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Arachnophobia - All the worst Phobias at once

Modpack

by FLAMEBRINGER808

A hardcore horror survival modpack built around fear itself—spiders, darkness, oceans, snakes, and abandoned cities. Expect tense exploration, hostile nights, unsettling environments, and relentless survival where nowhere truly feels safe.

Type

Modpack

CurseForge Downloads

2,354

CurseForge ID

1427797

Last Updated

Jun 6, 2026

Description

🕷️ Arachnophobia – All the Worst Phobias at Once

Arachnophobia is a fear-focused horror survival modpack for Minecraft 1.20.1 (Forge), designed to combine multiple real-world phobias into one relentless and oppressive experience. Rather than relying on cheap jumpscares, the modpack builds constant psychological tension through darkness, hostile environments, unsettling creatures, and the feeling that the world itself does not want you there.

Spiders infest places they shouldn’t, darkness actively threatens the player, oceans feel endless and suffocating, abandoned cities hide danger around every corner, and strange lunar events twist the rules of survival. Safety is temporary, visibility is limited, and every decision carries real risk.

😱 Core Fear Themes

Arachnophobia targets multiple phobias at once by amplifying spider encounters and infestations, transforming darkness into a mechanical threat, introducing hostile snakes and ambush predators, making deep oceans vast and terrifying, filling the world with decaying abandoned megacities, and using cursed celestial events such as blood moons and eclipses to make nights increasingly dangerous.

🌍 World, Exploration & Atmosphere

The world is massive, ruined, and hostile. Players explore sprawling continents, dense forests, deep oceans, and enormous Lost Cities overtaken by decay. Seasonal changes, immersive weathering, flowing fluids, dynamic lighting, environmental sound effects, rain, and visual enhancements combine to create a constant sense of unease. Exploration is slow and deliberate, and rushing into unknown areas without preparation is often fatal.

⚔️ Survival & Progression

Survival emphasizes preparation, awareness, and long-term planning. Food quality, comfort, seasons, and resource management matter at all times. Death carries consequences through revival mechanics, hostile AI punishes careless movement, traps and environmental hazards discourage reckless exploration, and progression is intentionally slower to preserve tension. The modpack supports both solo and cooperative play, but teamwork greatly increases survival chances.

⚙️ Performance, Stability & Optimization

Arachnophobia places a strong focus on performance and long-term stability. Extensive optimization, memory management, rendering improvements, and engine-level fixes ensure smooth gameplay even in large worlds, dense environments, massive cities, and multiplayer servers, without sacrificing atmosphere or visual quality.

📦 Final Mod List (Minecraft 1.20.1 – Forge)

AI & Gameplay

AI Improvements
Bad Mobs
Hardcore Revival
LifeSteal
Nyctophobia
Ophidiophobia
Thalassophobia
Nyf’s Spiders
ArPhEx
Indestructible Blocks
Enhanced Celestials
MineTraps
Time Control
Enhanced Falling Trees
Flowing Fluids
Butchery

World Generation & Environment

Lost Cities
Continents
TerraBlender
Better Forests
Serene Seasons
Immersive Weathering
Structure Essentials
Structure Gel API
Particle Rain
Bocchium
Burnt

Food, Farming & Survival

Farmer’s Delight
Farmer’s Respite
Large Meals
Comforts
AppleSkin

Storage, Building & Utilities

Sophisticated Backpacks
Sophisticated Core
Refurbished Furniture
SecurityCraft
Gravestone
Lootr
Curios API
WorldEdit
The Jobs Mod

Maps, UI & Quality of Life

JEI (Just Enough Items)
Just Enough Resources
Just Enough Professions
Jade
Better Advancements
Controlling
Mouse Tweaks
Searchables
Keybind Bundles
Overloaded Armor Bar
Xaero’s Minimap
Xaero’s World Map
Dynamic Crosshair
Ok Zoomer

Multiplayer & Communication

Simple Voice Chat
Walkie-Talkie
Skin Restorer

Performance & Optimization

Embeddium
Rubidium Extra
ModernFix
FerriteCore
Starlight
Entity Culling
ImmediatelyFast
Krypton Reforged
Saturn
Radium
Bad Optimizations
Fast Furnace
Fast Workbench
Fast Suite
Clumps
Dynamic FPS
FPS Boost
Cull Less Leaves Reforged
Better FPS Distance
C2ME Forge
Packet Fixer
Bobby

Visual & Audio Enhancements

Dynamic Lights
Continuity
Entity Texture Features
Entity Model Features
Drip Sounds

Libraries & Dependencies

Architectury
Balm
Blueprint
Citadel
Cloth Config
Collective
Common Networking
Connector
CoroUtil
CraftTweaker
CristelLib
CorgiLib
Cupboard
Data Anchor
Framework
GeckoLib
GlitchCore
Iceberg
Kotlin for Forge
Moonlight
Placebo
Prism
Puzzles Lib
Resourceful Lib
Resourceful Config
TCT Core
TenshiLib
Atlas Lib
AstemirLib
Argonauts
Cadmus
Fabric API (Connector usage)

🎯 Intended Experience

Arachnophobia is built for players who want psychological horror instead of cheap jumpscares, exploration that constantly feels unsafe and tense, survival pressure from both the environment and hostile creatures, strong performance and long-term stability, and a world intentionally designed to make the player feel uncomfortable and unwelcome.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Forge

Game Versions

1.20.1

Screenshots

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GeckoLib

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Mod 414,632,938
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)

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Config Screen API for Minecraft

Mod 476,548,632
Architectury API

Architectury API

An intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.

Mod 403,286,694
Mouse Tweaks

Mouse Tweaks

Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons.

Mod 498,540,070
AppleSkin

AppleSkin

Adds some useful information about food/hunger to the HUD

Mod 462,665,967
ModernFix

ModernFix

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Mod 270,071,464
Balm

Balm

Abstraction Layer for Multi-Loader Mods

Mod 270,090,576
Jade 🔍

Jade 🔍

Shows information about what you are looking at. (Hwyla/WAILA fork for Minecraft 1.16+)

Mod 292,494,097
ImmediatelyFast

ImmediatelyFast

Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft

Mod 248,171,929
Moonlight Lib

Moonlight Lib

Forge and Fabric lightweight library with utilities such as custom Villagers AI, data driven trades, global datapack, cu...

Mod 256,924,451
Curios API (Forge/NeoForge)

Curios API (Forge/NeoForge)

A flexible and expandable accessory/equipment API for users and developers.

Mod 303,866,765
Controlling

Controlling

Adds a search bar to the Key-Bindings menu

Mod 406,933,839
Xaero's Minimap

Xaero's Minimap

Displays the nearby world terrain, players, mobs, entities in the corner of your screen. Lets you create waypoints which...

Mod 306,357,398
Clumps

Clumps

Clumps XP orbs together to reduce lag

Mod 372,328,859
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Entity Culling Fabric/Forge

Using async path-tracing to hide Tiles/Entities that are not visible

Mod 321,847,531
Xaero's World Map

Xaero's World Map

Adds a fullscreen worldmap which shows you what you have explored in the world. Can work together with Xaero's Minimap.

Mod 266,674,659
Sophisticated Backpacks

Sophisticated Backpacks

Yet another backpack mod this time with backpack you can place in world, color in different color combinations, upgrade...

Mod 229,536,269
Collective

Collective

🎓 Collective is a shared library with common code for all of Serilum's mods.

Mod 286,951,611
FerriteCore ((Neo)Forge)

FerriteCore ((Neo)Forge)

Memory usage optimizations

Mod 208,928,078
Puzzles Lib

Puzzles Lib

Why is it called Puzzles? That's the puzzle.

Mod 239,397,492
Placebo

Placebo

A library mod

Mod 307,369,225
Cupboard

Cupboard

Cupboard provides code, frameworks, and utilities for minecraft mods

Mod 176,926,786
Searchables

Searchables

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Mod 181,342,446
Sophisticated Core

Sophisticated Core

Library mod for Sophisticated mods

Mod 192,551,739
Farmer's Delight

Farmer's Delight

A cozy expansion to farming and cooking!

Mod 227,932,935
[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge]

[ETF] Entity Texture Features - [Fabric & Forge]

Custom, Emissive and Varied mobs like Optifine and so much more.. +Player skin features!)

Mod 132,994,978
Kotlin for Forge

Kotlin for Forge

Adds a Kotlin language loader and provides some optional utilities.

Mod 212,696,808
[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

[EMF] Entity Model Features [Fabric & Forge]

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Mod 194,547,429
Resourceful Lib

Resourceful Lib

Lib for Team Resourceful and more

Mod 183,644,417
Comforts

Comforts

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Mod 245,381,399
Embeddium

Embeddium

A powerful, mod-friendly, FOSS client performance mod for NeoForge

Mod 159,622,215
Framework

Framework

A common library powering all of MrCrayfish's Mods

Mod 118,874,335
Lootr (Forge & NeoForge)

Lootr (Forge & NeoForge)

A mod that makes it so nobody misses out on Loot! All loot chests are instanced per player and visually unique.

Mod 164,032,378
Iceberg [Neo/Forge]

Iceberg [Neo/Forge]

A modding library that contains new events, helpers, and utilities to make modder's lives easier.

Mod 176,483,159
Better Advancements

Better Advancements

Successor to BetterAchievements for the new advancements system in minecraft 1.12+

Mod 255,057,161
Citadel

Citadel

A Lightweight Library

Mod 206,289,361
Resourceful Config

Resourceful Config

Resourceful Config is a mod that allows for developers to make crossplatform configs

Mod 133,362,429
Packet Fixer

Packet Fixer

A simple mod to solve various problems with packets, NBTs and timeouts.

Mod 115,364,298
CoroUtil

CoroUtil

Library Mod for Weather/Tropicraft/ZombieAwareness/etc

Mod 147,036,742
Simple Voice Chat

Simple Voice Chat

A working voice chat in Minecraft!

Mod 154,624,015
TerraBlender (Forge)

TerraBlender (Forge)

A library mod for adding biomes in a simple and compatible manner!

Mod 174,157,234
Cristel Lib

Cristel Lib

A Library mod for easy structure config and runtime datapacks.

Mod 100,156,921
AI Improvements

AI Improvements

Performance and logic upgrades for mod AIs

Mod 154,186,959
Just Enough Resources (JER)

Just Enough Resources (JER)

A JEI addon that adds mob drops, ore gen, ..

Mod 235,912,348
GlitchCore

GlitchCore

A library mod aimed at abstracting mod loaders and providing various utilities for our mods.

Mod 74,636,508
Structure Essentials

Structure Essentials

Essential features for structures: Faster locating, distance adjustments, nearby structure command, automatic structure...

Mod 88,125,068
CorgiLib

CorgiLib

A library mod containing code used across Corgi Taco's mods.

Mod 93,607,258
Prism [Neo/Forge]

Prism [Neo/Forge]

A library all about color! Provides lots of color-related functionality for dependent mods.

Mod 103,457,703
FastSuite

FastSuite

A performance upgrade for the JSON recipe system.

Mod 85,725,671
BadOptimizations

BadOptimizations

Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering

Mod 91,824,403
FastFurnace

FastFurnace

A performance upgrade for the furnace.

Mod 137,351,117
FastWorkbench

FastWorkbench

A performance upgrade for the crafting table.

Mod 172,958,681
Serene Seasons

Serene Seasons

Seasons with changing colors, shifting temperatures, and more!

Mod 110,522,497
Just Enough Professions (JEP)

Just Enough Professions (JEP)

A JEI addon that adds profession workstations

Mod 103,716,745
MrCrayfish's Furniture Mod: Refurbished

MrCrayfish's Furniture Mod: Refurbished

The next generation of MrCrayfish's Furniture Mod, redesigned from the ground up with new models, sounds, and more!

Mod 44,103,929
Blueprint

Blueprint

Library that implements the framework of all Abnormals mods!

Mod 111,917,098
Continuity

Continuity

A Minecraft mod that allows for efficient connected textures

Mod 109,732,928
Security Craft

Security Craft

Adds plenty of blocks and items to defend and secure your base with.

Mod 99,119,426
Better Fps - Render Distance[Forge]

Better Fps - Render Distance[Forge]

Better fps for 1.16+ minecraft, improved render distances

Mod 79,450,302
Structure Gel API

Structure Gel API

An API for simplifying the developer end of creating generated structures.

Mod 118,763,979
CraftTweaker

CraftTweaker

CraftTweaker allows modpacks and servers to customize the game. With CraftTweaker you can change recipes, script events,...

Mod 222,806,722
Forgified Fabric API

Forgified Fabric API

Fabric API implemented on top of NeoForge

Mod 60,944,173
Sinytra Connector

Sinytra Connector

Run your favourite Fabric mods on NeoForge

Mod 36,702,785
[TaCZ] Timeless and Classics Zero Guns

[TaCZ] Timeless and Classics Zero Guns

The most Immersive and Customizable modern FPS experience in Minecraft - A complete Remaster of the TaC gun mod by the o...

Mod 49,412,011
Dynamic FPS

Dynamic FPS

Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background

Mod 96,451,192
Radium Reforged

Radium Reforged

Unofficial Fork of CaffeineMC's "Lithium", made to work with FML

Mod 41,962,985
Saturn

Saturn

A performance mod designed to optimize Minecraft's memory usage.

Mod 54,174,752
The Lost Cities

The Lost Cities

The Lost Cities is a world generation mod

Mod 94,211,748
CullLessLeaves Reforged (Unofficial)

CullLessLeaves Reforged (Unofficial)

Gives you a 9% fps improvement for leaves rendering

Mod 35,498,580
Krypton Reforged

Krypton Reforged

Unofficial Forge Port of the server networking performance mod "Krypton"

Mod 39,362,628
Overloaded Armor Bar

Overloaded Armor Bar

Allows the armor bar to wrap and change color with better than diamond armor

Mod 60,951,847
Bad Mobs

Bad Mobs

A mod to blacklist mobs from spawning.

Mod 55,507,442
Particle Rain

Particle Rain

replaces the default weather with particle effects

Mod 29,911,111
GraveStone Mod

GraveStone Mod

Places a gravestone with your inventory items inside when you die

Mod 97,214,571
Starlight (Forge)

Starlight (Forge)

Rewrites the light engine to fix lighting performance and lighting errors

Mod 53,305,587
Data Anchor

Data Anchor

Simple library mod with helpful data attaching and networking utilities including attaching data to entities, chunks, pl...

Mod 14,149,647
Atlas Lib

Atlas Lib

A serialzation and math libary for minecraft mods.

Mod 30,134,070
WorldEdit

WorldEdit

In-game Minecraft map editor - build bigger things more quickly!

Mod 69,794,579
Embeddium (Rubidium) Extra

Embeddium (Rubidium) Extra

Port of Sodium Extra to work with Embeddium/Rubidium on (Neo)Forge

Mod 41,642,444
Enhanced Celestials - Blood, Blue, & Harvest (Super) Moons

Enhanced Celestials - Blood, Blue, & Harvest (Super) Moons

A mod adding new Lunar Events like blood moons and harvest moons!

Mod 43,787,252
KeyBind Bundles

KeyBind Bundles

Do you have too many keybinds but not enough keys? With this mod you create add your own key bundles, collapsing a set o...

Mod 11,453,191
Bocchium

Bocchium

Forge port of Bedrodium, culling bedrock sides for better performance.

Mod 12,389,577
Common Network

Common Network

Forge and Fabric Unified Networking Solution

Mod 21,550,120
Fresh Animations

Fresh Animations

Make your game like the trailers! Dynamic animated entities to freshen your Minecraft experience.

Texture Pack 87,470,122
Farmer's Respite

Farmer's Respite

Tea addon for Farmer's Delight

Mod 27,922,015
[LEGACY] Drip Sounds (Forge)

[LEGACY] Drip Sounds (Forge)

Forge mod that adds sounds for drip particles landing

Mod 13,417,130
Immersive Weathering [FORGE]

Immersive Weathering [FORGE]

An abundance of new natural systems to make your world feel more alive than ever.

Mod 21,704,650
TenshiLib (Forge/NeoForge)

TenshiLib (Forge/NeoForge)

Core and Library mod for my other projects

Mod 27,094,213
Dynamic Crosshair

Dynamic Crosshair

A Minecraft mod that hides or changes the crosshair dependent on context

Mod 15,534,844
Bobby Reforged

Bobby Reforged

Allows for render distances greater than the server's view-distance setting

Mod 5,193,760
Nyf's Spiders

Nyf's Spiders

Modifes spiders to be more realistic.

Mod 32,278,220
Arthropod Phobia Expansions + Horror Bosses (Spiders, Arachnophobia)

Arthropod Phobia Expansions + Horror Bosses (Spiders, Arachnophobia)

ArPhEx: Intricate, phobia-inducing, realistic mobs, and supernatural bosses

Mod 9,058,235
TCT Core

TCT Core

This mod allows you to centralize all the other mods in order to be able to access the information or settings directly...

Mod 5,299,085
Large Meals (An Add-on for Farmer's Delight)

Large Meals (An Add-on for Farmer's Delight)

A Farmer's Delight addon that adds new and creative recipes to the game.

Mod 7,207,560
Time Control

Time Control

Want longer or shorter in-game days/nights? So did I.

Mod 3,690,870
Butchery

Butchery

Realistically butcher everything in Minecraft!

Mod 5,839,587
AstemirLib

AstemirLib

Library for my mods.

Mod 2,708,263
Odyssey Claims

Odyssey Claims

A land claiming mod that allows users to claim land to protect your home from thieves, bandits and monsters, and admins...

Mod 1,487,681
Thalassophobia

Thalassophobia

Explore the depths… but beware of terrifying sea monsters lurking beneath!

Mod 1,069,247
Dynamic Lights [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]

Dynamic Lights [Server] [Fabric/Quilt/Forge/NeoForge]

Supported entities and items such as torches or lanterns emit light!

Mod 9,960,602
MineTraps

MineTraps

This mod adds several new traps to the game!

Mod 5,864,922
ReForgedPlay [replay mod on (neo)forge]

ReForgedPlay [replay mod on (neo)forge]

Replay mod port to (neo)forge! Record your adventures in minecraft

Mod 2,014,067
Ok Zoomer Forge

Ok Zoomer Forge

Adds a highly-configurable zoom key for Forge. The zoom is yours!

Mod 8,925,795
Enhanced Falling Trees

Enhanced Falling Trees

Ensure that trees topple in a lifelike manner when they are felled.

Mod 363,310
Hardcore Revival

Hardcore Revival

Help your friends back up after they die (if you can make it in time)

Mod 14,019,823
Walkie-Talkie

Walkie-Talkie

Adds two-way radios with different upgrades.

Mod 6,152,690
Nyctophobia (FORGE)

Nyctophobia (FORGE)

Spooky and scary new biomes

Mod 4,967,235
Skin Restorer

Skin Restorer

A server-side mod for managing and restoring player skins.

Mod 2,733,719
Continents

Continents

Explore the seas to find realistic continents & islands. Works with most mods!

Mod 2,802,531
FPS Boost

FPS Boost

Want to optimize your game and improve performance? This mods is for you

Mod 1,134,781
Burnt: Better Vanilla Fire

Burnt: Better Vanilla Fire

The vanilla fire enhancing mod. Light it up, burn it down. Realistic fire spread and burnt blocks.

Mod 1,319,407
Odyssey Allies

Odyssey Allies

Form a guild to live and work together with your friends. Form a party to fight and adventure together with allies. Chat...

Mod 1,926,943
Better Forests

Better Forests

Fills Minecraft forest biomes with beautiful and varying trees.

Mod 195,718
Glowing Emissive Ores

Glowing Emissive Ores

Adds emissive ore textures to 259 mods and vanilla, no other resource pack supports as many! Frequently updated with add...

Texture Pack 1,332,880
Lifesteal [Fabric/NeoForge/Forge]

Lifesteal [Fabric/NeoForge/Forge]

Lifesteal is a mod where killing other players steals their hearts for your own gain

Mod 584,067
Flowing Fluids

Flowing Fluids

Gives fluids realistic flowing physics, making them mostly finite. With various settings for performance, visuals, and g...

Mod 347,317
Indestructible Blocks

Indestructible Blocks

A server utility that allows you to make any block you want indestructible.

Mod 268,821
The Jobs Mod

The Jobs Mod

Jobs Mod lets admins create custom jobs and assign them to players. Each job grants passive effects and item enchantment...

Mod 9,798
Fresh Textures

Fresh Textures

Refresh your Minecraft gaming experience with new textures!

Texture Pack 516,278
Fresh Textures × Fresh Animations

Fresh Textures × Fresh Animations

Fresh Textures compatible with Fresh Animations

Texture Pack 51,217
Low Fire Pack

Low Fire Pack

Lower your first-person fire to enhance visibility!

Texture Pack 60,773
Ophidiophobia

Ophidiophobia

Are you afraid of snakes? Because this mods adds new snakes!

Mod 52,150

External Resources