The Manbear: How I Made the Most Horrifying Minecraft Mod 

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*Manbear appears* "Enter inside the house?" "No", "Enter inside the large, snowy, dark and dense forest" Dude is fr a horror movie character.

A smaller touch I feel you could add is having all animals go silent when the manbear is near. In nature, when an apex predator is near, other animals will go silent as to not draw it's attention. Maybe you could also make the players footsteps quieter, as if they're sneaking

"bro what was that" my brother in christ YOU made the mod

an extremly underrated strat to survive the night, is just to dig a hole, but that just takes all the fun away

Genuinely scared the hell out of me when he repeated what you said

blud is the dude to do the dumbest things in a horror movie

16:13 -why is it not leaving? Monster:why is it not leaving..? -No why are you not leaving?! *sob**

This on a multiplayer server would be insane. Imagine hearing the voice of your friend... in the middle of the forest... in deep fog... just for it to the THAT. Wishing you lots of success in your current and future modding endeavors.

builds a house for protection, proceeds to not use it

*builds a hut for protection* *proceeds to run away into the wilderness whenever the Manbear shows up*

Would you rather encounter a man or a bear in the forest? Manbear:....

10:24 the fact that "the creator is afraid of the creation" definitely means alot about the manbear

Scary noises are scary, but the most horrifying sound in a lively forest, is the absence of sound, especially when everything suddenly goes quiet. Edit: seriously you should add that, when he’s watching you everything goes silent

15:56 “Yah there he is!” * silence * “ *Yah there he is!* “ The disrespect emanating from that. Bro is telling you that he knows where you are

bro i get it that you wanna showcase your mod but i have genuinely not been this frustrated watching you not contine building your house and walking off toward sounds or not going inside the house you made soley for protection, just to run off in the woods where you cant see anything

3:52 "I don't like the night, so I'll be turning off my flashlight for now"

*builds a house* *worries its not safe* *makes it safe* *proceeds to stand outside house and not use it for safety*

The creepiest part, in my opinion, is that it's able to mimic your voice. Imagine the fear and panic the Manbear could cause on a multiplayer world just by imitating your friends.

"One more video before bed"

7:55 THIS IS HOW PEOPLE DIE IN HORROR MOVIES! THE GOOD OLD "what was that?" LINE

This mod is genuinely scary, and is very different than the more popular dweller concept, reminds me of the reworked Man From the Fog in a sense, I cant wait to see more of the Manbear!

the word "manbear" reminds me of the bear in annihilation

I would really like this to be a horror/comedy movie. Man tries to decorate his house while monster stalks him.

10:22 bro his scream scared me more than the actual mod

The main things cave dweller copies are missing are suspense and buildup. Most of them just have some kinda sound effect and then it pops up and tries to kill you, which will probably surprise you at first, but it isn't really scary. The Manbear looks fantastic in my opinion, it copying your voice sent chills down my spine the first time, and he didn't even do anything after it. Almost 10 minutes go by after it seems like it might attack, but it never does, which makes the 10 minutes all the more unsettling. It's unpredictable, it catches you off guard, but most importantly, it waits. It doesn't just attack you right away or slowly follow you, it appears randomly in a way that you barely notice, and then it disappears without you even properly seeing what it looks like, making it all the more terrifying due to humanity's natural fear of the unknown. I love it.

Normal people sees something scary and goes inside This man:

6:12 *IM CRYING THE CUT OFF WOLF BARK HAS ME CHOKING ON AIR*

Manbear really is the next level. It fits Minecraft idea as a horror game, much, much better than Dweller. I mean Dweller is just like another Warden, but overpowered as f**k, with some additional mechanics, btw not very fresh. The scariest thing on the Earth is human imagination so pushing it with some noises, disappearing or appearing things, and showing just something in corner of the view can really boost our fear to the absolute edge. Great job man!!

You should add a feature that tamed dogs can warn you of the ManBear's presence. You will be doing whatever you are doing with your dog but for some reason the dog just starts growling. You look at your dog and he is full agro, like with the red eyes and everything, but for some reason he isn't moving to attack. He is just standing there staring off in a direction. If you look off in the direction the dog is looking at and you have exceptionally good eye sight, you can see the ManBear's figure looming in the distance. The reason the dog isn't moving to attack is because the dog knows he will die if he tries to fight the ManBear. If the dog could, he would try to run away, but he is loyal to his owner, so instead the dog tries to protect the owner, despite how scared he is. It can act as a kind of warning system, and even if you don't own a dog you can note the presence of the ManBear with two things, or rather the lack of two things. One, nothing, not a damn thing is spawning. The entire forest lacks naturally spawning mobs. All the mobs that are around are trying to run away from the area. This is because of one thing, all the animals in the forest can sense the ManBear's threatening presence with their primal instincts. They can feel the overbearing threat of an apex predator with the animalistic intuition that we lack. The second thing you notice is that there is no sound. The entire forest is dead quiet except for the sounds that the ManBear makes. This is partially because all the mobs that could run away made themselves scarce. But the mobs that are still around (maybe because they are stuck in a fenced in area you made for them) are as quiet as a mouse. Not a single oink from a pig or chrip from a bird. This is because they can't run away so they are trying to not bring any attention to themselves, in the desperate hope that if they stay quiet and don't make sound, maybe, just maybe, the apex predator will ignore them. Just some ideas.

The fact there isn’t any normal hostile mobs makes this 10x better. If there were zombies and skeletons it would destroy the thought of being alone abd would take away the night time exploration

3:55 Ok I don't know what version, texture pack or mods are at play but that is beautiful.

“Stop resisting” while killing the black rabbit is wild 😂😂

One idea is to make the manbear mark its territory by stripping trees in your vicinity not often and maybe just one log or two

10:24 There is no way this man and his dev team made an actual mimicking your voice creature omg I have been wanting something like this in mc for so long Big thanks to you and the devs for making such a creature/mob i can't wait to try it.

this guy has the survival instincts of a horror movie character lol, he hears strange noises and literally sees the manbear at his house and just stands there in the snow doing nothing

I really like it. It reminds me of one of my favorite gamplays I ever saw (ironicall i can't remember the name) but basically, you were in a radio tower trying to help a hike get away from Goat Man. At one point the goat man looks at you and screams. Not the scariest game I've seen, but defiently one of the most rememberable. Edit: it’s called ‘do you copy’ I recommend checking it out if you like a bit of a shorter mystery horror game. It has multiple endings.

10:24 now THAT was insane, caught me completely off guard

Calvin seeing this: "Another fine additon to my fog!"

"you guys heard that?" not a second later manbear mimics "you guys heard that"

Manbearpig is the greatest threat the world has ever faced!

It's been years since I wished for "Stalkering Creatures" to add to my worlds, something to watch and creep my gameplay, but there was nothing like that at the time. It's like watching a kid grow, seeing all these mods is a blessing for minecrafters

Local man sees large predator in area, builds house, fortifies it, and then doesn't use it

8:20 that was the most terrified and howly bro I've herd.. for now

The music really played well into the whole vibe, this video was done really well. hope it becomes a series!

That voice repeat at 10:24 sent shivers down my spine. Really gotta stop watching these at 12:00 am. Poor life choices aside, this mod looks incredible! I can't wait to play it with friends who know even less than me about it lol.

Interesting, I know lots of the “horror” mods have a variety of spawn rules, but seems different. I notice it seems to spawn in a snow like biome but what makes its spawn rule more unique that it only seems to appear if it’s snowing. I like to think of this similar to the warden as it makes use of limiting our vision which most other “horror” mods don’t take advantage of. All and all this isn’t like dweller mods, this is truely it’s own creature that uses different mechanics to scare us which works because most of us are too use to the dweller mods and not to unique horror mods

oh look another scariest minecraft mod

I was intrigued at first, but the complete ineptitude of the person playing ruined any and all tension the mod built up. Sure, run into the forest rather than the safe hut. Acting like a complete dumbass doesn't make it scarier, it ruins immersion just like it does in horror movies.

Someone once said to me "You are not afraid to being Alone, you are afraid of NOT being Alone"

FINALLY, a dweller mod that aint just a cave dweller reskin, lets go. edit: sorry for calling it a dweller mod, just what i classify them as

What do you mean "tHerE iS a mAnbEAr" Nah bro you trippen Nah there's nothin

I’m in love with the ambient sounds… the crowd, the birds. The music. Idk if you mixed that yourself, but I need that audio 🔥🔥🔥🔥 So relaxing and mysterious. Just vibes

This is peak horror. It repeats your voice, it mimics you, it does everything. It genuinely makes you afraid to even click 'play' on your minecraft world. The first few seconds of the video already had me nervous. I really feel like a V2 is in order, as well. I don't wanna order you around, but I feel like if you take the manbear (scariest minecraft horror mod), and made a V2 with even more scary aspects to it, you could easily make this the scariest minecraft horror mod that absolutely noone could top. Some mechanics might include: Fake Night (When the manbear is around, it will appear to be nighttime.) Silent Night (When the manbear is around, it will be completely silent. No animals or mobs will spawn, background music completely stops, and the night just becomes quiet and empty. *too quiet and empty.* This would really unnerve a lot of players. Victims (Mangled bodies of sheep, cows, and zombies can be found around the manbear's territory. Additionally, blood can be found on the ground or trees in the manbear's territory. This marks the final resting place of the manbear's recent victims. Spooky, right?) Scary Noises (Utilize scary and offputting noises in the manbear's territory. Sudden noises and eerie ambience easily scare most people, and put them on edge. I know this is already implemented, but make them more in the moment. Make them more unexpected. Don't have them as just one little jump, but instead as something that puts them on edge for the rest of the night. You know what I mean?) Territory (Instead of the manbear haunting you around the whole map, the manbear will have a designated territory. Basically how this works is: every day the manbear will pick a certain biome. Then, the manbear will choose that biome as it's 'territory', which is where it will reside and attack the player. The manbear can only affect the player if the player is in the biome that has been selected as it's territory. Desert biomes will not be selected. Every night, the manbear's territory will randomly change to a new biome. All the other biomes are normal, but once you enter the biome that is the territory, you're gonna wish you hadn't.) You could put way more mechanics, but this is my personal opinion. I seriously think you could make this mod so scary it would not even be comparable to other mods in any way, but it's already pretty close so don't go worrying too much about this lol. Loving it though! Very spoopy!

I REALLY like how realistic this one is compared to most "Dweller" mods. It isn't a humanoid creature with elongated limbs or anything like that, it's literally an animal, a predator, and this mod does an amazing job at making you feel like prey. It doesn't have a loud ass soundtrack or screaming when you encounter the Manbear, it roars like an animal sounds and imitates your own voice, and most of the time it can scare the shit out of you just with sound effects. When it DOES appear, however, it doesn't immediately start chasing you and making loud noises, it just sits there staring at you, just to disappear in the fog immediately after. Sure, maybe it depends a bit too much on shaders in that aspect, but who's gonna get scared by Minecraft with the default visuals? Its design is also something I gotta really give credit for, the Manbear has a pretty big model, which means that it is visible from afar, but just seeing a huge silhouette like that in the distance can be very terrifying, and seeing it from up-close doesn't take that away, as it towers over the player with ease. This is definitely one of the best horror mods I've ever seen, incredible work!

Dude that was way to tense I was literally screaming at you to go into your house that was so good though the echo back from your own voice and everything super under rated video ngl here before 100k subs 👀

Dude when your own voice echoed back that scared tf out of me, I'm so glad what I hoped you meant when you were explaining it repeats your sounds was what you meant.

I love the fact you made a big but not massive scary cryptid instead of a low quality stick with a massive mouth.

Wow, you really mean it when you say this is gonna be terrifying. I can see a lot of things going on with this mob, but I never predicted the voice mimicking to be one of its traits. Hearing that it was absolutely mimicking your voice…mortifying. I’m deeply intrigued by this mob. I’m excited to see what else it can do. You have done it again!

6:21 the scariest part of the video a "subscribe " Jumpscare 😭😭🙏

This mod is awesome! You should add something where all the animals go silent when he is near, like in real life, and then make the players footsteps louder, as if your more conscious of your footsteps now that it’s completely silent. I think that would be an awesome touch.

To make a truly terrifying mod, we need to make the game support the mod. Give mobs new rare sounds, use them to make horror movies cheap scares or new mobs even! When you only add a single mob, everything diferent will at least be atributed to it, making it less scary.

Him moving away from his house instead of going in when he got near drove me up a wall it made me so mad LMAO great video definitely subbing i cant wait to see more

Blud is running from the wind for 18 minutes straight

This is honestly the best mod for trolling a friend, the fact that this is (I assume) peaceful mode lowers your guard a lot more than you'd think as well

please, PLEASE release this as a mod to the public, it will top all existing horror mods BY FAR. this creature is exactly what the minecraft horror scene needed

Makes house for protection, *Proceeds to run away from house each chance he gets.*

Bro is b tier movie actor

that voice mimicry is exactly what i have been waiting for someone to add to a horror mod for minecraft it would go perfectly with proximity chat or whatever it is called

TLDR: Someone PLEASE make a horror mod where the monster is completely different each time you encounter it. In response to the trend of "horror mods" and its apparent stagnation, I came up with an idea for a "perfect" horror mod that would be called "Schrodinger's Herobrine." The monster's appearance, sound, name and behavior would be procedurally generated for every encounter, so you can never know what the monster will do, and you will never be able to predict or become familiar with the monster's behavior. It would also be able to do things that mobs "shouldn't" be allowed to do, such as opening and closing doors, breaking and placing blocks, opening chests and dropping some of the items onto the ground, et cetera; things that wouldn't be so annoying as to take away from the fear factor, but significant enough to warrant a shiver when the player notices that something's off. The monster should only rarely actually try to kill the player so that it doesn't become predictable or annoying, but should always pose a plausible threat so that it never becomes trivial. Jumpscares should be avoided when possible so that it doesn't become "cheap" or "unimaginative," focusing more on ambient horror and the fear of the unknown. Most of the time, the monster should exist entirely outside the player's line of sight and disappear the instant that the player sees it, or even right before so that the player's fear of the unknown is prolonged. The monster should only confront the player visibly maybe about like 35% of the time, so that the player's imagination can run wild with possibilities. The monster should appear rare enough that it doesn't become a nuisance, but common enough that its presence in the world is significant. All in all, proper balance would be crucial, as any number of factors being too high or too low could result in a sub-par experience. I can't make this mod myself because I'm too busy, but I would really appreciate it if somebody else were to make this mod for me. I might even commission someone at some point, I don't know.

You know, you could make the animals react to the creature, when dogs whine for example, and maybe it could hunt the creatures. It is possible to add “memorization” of lines to him, so that he can not just mimic people when they are nearby, but at any time.

This mod plus the cave dweller mod will do a great combination

It repeating the voice back at you is terrifying! More games need to use entities like that. Like lethal company has the mimic mod

Primordial Fear really kicks to 1 to 100 turbo mode and all of youre senses enhance when the First twig cracked and you know you are no longer alone,it really turned scary when it started to mimic human sound

All the encounters for scared people like me:) 8:10 First encounter 10:20 you guys heard that? 15:35 final encounter 17:03 my bad guys THIS is the final encounter If I missed anything let me know I absolutely love this mod both the ambience while not in a threat to the ambience when being hunted please make more parts for this keep up the good work

Host's voice while talking: 🤐 Host's voice the second anything spooky happens: 💥💥💥💥💥💥

13:14 the block just dissapeared lol

7:47 whats the dog doin?

Bro sounding like courage the cowardly dog💀 10:58

Him: “what was that” his mind: I should definitely check that out 😀 surely nothing scary is gonna be over there”.

I love this new Minecraft trend of making horror creatures. It’s honestly my favorite trend out of them all. This was the best one I’ve seen so far, great work buddy :)

Just came here to say that in my country (or more specifically, my province), we have a horror story coming from farmers and hunters living on the hills about a Manbear or "Ucumar" as we call it, so this mod hits incredibly close, especially the whole part of imitating voices and waiting for you just to scare the hell out of you. I love it!

*builds a house for protection* Doesn't stay in the house.

This combined with the dweller mod make minecraft a whole horror game😭

i came across the video of your mod that you made on tik tok and instantly fell in love with the mod. keep up the great work dude i hope to see more from you and your work.

man horror minecraft videos are all like this now: "jeez I wonder what bad thing will happen!" "wow it's getting dark!" "oh no it's so eerie I feel really scared!" "if I walk in the dark forest all night while I know there's a creature roaming around somewhere, it tries to KILL ME?"

16:04 why is bro lookin up like Gods gunna come down and help him lol (tbh I would do the same)

The way it said "Did you guys hear that?" right after you finished your sentance on 10:26

bro had a perfectly good house and decides to run into a f*cking blizzard where you cant see sh*t.

Dude please make a series out of this, when he mimicked you, my skin CRAWLED 15:36

I like when he falls down in caves he doesn’t scream he just goes “ EUHHH”

Watching this dude is genuinely frustrating 💀

Holy! this is just so spooky! Great Job!

looks amazing! i had some ideas if you're interested in them. i think that when it copies your voice, it should slightly modify the recording it takes so it sounds a little inhuman. like the manbear is still figuring out exactly how to copy you. i think that having scratch marks in some of the trees that it's been near would be a cool way to show you that something is nearby, and that whatever it is, you're in its territory. lastly i had the idea of there being a random chance for one of the villages nearby to become massacred. like a village you've visited before could become abandoned, with scratch marks and blood and broken doors everywhere, but no sign of the villagers. just some things i thought of :) super cool mod!

This mod is crazy good! I love how he stands there and when he not on your screen he disappears.

Now i finally remember what this Mod reminds me of. Its the game "Do you Copy?" Just like in your Mod the Creature mimics the voice of their victims. Instead of an Manbear its a Goatman. And i really liked that game, even though it was short. Your Mod is like a perfect recreation of the creature in the game for Minecraft. Good work.

at one point when he came close by all the animal sounds died down, i liked that, it was really eerie

I see the word manbear and instantly think manbearpig

Video idea: make a similar horror mod but based on a witch/killer that stalks you based on The Blair Witch game with certain "hexed" forest dimensions (like the Twilight Forest) that you get pulled into to fight the Blair Witch where you find her in a hut.

The voice mimic almost made my heart implode. I can only imagine the fear of heading into this mod with very little knowledge of what it does.