Player Dweller - Better Cave Dweller Addon

Become the Cave Dweller and hunt your friends.

Player Dweller is an unofficial addon inspired by the Better Cave Dweller project. It allows players to fully control the Cave Dweller while preserving its appearance and animations, making it ideal for multiplayer horror experiences, custom game modes and content creation.

Although it is presented as an addon, Player Dweller does not require the original Better Cave Dweller mod to be installed. It is a standalone mod built specifically for Minecraft Forge 1.19.2.

This project was originally developed for a YouTube video on Yotoro's channel. While it may receive occasional bug fixes or small quality-of-life improvements, it is not intended to become a large-scale project or receive frequent updates or ports to newer Minecraft versions, at least for the foreseeable future.

Features

Transform into the Cave Dweller.
Original Cave Dweller model and animations.
Walking, running, crouching and crawling animations.
Multiplayer support.
Increased health, damage and movement speed while transformed.
Emissive glowing eyes.
Built for Minecraft Forge 1.19.2.

Commands

/dweller

Transforms yourself into the Cave Dweller.

/dweller <player>

Transforms another player (Permission Level 2 required).

Dependencies

Player Dweller requires:

Minecraft Forge 1.19.2
GeckoLib 3.1.40

No other mods are required.

Credits

This project would not exist without the incredible work of the original creators.

Original Cave Dweller

The original Cave Dweller mod and concept were created by Gargin.

Cave Dweller Evolved

Many of the improvements that inspired this project originate from Cave Dweller Evolved, created by Cadentem and released under the MIT License.

Better Cave Dweller

The assets used by Player Dweller are based on Better Cave Dweller, created by 8bitmika, which combines and expands upon previous Cave Dweller projects with permission from their original creators and is released under the MIT License.

A huge thank you to Gargin, Cadentem, and 8bitmika for their amazing work and for creating one of the most iconic horror experiences in Minecraft modding.

Disclaimer

Player Dweller is an unofficial fan-made addon.

This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or maintained by Gargin, Cadentem, or 8bitmika.

Its purpose is not to plagiarize, replace, or profit from the original projects or their ideas. Instead, it was created as a tribute to their work, allowing players to experience controlling the Cave Dweller during multiplayer games and YouTube content creation.

If any of the original creators have concerns regarding this project, I will gladly cooperate to resolve them.

Source Code

GitHub:

https://github.com/ogclaush/PlayerDweller

Player Dweller (A Better Cave Dweller Addon)