Mod Ideas

Are you having issues coming up with an idea for SpookyJam? Don't worry, this type of thing happens to everyone from time to time. The following list of ideas has been put together by our community to help inspire you! You can sort by tags here.

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Ghostly Mobs

Ghosts, wraiths, and spectres! Souls of the dead that roam the lands. Maybe they can gi...

Suggested by: Nigel

Ocean Shadows

Massive shadows under the surface of the water to create the illusion that something is...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Cursed Light Sources

Light sources like lanterns and torches that attract hostile mobs and cause them to spa...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Tric-or-Treaters

Trick-or-treaters, humanoid creatures dressed in costumes. Bring them candy or sweets f...

Suggested by: Nigel

Scarecrow

A scarecrow block that can boost the growth rate of nearby crop blocks. They could come...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Repeating Staircase

A mysterious staircase or structure that teleports the player in a way that makes it se...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Pumpkin Boss

A giant pumpkin boss with long vines that lash at nearby mobs and players. The boss sho...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Ghost Structures

A structure that completely disappears when the player leaves. For example the player t...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Spider Lairs

A spider lair structure that players can explore. The lair would contain cobwebs, mobs...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Mummies

Mummies, bandaged undead mobs that roam sandy biomes at night. Maybe they can stretch t...

Suggested by: Nigel

Angler Fish

A mob inspired by the angler fish that lures players into the depths of the ocean. This...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Tree Tapping

A tree tap block that allows players to collect various types of saps and syrups like m...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Abandoned Structures

Add new structures to the world that feel abandoned or run down. This could be stuff li...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Motion Entity

An entity that players can only see if they stand completely still. While it does not n...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Gothic Castles

Large gothic castles or haunted medieval fortresses, maybe they are strongholds for mob...

Suggested by: Nigel

Cute Witchcraft

A witchcraft mod that focuses on the cute aesthetic rather than the dark and morbid stu...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Candy

Add new types of candy to the game. The more unique and interesting the better. Candy c...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Ancient Crypts

Giant crypt structure that generates under ground. These should be full of skeletal mob...

Suggested by: Nigel

Nether Portal Spread

Nether portals slowly spread corruption into the real world. You could potentially add...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Creepy Fog Event

A heavy fog weather event that causes weird sounds to play. New types of hostile mobs c...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Invisible Ink

An item that makes sign text invisible until it is revealed using an item. The item cou...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Bone Piles

A pile of bones laying on the ground that reassembles into a skeleton mob when the play...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Cursed Bookshelves

A bookshelf block that sometimes play creepy whispering sound effects, as if the books...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Fairy Circles

A ring of mushrooms that randomly generates in forests. In folklore these rings are oft...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Face Changer

A new mob that visually changes in some way if you look away from it. The change should...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Possessed Book

A book that slowly writes new pages on its own. Things like creepy messages, reference...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Phantom Tools & Armor

Old tools and armor that have been possessed by an unseen force. This could be a tempor...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Bermuda Triangle Biome

An ocean biome with thick fog, weird lights, and subtle effects that disrupt navigation...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Friendly Ghosts

Friendly ghosts that help the player out, kind of like the Allay. They could scare off...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Cursed Compass

A variant of the compass that leads the player towards danger rather than their spawn p...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Screenshot Entity

An entity that is completely invisible to the player outside of screenshots. The entity...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Bio-Tech

A tech mod that uses flesh, organs, and biological elements instead of traditional mach...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Pumpkin Creatures

Pumpkin creatures like Jack O' Lantern mimics, crawling pumpkin spiders, and maybe even...

Suggested by: Nigel

Navigation Disruption

A mob that makes navigation items fail. Compasses point at it instead of spawn, clocks...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Wolf Creatures

New wolf variants based on creepy legends like Black Shuck, Hell hounds, skeletal wolve...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Potion Minigame

A new brewing system with a puzzle based minigame. Could be like a mario party minigame...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Haunted Mansions

A haunted mansion filled with ghosts, deathtraps, and puzzles!

Suggested by: Nigel

Creepy Decorations

Creepy decorations like broken mirrors, creepy paintings, mannequins, worn down furnitu...

Suggested by: Nigel

Scraps of Lore

Scraps of paper or old books with lore and ghost stories written in them. These could b...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Graveyard Structure

Graveyard or cemetery structures that generate in the world. They could be part of vill...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Headless Mobs

Headless mobs, like the headless horseman who has a pumpkin in place of their head.

Suggested by: Nigel

Witch Familiars

Different kinds of familiars that players can collect. Each one gives the player a diff...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Poltergeists

Dark spirits that lurk in caves and attack by levitating nearby blocks and objects and...

Suggested by: Nigel

Grinning Mobs

Humanoid mobs like players or villagers that have unnaturally big smiles.

Suggested by: Darkhax

Moth People

Small humanoids with visual elements inspired by moths. These could draw inspiration fr...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Mushroom Rain Boost

Make mushrooms grow more after rain. This could look like making vanilla spread more af...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Abandoned Campfires

Campfires with log seats, tents, and maybe other camping items. The campsite is abandon...

Suggested by: Nigel

Faceless villagers

A villager that has no face. This could be a temporary effect like the player is halluc...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Skeleton Lumberjack

Skeleton Lumberjack who lurk in the forrest. They come in an assortment of colors, and...

Suggested by: Nigel

Moths

An ambient moth mob that flies around at night and sleeps during the day. They are attr...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Dark Deals

A villager that offers valuable items in exchange for permanently debuffing the player...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Living Armor

Living suits of armor that stay still at day and move after dark. Maybe they are part o...

Suggested by: Nigel

Face Collector

A mini-boss type mob that would keep track of the players it kills and somehow collect...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Fall Decorations

Decorations that fit with the fall aesthetic, like harvest baskets, scarecrows, and aco...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Undead Structures

Graveyards, crypts, catacombs, and similar structures with grave robbing potential. May...

Suggested by: Nigel

Potion Expansion

A wide range of new potion materials and new types of potions with interesting effects...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Ancient Hellhound Boss

A mini-boss inspired by the Ancient Hellhound from Ultima Online.

Suggested by: Nigel

Monster Tools

A wide range of tools to deal with hostile mobs. For example weapons that are more effe...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Zombie Tropes

Various types of zombies, pulling inspiration from common zombie tropes. Like Crawlers...

Suggested by: Nigel

Pumpkin Golems

Different kinds of golems that wear pumpkins on their heads. These could be decorative...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Blood Moon

A rare blood moon event that causes hostile mobs to spawn more frequently. The mobs tha...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Spooky Cosmetics

A bunch of hats and cosmetics that can be used as halloween costumes. Maybe there is a...

Suggested by: Nigel

Ghost Ships

Abandoned ship structures that can be found in the ocean. They could potentially have g...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Eerie Footprints

An invisible entity that leaves footprints behind as it walks. The footprints could be...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Enchanted Postcards

An enchanted postcard item that teleports the user to the location when they use the it...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Spooky Candy

Gather weird or spooky ingredients to make your own candy at a confection station.

Suggested by: Nigel

Smores

Allow players to cook smores together at a campfire. This could be a thing players just...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Rats

Rats and vermin that eat your crops and lurk in dark areas. Maybe include mouse traps t...

Suggested by: Nigel

Candle Magic

A candle based magic system that allows players to perform spells by arranging candles...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Vampires

Vampires, bat-winged creatures who hunt at night and hate the daylight. Would heal from...

Suggested by: Nigel

Night Birds

Peaceful night birds like owls that make hooting sounds.

Suggested by: Nigel

Pumpkin Moon Event

A recreation of the pumpkin moon event from terraria.

Suggested by: Nigel

Green Rain

A weather effect that temporarily turns rain green. While this is happening plants grow...

Suggested by: Darkhax

Yokai

A mod inspired by Japanese yokai like the Karakasa, a one-eyed hopping umbrella monster.

Suggested by: Nigel

Abandoned Farmhouse

Old farmhouse structure with barns, ruined crops, scarecrows, and fall themed crops lik...

Suggested by: Nigel

Ambient Birds

Birds that add to the ambience of the world. For example crows that caw occasionally. P...

Suggested by: Nigel, Darkhax

Wisps

Ghostly flames called wisps that drift through forested biomes at night. Maybe they com...

Suggested by: Nigel

Turkeys

Add turkeys as an ambient mob to forests.

Suggested by: Nigel