Kenny - A horror curse that follows your world!
Kenny adds a slow-burn horror survival experience to Minecraft. A tall, silent stalker begins watching your world from Day 1, filling the air with footsteps, whispers, TNT, lightning, and strange anomalies.
At first, Kenny only watches. He appears, stares, whispers, and vanishes when noticed. Then the warnings become a countdown. When your time runs out, the hunt begins.
The only true way to end Kenny forever is to enter The End and kill the Ender Dragon.
✨ Features
Slow-burn horror progression
- Kenny starts as a silent watcher.
- The world becomes more hostile over time.
- Kenny becomes stronger with every defeat.
- Kill-based and day-based escalation stack together.
Configurable hunt progression
- Hunt start day can be configured (Day 2 to Day 20).
- Initial WATCH delay is configurable.
- All config fields are editable in-game via command or Mod Menu.
- Existing configs are automatically updated with missing fields.
Per-world Kenny progression
- Kenny progression is saved per world.
- Existing worlds are supported.
- Progression does not go backward if in-game time is changed.
- Permanent victory is saved per world.
WATCH system
- Kenny appears silently before the hunt begins.
- Kenny stares from a distance without attacking.
- Kenny vanishes when noticed.
- WATCH dialogue appears through action bar text.
- Staring at Kenny long enough causes Darkness pulses and Nausea.
- Kenny also appears during sleep (sleep encounters).
- Sleep interruption integrates with WATCH progression.
Ambient anomaly system
- Fake footstep sequences behind the player
- Whisper sounds from multiple directions
- Creepy ambient rambling
- Heartbeat panic sounds
- Screams
- Smoke and soul particles near the player
- Reverse portal traces
- Static interference
- Spawn anomaly sounds
- Door creak anomalies
- Lightning strikes near players (visual only, configurable)
- TNT anomalies: Kenny drops primed TNT near the player with taunting action bar messages, escalating each day
Sleep encounters & sleep traps
- Kenny can appear at the player's bedside during sleep.
- Configurable WATCH messages appear via action bar.
- Waking players receive Nausea as a penalty.
- Sleep traps: Starting from a configurable day, primed TNT may spawn near sleeping players.
- Sleep trap messages appear via action bar.
Sky Gifts
- Kenny can warn players of falling TNT with a sky gift prompt.
- A grace period is given before the TNT drop lands.
- Timing and height are fully configurable.
Cinematic Kenny spawn effects
- Smoke and large smoke burst
- Soul fire particles
- Reverse portal particle trail
- Sculk soul particles
- Layered spawn audio
- Distorted whispers and static
- Blindness during spawn (configurable duration)
Kenny hunt behavior
- Chases Survival and Adventure players.
- Ignores Creative and Spectator players.
- Amphibious navigation: Can actively swim toward players underwater using smooth swimming AI.
- Can breathe and attack underwater without drowning.
- Smart navigation recovers from stuck pathing automatically.
- Can retarget other players in multiplayer when the current target escapes.
- Vanishes and schedules a respawn if no valid target remains.
- Removes duplicate Kenny entities automatically.
- Immune to explosion and lightning damage.
- Immune to non-player damage (configurable).
- Instantly kills non-player mobs with a single hit (configurable).
- 90% knockback resistance.
- Very high step height to climb terrain.
Block breaking
- Kenny can break blocks that block his path during a chase.
- A tag (
kenny:breakable_by_kenny) can restrict which blocks he can break. - A block blacklist is configurable.
- Block break height, cooldown, and griefing rules are respected.
Special attacks
- Jump Attack: Kenny leaps toward players on towers or at mid-range.
- Player Throw: After 3 melee hits, Kenny launches the player into the air.
- Mob Throw: Kenny grabs a nearby mob and hurls it at the player as a projectile.
- Fireball: Kenny fires small fireballs at players above or at range.
- TNT Throw: Kenny lobs primed TNT at players in close combat or in the open.
- Chase Darkness: Applies Darkness and heartbeat panic sounds periodically while chasing.
- Stare Effects: Staring at Kenny during a chase triggers Darkness pulses and Nausea.
- Escape Taunts: Kenny broadcasts dimension-specific taunts when a player escapes.
- Dimension Taunts: Kenny taunts players who cross into The Nether or The End.
Hostile Mob Alliance
- Nearby monsters that target Kenny will cancel their attack and stop.
- Protects Kenny from mob interference during a hunt.
Kill-based escalation
- Kenny becomes faster and stronger after each defeat.
- Health and damage scale with kill count and current day.
- Multiplayer scaling: Kenny's health and damage increase per additional valid player.
Progressive Kenny rewards
- Defeating Kenny drops a Kenny Totem.
- Armor rewards rotate through armor pieces (diamond → netherite as kills increase).
- High kill counts add stronger enchantments.
- First kill rewards an enchanted diamond sword.
- Later kills reward strong potions.
- Every kill rewards enchanted golden apples.
- Death announcements are broadcast to all players (configurable).
Kenny Totem
- A specially named Totem of Undying with custom NBT data.
- Works from main hand or off-hand.
- Grants Speed as long as held.
- Provides periodic healing and Regeneration.
- Mob Fear: Pushes nearby mobs away while held (not in The End).
- Applies Blindness as a cursed side effect.
- All effect timings, amplifiers, and radius are configurable.
The End final act
- Kenny has separate, amplified End stats (health ×10, damage ×10, speed ×2 by default).
- Kenny spawns quickly when players enter The End.
- Kenny cannot be damaged by the Ender Dragon.
- Kenny can punish tower abuse: vertical reach, block breaking, and fireball spam.
- Kenny keeps returning while the Ender Dragon is alive.
- TNT anomalies also occur in The End, safely avoiding the dragon.
Permanent victory
- Killing the Ender Dragon permanently defeats Kenny for that world.
- Kenny disappears forever.
- All ambient anomalies stop forever.
- Victory title and subtitle appear.
- Fireworks launch at the dragon death position.
- Diamond and netherite rewards drop at the kill site.
🛠️ Commands
Kenny includes server-side commands for control, debugging, and configuration.
| Command | Permission | Description |
|---|---|---|
/kenny status |
Everyone | Shows full diagnostics: active state, HP, kill count, chase speed, days until hunt, phase, and more. |
/kenny config |
Operator | Lists all config fields and their current values. |
/kenny config get <field> |
Operator | Gets the value of a specific config field. |
/kenny config set <field> <value> |
Operator | Sets any config field at runtime. |
/kenny config preset solo|group|server |
Operator | Applies a preset balance configuration for solo, group, or server play. |
/kenny config huntStartDay <2-20> |
Operator | Sets the day the hunt begins. |
/kenny config initialWatchDelaySeconds <seconds> |
Operator | Sets the initial WATCH delay in seconds. |
/kenny spawn |
Operator | Attempts to spawn Kenny now. |
/kenny spawn force |
Operator | Forces Kenny to spawn regardless of conditions. |
/kenny remove |
Operator | Removes the active Kenny entity. |
/kenny reset |
Operator | Resets all Kenny progression for the current world. |
/kenny restart |
Operator | Restarts Kenny in the current world. |
/kenny reload |
Operator | Reloads the config file from disk. |
/kenny test spawnfx |
Debug only | Triggers the spawn effect without spawning Kenny. |
/kenny test totem |
Debug only | Gives the player a Kenny Totem. |
/kenny test killflow |
Debug only | Triggers the kill reward flow. |
Note: Debug commands require
enableDebugCommands: truein the config file.
🖥️ Mod Menu support
Mod Menu support is optional.
When installed, Kenny adds an in-game configuration screen for:
- Hunt start day
- Initial WATCH delay
In multiplayer, configuration changes are validated and sent through server commands automatically.
⚙️ Gameplay progression
WATCH phase
Kenny watches before the hunt begins.
During this phase:
- Kenny appears near players and stares silently.
- Kenny vanishes when spotted.
- Dialogue and whisper sounds warn the player.
- Staring at Kenny causes Darkness and Nausea.
- WATCH events increase in frequency as the hunt day approaches.
- Sleep encounters can occur.
Hunt phase
When the warning phase ends, Kenny begins hunting.
During this phase:
- Kenny actively chases valid players.
- Kenny uses the full arsenal: jump attacks, player throws, mob throws, fireballs, and TNT.
- Kenny scales with kill count and current day.
- Kenny can recover from stuck navigation.
- Kenny can pursue underwater.
- Kenny can break blocks obstructing his path.
- Kenny can retarget in multiplayer.
- Kenny can respawn after vanishing or being defeated.
The End
The End is the final act.
Kenny becomes extremely dangerous inside The End: amplified health, damage, and speed. He will keep returning as long as the Ender Dragon is alive. Kill the Ender Dragon to seal Kenny permanently.
📖 Usage
- Install the mod on both client and server.
- Install the required dependencies:
- Fabric: Fabric Loader, Fabric API, GeckoLib
- Forge: Forge Loader, GeckoLib
- NeoForge: NeoForge Loader, GeckoLib
- Start or load a world.
- Watch for the Day 1 notice and objective.
- Do not trust footsteps, whispers, TNT, or silence.
- Survive the WATCH phase.
- Prepare before the hunt day.
- Reach The End.
- Kill the Ender Dragon.
- Seal Kenny forever.
🌐 Multiplayer
Kenny supports multiplayer, LAN, and dedicated servers.
The mod is required on both client and server because it includes server-side AI, world progression, sounds, particles, custom entity rendering, model, and animation logic.
Kenny's health and damage scale with the number of active players in the world. Presets (solo, group, server) are available to balance the experience.
⚠️ Horror notice
Kenny is designed as a horror progression mod. It includes sudden sounds, stalking behavior, whispers, blindness pressure, darkness, jumpscare-like moments, TNT events, lightning strikes, and escalating danger over time.
📜 License and permissions
- License: All Rights Reserved (ARR)
- Official downloads are only available on Modrinth and CurseForge
- Standalone redistribution and re-uploads are not allowed without permission
- Modified builds, forks, ports, mirrors, and asset reuse are not allowed without permission
- Modpacks are allowed when the original mod is unmodified, credited as Kenny by Zynwro, and linked back to the official project page
🤝 Credits
- Author: Zynwro
- Contact: linktr.ee/zynwro
- Donate: linktr.ee/zynwrodonate
