The Boys
Overview
Inspired by the TV series of the same name (highly recommended if you haven't seen it). In this world, superheroes are products owned by Vought — and by injecting Compound V, you get to experience what it really means to be a "Supe".
⚠ Early release: This mod is in its first version and many parts are still unfinished, but the superpower system is complete and ready to play. More updates are on the way — feel free to report bugs on Discord!
Important:
- Requires Minecraft 1.21.1 + NeoForge 21.1.228 or newer.
- Required dependencies:
- GeckoLib (4.7.5.1 or newer)
- Player Animator (2.0.4)
- Optional integrations:
- Minecraft Comes Alive (MCA): villagers can have superpowers too.
- JEI: view recipes.
- Press H (default) to open the Powers panel.
How to Get Powers
There are two ways to get powers: injection and commands.
1. Injection
Hold a syringe and keep holding the Use key — the injection takes about 2.5 seconds.
| Syringe | Effect |
|---|---|
| Compound V | Rolls a random power archetype that you keep permanently. |
| Temp Compound V | Gives you 1 random power for 24 minutes, plus Level 3 Super Strength and Level 3 Flesh Strength while it lasts. It comes at a price. |
| V-One | Maxes out every power you already have (Super Strength 5, Flesh Strength 6, Heat Vision 6, Blood Control 5, full Starlight awakening). Useless if you have no powers. |
| Compound V Eradicator | Removes all of your superpowers. |
Notes:
- Each player can only have one permanent archetype. To reroll, use the Eradicator first.
- You can't take Compound V while Temp Compound V is still active.
- Hold an Empty Syringe in your main hand and a vial in your off hand to fill the syringe.
How to get Compound V in Survival:
| Source | How |
|---|---|
| Rescue a Test Subject | Out in the wild, you may run into Vought Guards hunting down an escaped Test Subject. Take out every guard, and the subject will hand you a vial of Compound V — and fight by your side. |
| Containment Facility | Find a Compound V Formula inside an underground Vought Containment Facility, then brew Compound V yourself at a Pharmaceutical Table. |
▶ Vought Pursuit Event
Out in the wild, you may come across Vought Guards hunting down an escaped Test Subject (about once every 3 in-game days for the whole server). Take out every guard to save it, and you'll get a vial of Compound V and a new companion. Lose the fight, and if you have powers, you'll be hauled off to a Vought Containment Facility — your only way out is to break free when the power goes out.
| What you want | Command |
|---|---|
| Start a pursuit right next to you | /theboys pursuit start |
| End all pursuits | /theboys pursuit stop |
| Cut the power at facilities holding a player | /theboys pursuit outage |
| Turn off pursuit events | /gamerule theboysmodVoughtPursuit false |
All of these require cheats or OP permission.
▶ Brewing Compound V
① Pharmaceutical Table
Pharmaceutical Table MK1: 3 Glass on top; Iron Ingot + Brewing Stand + Iron Ingot in the middle; 3 Iron Ingots on the bottom.
② Ingredients
Cell Culture Medium: Sugar + Honeycomb + Bone Meal.
Sample Analysis Kit: Paper + Glass Pane + Copper Ingot + Redstone. Used to research the Compound V Formula.
V Cellular Stabilizer: Totem of Undying + Ghast Tear + Golden Apple. Used for permanent Compound V.
Short-Acting Destabilizer: Fermented Spider Eye + Phantom Membrane + Block of Redstone. Used for Temp Compound V.
You'll also need: Empty V Vial (Glass Bottle + Iron Nugget) and Empty Syringe (Iron Ingot + Glass Pane + Glass Bottle).
③ Compound V
Step 1 · Unfinished V Serum: Empty V Vial + Cell Culture Medium in the Pharmaceutical Table, 10 seconds.
Step 2 · Compound V Formula: Research a vial of Compound V with a Sample Analysis Kit, 30 seconds. You get the Compound V Formula, and the vial is returned to you. (Your first Compound V can come from rescuing a Test Subject, and a Formula can also be found in a Containment Facility.)
Step 3 · Compound V: Unfinished V Serum + V Cellular Stabilizer + Compound V Formula, 20 seconds.
④ Temp Compound V
Step 1 · Temp Compound V Formula: Research a vial of Compound V with a Short-Acting Destabilizer (with a Compound V Formula in the table), 30 seconds. You get the Temp Compound V Formula.
Step 2 · Temp Compound V: Unfinished V Serum + Short-Acting Destabilizer + Temp Compound V Formula, 20 seconds.
Tips
- Formulas are only checked, never used up. Combine a Formula with a Book and Quill to make a copy.
- When brewing serum or Compound V, one ingredient can process 1–3 vials at once; research handles 1 vial at a time.
- To use a finished vial: hold an Empty Syringe in your main hand and the vial in your off hand to fill the syringe, then inject.
2. Commands
Requires cheats or OP permission. Press Tab while typing to auto-complete power names.
| What you want | Command |
|---|---|
| Give yourself a power | /theboys skill give @s <power> |
| Remove a power | /theboys skill remove @s <power> |
| List your powers | /theboys skill list @s |
| Change a power's level (1–5) | /theboys skill level @s <power> <level> |
| Get a syringe directly | /give @s theboysmod:compound_v_syringe |
- Giving a parent power also gives all of its sub-powers. For example, giving "Super Speed" also gives "Speed" and "Time Control".
- Powers with levels: Super Strength, Flesh Strength, Heat Vision, Blood Control.
@smeans yourself; replace it with a player name to target someone else.
▶ Available Powers
- Regeneration
flesh_regen - Flesh Strength
flesh_strength - Super Strength
super_strength - Flight
flight - Heat Vision
laser_eye - Super Vision
super_vision - Super Speed
super_speed - Fire
fire - Light
light - Dual Form
jordan - Blood Control
blood_control - Size
size - Teleport
teleport - Invisibility
invisibility - Intangibility
intangibility - Spiritualization
spiritualization - Cloner
clone - Mind Takeover
mind_takeover - Butcher Tentacle
butcher_tentacle - Love Sausage
love_sausage - Diamond Claws
diamond_claws - Sound Wave
sound_wave - Chest Cannon
chest_cannon
▶ Controls
Special Interaction (default: G)
Hold G and combine it with other keys.
| Combo | Effect |
|---|---|
| G + R + Scroll | Adjust punch damage |
| G + Heat Vision key | Threaten: your eyes glow without firing |
| G + Heat Vision key + Scroll | Adjust Heat Vision damage (at 0–5% it won't break blocks or start fires) |
| G + Speed key + Scroll | Adjust running speed |
| G + Time Control key + Scroll | Adjust the slowdown strength |
| G + X-Ray key + Scroll | Adjust X-Ray range |
| G + Enhanced Vision key + Scroll | Adjust zoom |
| G + Teleport key + Scroll | Adjust teleport distance |
| G + Sonic Shout key + Scroll | Adjust Sonic Shout damage |
| G + Light key | Threaten: your eyes light up without attacking |
| G + Blood Burst key | Burst only the flesh, leaving the bones |
| G + Heal key | Heal whoever you're aiming at (without G, you heal yourself) |
Combat Mode (default: R)
Requires Super Strength. Press R to toggle it; the current state is shown on screen.
| Input | Effect |
|---|---|
| Left click | Punch |
| Hold left click | Charge a heavy punch, release to strike |
| Right click | Block |
| Hold Space + Shift | Charged leap |
| G + R + Scroll | Adjust punch damage |
- While holding a gun, R reloads instead of toggling Combat Mode.
- When you're a giant (Size 2x or larger), your punches become giant punches in Combat Mode.
Super Strength Throw (no Combat Mode needed)
- Tap Q: drop the item like vanilla.
- Hold Q: charge up, then release to hurl the item in your main hand. The longer you charge and the higher your strength level, the faster and farther it flies.
▶ Mechanics
Heat Vision Clash
When two Heat Vision users fire at each other, their beams lock into a clash. It works between players, between a player and a mob, and between mobs.
During a clash, a rhythm minigame appears — hit it right to push your beam toward your opponent.
Blood
Creatures bleed when hurt: blood sprays out and sticks to blocks, the ground, and other creatures, and leaves stains where they were hit.
- Punch someone who's bleeding and their blood ends up on your fist; run someone down with Super Speed and you'll be covered in it.
- Blood also stains armor.
- Rain or water washes it off.
- Bloodless creatures like skeletons, iron golems, and slimes don't bleed.
Ragdolls & Death
Dead creatures turn into ragdoll corpses that you can drag around and hit — damaged parts break off.
- Revive: aim Blood Control's Heal at a corpse and hold the skill key to bring them back. Works on both players and NPCs.
- Finish them: aim Blood Control's Blood Burst at a corpse to blow a chosen body part apart.
- Player death is a fake death: you collapse into a ragdoll, the camera pulls back and circles your body, and a teammate can still bring you back with Heal.
▶ Zombie Infection (Experimental)
This feature isn't finished yet, but it's already playable.
- Infection: a zombie bite has a chance to infect you. Players, NPCs, and MCA villagers can all be infected — Flesh Strength won't protect you.
- Symptoms: your skin slowly turns green, then a fever sets in — dizziness and weakness.
- Cure: eat a Golden Apple while infected. You can feed one to an NPC too.
- Turning: if left untreated, a player turns into a zombie on the spot — keeping all their powers and items. NPCs turn into zombies and keep using their powers.
- Spreading: anyone who has turned can infect others with a bite. They don't burn in sunlight, and iron golems will attack them.
Game Rules
| What you want | Command | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Seconds until an infected creature turns | /gamerule theboysmodMcaInfectionSeconds <seconds> | 60 |
| Infection chance per bite (%) | /gamerule theboysmodMcaBiteInfectionPercent <percent> | 5 |
| Infected blood also spreads the infection | /gamerule theboysmodZombieBloodInfection true | Off |
| MCA zombie villagers with Regeneration turn back to human on their own | /gamerule theboysmodRegenCuresZombies false | On |
Test Commands
| What you want | Command |
|---|---|
| Infect a target | /theboys zombie infect <target> |
| Turn a target into a zombie immediately | /theboys zombie turn <target> |
| Cure a target's infection | /theboys zombie cure <target> |
- All of these require cheats or OP permission.
<target>can be@s(yourself), a player name, or@e[type=...]. - Want a zombie apocalypse? Raise the infection chance and turn on blood infection.
▶ Minecraft Comes Alive (MCA) Integration (Optional)
With MCA installed, villagers can become Supes too.
- Superpowers: villagers can have this mod's powers and use them in combat. You may run into powered villagers out in the wild at night.
- Power Editor: admins (Creative with cheats on is enough) can right-click a villager with the editor to add or remove powers and change their levels.
- Inheritance: children of Supe villagers are born with powers. They inherit all of their parents' powers, at the higher parent's level ±1. Powers from Temp Compound V are not inherited.
Community & Feedback
Bug reports, suggestions, and update news all live in our Discord: https://discord.gg/WZpWzjGCwJ
This is a fan-made mod and is not affiliated with Amazon, Sony Pictures, or the creators of The Boys.