Cave Dweller (Fabric Port / NeoForge Port)

An unofficial Fabric / NeoForge port of Cave Dweller Evolved by SiverDX (Cadentem), for Minecraft 26.1.2 / 1.21.11 / 1.21.10 / 1.20.1.

All gameplay design, model, animations, and sounds are by the original authors. This project only adapts the existing code to Fabric.

Links

• Source code - Fabric: https://github.com/Thiov/cave_dweller-fabric
• Source code - NeoForge: https://github.com/Thiov/cave_dweller-fabric
• Upstream (archived): https://github.com/SiverDX/cave_dweller
• Original mod: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/cave-dweller-evolved
• License: MIT (preserved from upstream)

What it does

A tall, gaunt humanoid creature spawns deep underground when nobody's watching. It stalks the player silently, rolls between behaviors (chase, stare, flee, stroll), and disappears if you stop looking at it for too long. Distant cave noises hint at its presence before you ever see it. Doors won't stop it. Light might.

Features

• Custom Cave Dweller mob with original GeckoLib model and animations
• 21 unique sounds (cave noises, chase, flee, hurt, death, footsteps)
• Configurable spawn timing, light level limits, dimension whitelist, and biome rules
• Climbs walls, crawls through 1-block gaps, breaks doors
• Custom spawn egg
• Configurable via config/cave_dweller-server.json

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.1.2 / 1.21.11 / 1.21.10 / 1.20.1
• Fabric Loader 0.19.2 or newer
• Fabric API 0.146.1+26.1.2 or newer
• GeckoLib 5.5.1 or newer (Fabric)
• Java 17+/21/25

Known limitations

• Auto-reload of config requires a server restart (Forge upstream reloaded live)
• Depth-strider water-speed bonus from upstream is currently disabled
• Fresh port — please report bugs in the comments

Credits

Original mod (Forge upstream)
SiverDX / Cadentem — Cave Dweller Evolved

Original concept and assets
The Cave Dweller mod authors

Animation engine The GeckoLib team

Fabric / NeoForge port to 26.1.2 / 1.21.11 / 1.21.10 / 1.20.1
Thiov (Me)

License: MIT (preserved from upstream).