5 Minecraft mods to play if you like dungeon crawling

Minecraft leans heavily into its survival sandbox gameplay, often leaving little room for other types of content. While recent updates have introduced structures like trail ruins and trial chambers to improve exploration and challenge, some players may still feel that the game lacks depth in certain areas.

Fortunately, Minecraft has one of the largest and most active modding communities, offering almost any type of content you can imagine. If you are tired of exploring the same caves and repetitive underground structures, dungeon crawling mods can add a fresh layer of challenge and discovery to your world.

Continue reading to find out about five Minecraft mods to play if you enjoy dungeon crawling.

Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the author's opinions.

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Minecraft dungeon crawling mods

1) Dungeon Now Loading

A new mob from Dungeons Now Loading mod (Image via Mojang & HexNowLoading)

If you are looking for new challenges and have a thirst for dungeon crawling, then Dungeon Now Loading should be among the first Minecraft mods you try. Dungeon Now Loading comes loaded with special mechanics, tons of dungeon varieties, new mobs exclusive to dungeons and labyrinths, and more.

Dungeon Now Loading comes with two main types of dungeons: Labyrinth and Temple of Duality. As you may guess from its name, labyrinths are more about confusing players with mazes and puzzles, leading them to tough mobs called spawner carriers. This new mob is built like a tank and carries an active spawner on top of it that spawns hostile mobs from time to time.

Temple of Duality is a dungeon with three layers and gives players the option to solve redstone puzzles or face tough enemies. As you progress through each floor, the challenges get harder and offer better rewards for those wise or strong enough to clear them. At the end of the dungeon, you can also face a new boss mob called the Ballista Golem.

Download Dungeon Now Loading mod from here.

2) Dungeon Difficulty

This mod adds new difficulty levels (Image via Mojang and ZsoltMolnarrr)

Dungeon Difficulty respects Minecraft’s sandbox open-world gameplay and tries to introduce dungeon crawling mechanics in a unique way. Instead of adding new dungeons to the game, Dungeon Difficulty turns the whole world into a dungeon by adding difficulty levels based on your location.

After installing Dungeon Difficulty, the game’s difficulty becomes dependent on which structure and biome you are in. There are three main difficulty types: Adventure, Dungeon, and Heroic. Places marked with Adventure difficulty will have mobs with boosted attributes. Dungeon difficulty does the same as Adventure but improves the quality of loot in the location. Lastly, Heroic is the same as Dungeon but adds boss bars for the main enemies in the location, like the Warden in an ancient city.

Download Dungeon Difficulty mod from here.

3) YUNG's Better Dungeons

A catacomb from YUNG's Better Dungeons mod (Image via Mojang and YUNGNICKYOUNG)

Minecraft mod developer YUNGNICKYOUNG has a series of incredible world generation mods, featuring improved designs for many popular structures, including dungeons. YUNG's Better Dungeons sets out to improve the existing boring dungeons, which are basically rooms with a single mob spawner.

In this mod, players will come across new types of dungeons, such as spider nests, underground undead fortresses, catacombs filled with dangerous mobs and confusing corridors, and more. The mod also improves the old spawner dungeons by giving them a new layout and added decorations.

Download YUNG's Better Dungeons mod from here.

4) Roguelike Dungeons

Entrance to new dungeons in Roguelike Dungeons (Image via Mojang and Greymerk)

Since we are playing Minecraft, it definitely makes sense to include a mod with procedurally generated dungeons. Roguelike Dungeons features massive procedurally generated dungeons that can be found naturally in the Overworld.

After installing the mod, you can find a stone tower, usually near villages, which marks the entrance to the dungeon. The dungeon starts with a cozy place for you to rest before heading into its depths. As you dive in, you will come across many staircases leading to different chambers filled with monsters equipped with unique armor, similar to mobs spawned during ominous trials.

Download Roguelike Dungeons mod from here.

5) Stalwart Dungeons

Most Minecraft dungeon mods usually add structures to the Overworld, leaving the Nether and the End feeling left out. If you are looking to add dungeons to the Nether and the End, Stalwart Dungeons might be the mod for you. This mod adds two new dungeons to the Nether and one dungeon to the End.

In the Stalwart Dungeons mod, you will encounter many new hostile mobs within dungeons, along with rare ores that allow you to craft new tiers of armor and equipment. It is recommended to explore these new Minecraft structures only if you are well prepared, as powerful boss mobs await you.

Download Stalwart Dungeons mod from here.

Edited by Manish Kumar Choudhary