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Bad Wither No Cookie Reloaded is a lightweight quality-of-life mod that silences the global broadcast sounds Minecraft plays to everyone on a world or server, no matter how far away they are.

By default Minecraft sends a handful of sounds to every player at full volume:

• the Wither spawn roar,
• the Ender Dragon death roar,
• the Wandering Trader ambient noises,
• and lightning / thunder.

On a busy multiplayer server (or even a large single-player world) these become constant, unavoidable noise. This mod mutes those global sounds or makes them local so you only hear them when you are actually near the source. Everything is toggleable, and you can extend it with your own list of sounds to silence - so any noise that bothers you (sheep eating grass, cows mooing, creaking, etc.) can be muted too.

It is small, has no gameplay impact beyond audio, and is great for quieting a noisy world or a crowded server. Originally created by Kreezxil.

1. Install the mod loader your build targets, then drop the mod jar into your mods folder.
2. Launch the game once. The mod creates its configuration file automatically and immediately starts silencing the default global sounds (Wither, Dragon, Trader, thunder).
3. Tweak to taste. Open the config to turn individual sounds back on, or add new sounds to the custom silence list (see Configuration below).

There is nothing to craft and no new items - the mod works entirely in the background on the sounds your game plays.

Out of the box the mod targets the four worst offenders - the sounds Minecraft broadcasts world-wide regardless of distance:

Wither Spawn

When any player builds and spawns a Wither, the spawn roar is normally played to the entire world. This mod silences it (or limits it to nearby players) so a Wither farm on the far side of the map no longer interrupts everyone.

Ender Dragon Death

The long Ender Dragon death roar is broadcast globally whenever the dragon dies. With this mod it no longer blasts across the whole server.

Wandering Trader

The Wandering Trader's ambient mumbling and idle noises can be muted, which is especially helpful when a trader has wandered near a busy spawn or hub.

Lightning & Thunder

Thunder claps are played to everyone during storms. The mod can quiet or localize them so distant lightning no longer rattles your speakers.

Each of these is an independent toggle - silence all of them, or just the ones that bother you.

All behavior is controlled through the mod's configuration file / in-game config menu:

• Per-sound toggles - individually enable or disable silencing for the Wither spawn, Ender Dragon death, Wandering Trader, and lightning/thunder.
• Custom silence list - a list where you add any other sound by its registry name to mute it. Anything that makes a sound can be added (mob ambient noises, block sounds like creaking, animals eating, etc.).
• Local vs. silenced - depending on the sound, you can choose to fully silence it or restrict it so it only plays near its source instead of world-wide.

Edit the config, save, and reload the world (or restart the client/server) for changes to take effect. Because the list uses exact sound names, use the built-in command (below) to find the correct names to paste in.

To silence a custom sound you need its exact internal name, and the mod ships a chat command that prints the names of the sounds currently playing around you.

Typical workflow:

1. Stand near the noise you want to mute and run the listen command in chat. The mod prints the registry names of nearby sounds to your chat log.
2. Copy the exact sound name it reports.
3. Paste that name into the custom silence list in the configuration.
4. Reload, and that sound is now muted.

This removes the guesswork - instead of hunting through wikis for internal sound IDs, the mod tells you exactly what is playing so you can silence precisely the sound you mean.

• Multiplayer servers - the biggest win. Server-wide Wither/Dragon/thunder spam disappears, so players are not constantly interrupted by events happening far away.
• Large single-player worlds - keep automated farms (Wither farms, mob farms) from blasting their sounds across the map.
• Recording & streaming - mute distracting global noises while keeping local ambience intact.
• Personal preference - use the custom silence list to remove any specific sound you find annoying without disabling all game audio.

The mod is client-friendly and lightweight; it only changes how sounds are played, not gameplay mechanics.

A sound I added to the list still plays. Double-check the exact name - use the in-game listen command while the sound is playing and paste the reported name verbatim, then reload.

I want a sound back that the mod silences by default. Open the configuration and turn off silencing for that specific sound (each default sound has its own toggle).

Does this affect gameplay? No. The mod only changes which sounds are played and how far they carry; it does not alter mobs, drops, weather, or mechanics.

Will it desync with the server? It primarily affects how sounds reach you; install it where you want the quieting to apply (config behavior follows the mod's setup).

Credit. Bad Wither No Cookie Reloaded was originally created by Kreezxil / Eleksploded (gitlab.com/kreezxil/BadWitherNoCookie), released under the MIT license.