# Hostile Mobs
\nThis server side mod increases the hostility of mobs by making them detect “sounds” through walls such as open chests and lit furnaces.<\/p>\n
Creeper will also blow up walls in order to get to and destroy these blocks, there’s a long timer before they blow up and they make sounds in the mean while. If a creeper hears a block through a wall it will try a new path every 10 seconds after the default of 5 tries if will explode or else once a creeper is within a one block range of a targeted block it will explode in approximately 3 seconds.<\/p>\n
It is worth noting that there’s a setting to choose which days the mod should be activated. As default it is only active every 7 days which makes it more like an event on which you have to focus on defending your valuables or make sure that you don’t light your furnaces.<\/p>\n
If the Create mod is loaded mobs will also detects spinning components and they will flock toward them.<\/p>\n
Here’s a list of the configuration options that can be found in the `hostilemobs.toml` file within the configuration directory.
\n| Name | Value | Description |
\n| ——————– | —— | ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- |
\n| activeNthDay | Number | A number 3 means that this behavior will only be active every 3rd day |
\n| triesBeforeBlowingUp | Number | Relevant for creepers, a try triggers everytime it tries finding a new path to a block, if it stays in the same area for N amount of times it will explode |
\n| detectionDistance | Number | At what range can mobs “hear” blocks through walls |<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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