🔗 Cross-mod integration (including upcoming companion mods)
• 🧾 Expanded command system for runtime configuration and debugging

📸 Behavior in action

Mobs don’t just stop — they react.

Startled

Jumping

Fleeing

⚙️ Configuration

Config file: config/hearthguard/config.json

Also accessible via in-game UI (Mod Menu + Cloth Config).

Settings

• Range — Campfire detection distance (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 response

Notes

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

⚠️ Known Issues

• Datapack-defined mobs that reuse vanilla entity IDs cannot be selected independently
• Slimes and magma cubes are not affected

📝 Changelog

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

🔒 License

See LICENSE.

You are allowed to:

• Use this mod in modpacks
• Use in videos and content

❤️ Support

If you enjoy the mod, consider leaving a comment or adding it to your modpack!