Brutal Bosses - Custom Bosses

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Project overview

Dungeons and other structures now have bosses spawning in them, more than 29 boss variants of vanilla entities These bosses have custom abilities, stats, loot and behaviour/AI so each one is a different challenge. Requires Cuboard dependency to be installed in newer versions All bosses are created through datapacks, by default the mod already includes 29 Bosses. They're fully customizable and you can add new bosses yourself easily. You can make a boss of about any entity, including other mod's entities. Check here to see the full guide on creating a custom boss: https://gist.github.com/someaddons/aa5986b9495863c3b55947a07e243395 Commands for testing bosses: /brutalbosses spawnboss all spawns all bosses /brutalbosses spawnboss random spawns a random boss /brutalbosses spawnboss <filename> spawns a specific boss This mod is compatible with any structure which adds lootable chests/containers, due to bosses spawning next to those chests. Structures which are using vanilla loottables are inherently compatible, others may be added explicitly through datapacks. Includes compatibility for the following structure mods by default: Awesome Dungeon Awesome Dungeon Edition Ocean Awesome dungeon nether Awesome dungeon end Bygone Nether Dungeon Crawl Dungeons Enhanced Dungeons Plus End Remastered Goblins & Dungeons Illagers+ Infernal Expansion It takes a pillage Mo' Structures Phillips ruins Stoneholm, Underground Villages The Graveyard The Lost castle Towns and Towers Towers of the Wild: Reloaded Towers of the Wild: Additions Valhelsia Structures When Dungeons Arise William wythers YUNG's Better Dungeons YUNG's Better Strongholds Missing a mod? you can easily add it with a datapack, check the spawning section of the boss creation guide: https://gist.github.com/someaddons/aa5986b9495863c3b55947a07e243395 List of all bosses:

FreeMinecraftMods decision guide

This mod is most relevant to players looking for Mobs, Adventure and RPG on NeoForge, Fabric, Forge. Treat those labels as discovery hints, then verify the exact file and dependency list on the official project page.

The source record was updated on Jun 26, 2026, which is a recent freshness signal. A recent date does not guarantee support for every loader or Minecraft version, so still inspect the current file list.

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Compatibility at a glance

Minecraft versions in this snapshot: 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.21, 1.19.2, 1.20, 1.19.4, 1.19.3, 1.18.2, 1.19.1, 1.19, 1.18.1, 1.16.5

Loaders and platforms: NeoForge, Fabric, Forge

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