SCP-689, The Jade Statue
Some Minecraft mods add dragons. Some add machines. SCP-689, The Jade Statue adds something far worse: a single jade-green statue that does not appreciate being looked away from. Based on the SCP universe, this add-on introduces exactly one anomalous statue into your world, and it does not wait for you to find it. It finds you.
What Makes SCP-689, The Jade Statue Different
Most horror mods spawn monsters in dark caves or ambush you at night. SCP-689, The Jade Statue for Minecraft flips that formula. The statue does not move while being observed. It does not need to. Looking at it is safe. Looking away from it is not. The exact terms of this rule are best learned by accident, and survivors are strongly urged to bring a friend.
This is not a craftable item. It is not found in caves, and it does not generate as a block in the world. It arrives on its own, somewhere between one and three in-game days after the anomaly takes notice of your world. It chooses a host silently, with no announcement, no warning, and no marker. The statue is delivered through ordinary means: a common container, a common interaction, something you almost certainly do every day without thinking about it. If the chosen host is unwilling, unavailable, or unobservant, the anomaly quietly chooses another. You may receive it. You may not. Someone in your world will.
Behavior and Observation Mechanics
Sight and Multiple Observers
SCP-689 reacts to being seen, and the rules get complicated fast. When more than one entity has the statue in view at once, the order in which they stop observing matters. The first to break attention is the first to be addressed, and subsequent observers inherit the situation. Villagers do not enjoy the same grace period that players do, which makes them unreliable witnesses at best.
Blindness and Containment
The anomaly cannot interact with what cannot perceive it, though entities already acknowledged by SCP-689 are not so easily forgotten. Certain materials, surfaces, and conditions appear to limit its movement. Researchers have observed at least two reliable inhibitors: a specific metal block placed underneath the statue suppresses its tendency to wander, and a specific liquid arranged correctly around it appears to halt its activity entirely. Most building materials offer no protection. Walls do not work. Bedrock does not work. Obsidian does not work. Determining what does work is left as an exercise for the player.
Mining, Multiplayer, and Survival Tips
SCP-689 cannot be broken by hand or with the wrong tool, and insufficient equipment will register no progress at all. Once successfully mined, the statue can be carried as an item, and while in inventory it is completely inert. The anomaly only resumes activity once placed back into the world.
The add-on is fully multiplayer compatible. Sight tracking, attention queues, and target priority are calculated independently per observer, so group expeditions are encouraged for both tactical and witness purposes. If no players are online when SCP-689 selects a host, it simply waits for someone to join.
- Bring a backup pickaxe before attempting to mine the statue.
- Test containment materials one at a time and take notes.
- Never assume you were not chosen as the host.
- Keep at least one ally watching when you break eye contact.
If you want a smoother setup, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install for SCP-689, The Jade Statue, so you can skip manual file juggling and get straight to the paranoia. Its add-on catalog also tracks version compatibility, which saves real headaches when you update your modpack.
How to Install SCP-689, The Jade Statue
To download SCP-689, The Jade Statue, you need Minecraft Forge 1.20.1 and GeckoLib installed first. The mod is built by Raikin7 using SCP Core by Raikin7, so both dependencies must be present in your mods folder. Place the downloaded jar alongside GeckoLib and SCP Core, then launch the Forge profile. If the game crashes on startup, the usual culprit is a missing or mismatched GeckoLib version.
There is no official survival guide, and that is entirely intentional. Experiment. Take notes. The community will figure out the statue's rules faster than any single document could. Just remember that in a world running SCP-689, The Jade Statue, the moment you look away is the moment everything changes.