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Hard Mob Limiter

A mod intended to set a "hard cap" on natural mob spawning

Forge
Loaders
Forge
Downloads on Modrinth
551
Followers on Modrinth
2
versions
2
Updated
February 11, 2026Feb 11
Published
in 2025

At a glance

Runs on Forge
For Minecraft 1.20.1
Server only — players don't need to install it
Latest version — 1.2 from February 11, 2026
License MIT — free
Where it's needed
In gamenot neededOn serverrequired

Install on the server only; players don't need it

Game versions1.20.1
This mod is intended to set a "hard cap" on mob spawns, configurable in the config, which you can see below. ⬇️
Spoiler

[general]
    #Enable mob spawn limiter
    enableLimiter = true
    #If true, limits are per player cluster instead of global
    perPlayerMode = false
    #List of mob limits: [["minecraft:zombie","30"],["minecraft:enderman","8"]]
    spawnLimits = [["minecraft:zombie", "30"], ["minecraft:skeleton", "25"]]
    #Radius in blocks used for per-player cluster checks
    #Range: 16 ~ 512
    playerRadius = 128

You can set the cap to be based on a per-player basis or globally, alongside being able to change the type & number of mob that you want to limit the spawning of.

Alongside this, to avoid crowding when there are groups of players nearby to eachother, the per-player setting makes it so that it will only follow the limits of 1 player if there are several people nearby, the radius tells the mod how close the players have to be in order for it to only follow the limit of 1.

Say, for example, you installed a mod, which had some neat features but the spawn weights were all really weird & you got way more of one mob than you'd like, with this mod you can set the natural spawning to be any number you want, if you want there to be no more than 5 mobs of this type in the surrounding area? You can do that.

You're allowed to use it in any modpack you'd like, no credit needed.

Made for use in my modpack, which will be releasing soon

NOTE - Updating the mod is likely to overwrite your config, make a copy somewhere safe.

FAQ

How to install Hard Mob Limiter?

Install Forge for your Minecraft version, download Hard Mob Limiter for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Hard Mob Limiter support?

Hard Mob Limiter has builds for Minecraft 1.20.1.

Is Hard Mob Limiter needed on the server?

Server only — players don't need to install it

License and source
MIT Licensefree to use and share with credit to the author
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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