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Stranger Things

by SwirlyOnYouTube · for Minecraft

It's Stranger Things... But in Minecraft?!?!? Created By: Swirly

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About Stranger Things

From Modrinth

It's Stranger Things... But in Minecraft?!?!? Created By: Swirly

Swirly's Stranger Things

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> "Something is coming… something hungry for blood."

Bring The Upside Down and it's inhabitants directly into your Minecraft world. This mod delivers an atmospheric experience built around the lore and creatures from the show Stranger Things. The Upside Down stacked upon the overworld.


The Awakening

The Upside Down doesn't open on its own. The world starts as regular vanilla Minecraft. But when you interact with the sensory deprivation tank and encounter the Demogorgon lurking within, everything changes.

Attacking it triggers The Awakening. From that moment on, the Upside Down is alive.


Creatures from the Upside Down

| Creature | Description | |---|---| | Demogorgon | The apex predator of the Upside Down. Highly intelligent, incredibly aggressive. | | Demodog | Pack hunters. They coordinate attacks and grow increasingly dangerous in numbers. | | Demobat | Swarming aerial threats that spawn in hordes. | | Vecna | The big bad. Haunts cursed players; stalking them, appearing and vanishing, getting deeper into your mind before it's too late... |


Vecna's Curse

Once the world awakens, Vecna may choose a victim.

  • Nightmare Visions trigger randomly throughout the day - hallucination mobs, spider swarms, visions of the Upside Down, and more.

The only way out? Find your music. Use the Walkman and Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill to fight back.


Eleven's Powers

Wield the power of the most powerful girl in the world:

  • Telekinesis — Levitate entities, hold them suspended in the air, then fling or blast them away with a flick of your mouse. The harder the flick, the farther they fly.
  • Rift Manipulation — Focus your powers for 3 seconds to tear open a Rift to the Upside Down through any wall or floor. Focus again to seal it.
  • Power Mode — Toggle enhanced power for extreme throws
  • Cost — Using your powers drains hunger. Push past starvation and it costs you health.

The Upside Down Dimension

A mirrorworld version of the Overworld.

  • Upside Down Dirt & Grass with unique textures.
  • Rifts randomly tear open near players after The Awakening, connecting your world to the Upside Down
  • Flickering lights - Upside Down interference causes nearby torches and lanterns to flicker
  • Existing worlds can be synchronized with a one-time world scan when you first install the mod

Items

  • Music Disc: Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush) - Your salvation against Vecna's curse. Plays in a Jukebox.
  • Walkman - Find it in the abyss. Play it during Vecna's curse to escape.
  • Three Musketeers Bar - The best snack item.
  • Flamethrower - It's in the name.

Server-Friendly Design

  • All behavior gates behind The Awakening - vanilla by default until triggered
  • Full multiplayer support
  • Extensive config - Tune Vecna curse timing, rift frequencies, stalker behavior, and more via /strangerthingsconfig
  • Immersive Portals optional — Rifts work with full visual portals if installed, or use built-in fallback entities without it

Requirements

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Minecraft 1.21.1.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Gameplay & overhauls

New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Stranger Things as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
Fabric
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.21.1

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorSwirlyOnYouTube, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree

Stranger Things, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Stranger Things?

Modrinth lists Stranger Things as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric.

Is it free?

Yes. Stranger Things is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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