Bad Wither No Cookie - Reloaded guide for All the Mods 10 1.1 to 2.11

Bad Wither No Cookie - Reloaded is a small utility mod that tames some of Minecraft's loudest sounds. Normally the wither and the ender dragon death blast their sounds across the whole world. This mod localizes them so you only hear them when you're actually nearby.^[1]

This pack ships version 3.20.2 of the mod. It's client-side, so it only changes what you hear and doesn't need to be on the server. You can still use it when you play on a server that doesn't have it installed.^[1][2]

What it can silence

• Wither spawn and wither death sounds.^[1]
• The ender dragon death sound.^[1]
• Lightning and thunder.^[1]
• Wandering trader and llama ambient sounds.^[1]
• Any other sound from any mod that you choose to add in the config file.^[1]

Who is it for? Anyone running wither or dragon farms, or playing on a server where other people do. Without it, every spawn and death from those farms echoes for everyone. With it, you get your peace and quiet back.^[1]

By default, the mod also keeps quiet in the console and doesn't print a message every time it silences a sound.^[1]

Unverified The project page says the listed sound types are "disabled by default", but it doesn't make clear whether that means they are silenced as soon as you install the mod. Check the mod's config file to see how this pack has it set up.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

Good news: there's nothing to craft here. This mod is a sound silencer, not a content mod. It quiets the loud world-wide broadcast sounds that play no matter how far away you are.^[1]

The sources I have don't show any items, recipes or quests for it in this pack, so there's no first-items-to-make order and no recipe to show. I'd rather say that than invent a progression.^[1]

What it does

The project page says the mod silences these sounds: wither, End Dragon, thunder, and any other sound that any mod makes. It's especially handy on servers where spawners or farms for those mobs are running.^[1]

Your first steps

1. Install it on your client only. From 1.18.2 onward the mod is client-sided and no longer runs on the server, so it can be on your client even if the server doesn't have it.^[1]
2. Know the defaults. The project page lists the sound types it mentions as disabled by default, and the console output for a silenced sound is also silenced by default. The page doesn't say whether this pack changed any of that, so check the config file yourself.^[1]
3. Find the name of a sound you want gone. Use the /listen command, which shows event sound names, then add the sound you care about to the config file.^[1]

Unverified This pack's exact config values, the config option names, and whether any sounds are silenced out of the box in this pack are not confirmed by the available sources.

This mod has no machines, multiblocks, power or item logistics. It is a lightweight utility that handles one annoying thing: the world-wide broadcast sounds that some events play for everyone. It localizes the wither and dragon death sounds so you aren't blasted by them from wherever they happen.^[1]

This is especially handy on multiplayer servers where people run spawners or farms for these mobs, because those broadcast sounds can otherwise go off again and again.^[1]

What it can silence

• Wither sounds, including the wither spawn sound and the wither death sound.^[1]
• The End Dragon death sound.^[1]
• Lightning and thunder.^[1]
• Wandering trader and llama ambient sounds, which the mod added in 1.16.1 and newer.^[1]
• Any other sound that any mod makes, as long as you configure it.^[1]

Client-side only

From 1.18.2 onward, the mod no longer runs on the server at all. It is purely client-sided, so you can install it on your own game even if the server doesn't have it. In 1.17.x and lower it had to be on both sides, but that doesn't apply to modern versions.^[1]

Config file and finding sound names

Everything is controlled through a config file. The project page says all the sound types listed above are disabled by default. It also says the console message that normally appears when a sound gets silenced is turned off by default, so your log doesn't get spammed.^[1]

To silence a sound from another mod, you need its event sound name. The mod adds the /listen command, which shows you event sound names so you can find the one you want to block and add it to the config.^[1]

Unverified This pack doesn't ship a config file for this mod, so the exact settings you'll get in the pack, the config file's name and location, and the exact format for adding extra sounds can't be confirmed here.

There's good news here: the pack doesn't ship any config changes for this mod, so everything runs on the mod's own defaults. That means the behaviour described below is exactly what you get out of the box, and anything you want to change you change yourself on your own client.^[1]

The mod does have a config file, and by default it already silences every sound type it covers: the wither spawn broadcast, the wither death sound, the ender dragon death, lightning and thunder, plus wandering trader and llama ambient sounds. In other words, you don't have to touch anything to get the quiet you installed it for.^[1]

The other default worth knowing about is the console output. When the mod silences a sound it can print a line about it, and that logging is itself disabled by default, so your log stays clean.^[1]

Adding your own sounds

The config isn't limited to the built-in list. You can add any sound that any mod makes, which is the main reason to open the file at all. To find the name of the sound you want gone, run the /listen command in game and it will show you event sound names as they play.^[1]

Unverified The exact config file name, its location in your instance folder and the individual key names aren't covered by the sources available for this pack, so check the mod's config folder in game rather than assuming a particular layout.

All the Mods 10 2.11 ships Bad Wither No Cookie - Reloaded 3.20.2 (the NeoForge 1.21.1 build). The mod has been in the pack since All the Mods 10 1.1 or earlier.^[2]

Mod releases

• 3.20.2: fixed the thunder sound id check. This is the version in the pack now.^[2][3]
• 3.20.1: added a logo to the mod.^[4]
• 3.20.0: updated to 1.21.1 and enabled the built-in config screen.^[5]

These are the changes listed in the mod's own changelogs for its most recent releases. Earlier releases aren't covered here.^[3][4][5]