Mobs Fear CampFire – HearthGuard

By
Drahlek

Hostile mobs fear lit campfires. Adds immersive mob AI and survival gameplay by making creatures panic, turn, and flee naturally.

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This screenshot shows a hostile mob detecting a nearby lit campfire. With HearthGuard installed, mobs become aware of your campfires and start reacting, adding tension and realism to your survival experience.

Here, a mob reacts to a campfire in panic, demonstrating HearthGuard’s AI behavior. Mobs jump back and hesitate before fleeing, creating dynamic interactions around your campsite. There is a chance they will drop some loot as they panic and flee.

This image captures a hostile mob fleeing the area after detecting a lit campfire. HearthGuard adds immersive survival mechanics by making mobs fear and avoid fire, keeping your base safer.

Description

HearthGuard

When the sun sets without shelter you no longer need fear hostile mobs as you can light a campfire which causes them to panic and flee in fear.

Works with CinderStride Upgrade campfires into Hearthfires that increase the fear range.

Vanilla Friendly

Mobs visibly show panic, fear, and flight
Behavior is modified rather than artificial rules
Works with vanilla campfire

Features

Works with modded mobs too!
Mob behavior is modified to fear lit campfires
Mobs freeze, jump in panic, then flee
Loot may be dropped when they panic
Requires actual line of sight

Behavior in action

Mobs react realistically and naturally rather than being pushed

Startled

Jumping
Jumping

Fleeing
Fleeing

Configuration

Config file: config/hearthguard/config.json

UI via Mod Menu (Fabric) and Cloth Config.

Settings

Range: Campfire detection distance in 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 only

Notes

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

Known Issues

Datapack defined mobs that reuse vanilla entity IDs cannot be selected independently

Changelog

1.1.0

Added integration with CinderStride Hearthfires now increase mob fear radius by 50%.

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: MIT

Source: https://github.com/kingnhcomcast/hearthguard

Permissions: You are welcome to use this mod in your modpack. If you do, feel free to leave a comment and let me know.

If you want support for other minecraft versions or feature requests, leave a comment!

Enjoy!

The Mobs Fear CampFire – HearthGuard Team

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