Attract to Chat – Mob Attraction by Chat Messages

Attract to Chat

Turn player messages into sounds that Minecraft mobs can hear and investigate.

Minecraft 1.19.2 & 1.20.1 · Java 17 · Server-side with optional client installation
Fabric API is required: 0.76.0+ for Minecraft 1.19.2 and 0.92.7+ for Minecraft 1.20.1.

◈ Messages Become Sound

Attract to Chat makes Minecraft mobs react to player messages.

Send a message and nearby mobs may hear it, travel toward the location where it was sent and investigate the area. Writing in CAPS or using exclamation marks makes the message louder, allowing it to reach mobs from farther away and making them react faster.

Chat attraction demonstration

◈ Terrain Muffling

Walls can muffle chat.

Solid terrain can reduce how far a message can be heard. Thin barriers may only soften the effect, while thicker structures can make communication much harder for nearby mobs to detect.

This makes caves, houses and other enclosed spaces safer places to talk than open terrain.

◈ More Than Just Danger

Tired of struggling to move villagers with boats and minecarts?

Use chat to call them toward farms, bases, villages or trading halls.

You can also use messages to:

lure hostile mobs away from another player;
create distractions while escaping;
turn multiplayer chat into a stealth mechanic;
make survival and horror servers more intense;
create "Don't Scream" style challenges;
attract compatible creatures added by other mods;
punish players who cannot stop shouting.

CAPS loudness demonstration

◈ Mobs Still Act Like Mobs

Attract to Chat works alongside Minecraft's existing AI instead of replacing it.

Fighting mobs keep their real targets.
Villagers prioritize escaping zombies and other dangers.
Sleeping villagers can wake after hearing loud messages.
Flying, aquatic and jumping mobs use compatible movement.
Invalid or unreachable destinations are ignored.
Investigations end when a more important behavior takes priority.

Mobs investigate the sound without abandoning their normal behavior.

◈ Features

Configurable hearing range
Louder CAPS and exclamation marks
Terrain Muffling
Vanilla and compatible modded mob support
Villager attraction
Player ignore rules
Troll Mode
Optional Vocal Fatigue
Optional Anti-Spam
Built-in and custom presets
Live in-game configuration
Command autocomplete
Optional investigation-path particles

◈ Troll Mode

Troll Mode allows admins to secretly make selected players much more attractive to mobs.

Affected players can be heard from farther away and trigger faster, more aggressive reactions without changing the experience for everyone else on the server.

Troll Mode demonstration

◈ Gameplay Customization

Server owners can adjust how intense Attract to Chat feels without changing the core mechanic.

Presets
Choose from built-in presets such as Safe, Casual, Chaos and Silent, or save your own custom configurations.

Vocal Fatigue
Optional Vocal Fatigue can discourage players from constantly shouting.

Anti-Spam
Optional Anti-Spam helps control repeated attraction triggers from excessive chat activity.

In-Game Configuration
Hearing, presets, ignored players, supported entities and other settings can be managed directly in-game.

Use /atc help to view the available commands.

◈ Server-Side Friendly

Install Attract to Chat on a Forge or Fabric server running Minecraft 1.19.2 or 1.20.1 and players can join without installing the mod themselves.

Installing it on the client is optional and unlocks personal investigation-path particle controls:

/atc client particles enable
/atc client particles disable

Particles are disabled by default.

◈ Installation

Requirements Minecraft Java Edition 1.19.2 or 1.20.1 · Java 17

Available Builds

Minecraft	Loader	Attract to Chat	Additional dependency
1.20.1	Forge	2.1.0-r1	None
1.20.1	Fabric	2.1.0	Fabric API 0.92.7 or newer
1.19.2	Forge	2.1.0	None
1.19.2	Fabric	2.1.0	Fabric API 0.76.0 or newer

Install on a Server

Download the Attract to Chat version matching your Minecraft version and mod loader.
Place the Attract to Chat JAR inside the server's mods folder.
When using Fabric, install the appropriate Fabric API version shown above.
Start or restart the server.
Use /atc help in game to confirm that the mod is active and view its available commands.

Optional Client Installation

Players can join without installing Attract to Chat.

Client installation is only needed for personal investigation-path particle controls. Download the version matching the client's Minecraft version and loader. Fabric clients also require Fabric API.

Do not mix Forge and Fabric files.

◈ FAQ

Do players need Attract to Chat installed?

No. The core gameplay mechanics run on the server.

What does the optional client installation add?

Personal investigation-path particle controls.

Does Attract to Chat replace Minecraft's mob AI?

No. Normal behaviors can still take priority over an investigation.

Do walls affect hearing?

Yes. Solid terrain can muffle messages and reduce how far mobs can hear them.

Does it support modded mobs?

Compatible creatures added by other mods can be used with the attraction system.

Can I use Attract to Chat in a modpack?

Yes. Attract to Chat is released under the MIT License.

◈ Support the Project

Created by bielzinrx · Contributor Theus452 · Tester kots_luffyzin