Which Minecraft versions does Mob Heads support?

Mob Heads supports Minecraft Java Edition 1.20.1 - 26.3. It does not work on Bedrock Edition.

Do I need Fabric or Forge for Mob Heads?

No. Mob Heads is a datapack, so it works in vanilla Minecraft without any mod loader. If you prefer, it is also available as a mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt and a plugin for Paper and Purpur.

Does Mob Heads work on servers and in multiplayer?

Yes. Datapacks run on the server, so it works in singleplayer, on multiplayer servers and in LAN worlds. Players do not need to install anything.

How do I install the Mob Heads datapack?

Download the datapack zip from Modrinth or CurseForge, put it into the datapacks folder of your world (saves/ /datapacks), then run /reload or restart the world. For a new world, you can also add it on the Data Packs screen while creating the world.

Yes. Mob Heads is free and open source under the MIT License. The source code is on Codeberg.

Mob Heads - Minecraft Datapack by Jodek

Available as: Datapack, Fabric mod, Forge mod, NeoForge mod, Quilt mod, Paper plugin, Purpur plugin

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Features

1. 500+ unique heads --> every mob, baby and variant in the game

2. Custom note block sounds for all heads

3. Advancement collection to track your progress

4. Chat notifications when a head drops

5. Fully translated with my Jodeks translations Resourecpack (German, French, Spanish, Japan, Chinese, Russian)

Config

Run ingame:

/trigger mob_heads.config

Choose between player kill or charged creeper drops
Adjust drop rates
Change drop messages

If you want to give yourself a head:

/trigger get_mob_head

Looting does not affect drop rates

Latest Update

Available at: https://modrinth.com/datapack/mob-heads-tropical-fish

Default drop rates

#	Mob	Drop Rate
1	Allay	5%
2	Armadillo	5%
3	Axolotl	5%
4	Blue Axolotl	10%
5	Bat	5%
6	Bee	5%
7	Blaze	3%
8	Bogged	5%
9	Breeze	5%
10	Camel	5%
11	Camel Husk	7%
12	Cat	5%
13	Cave Spider	3%
14	Chicken	2%
15	Cod	2%
16	Copper Golem	3%
17	Cow	2%
18	Creaking	5%
19	Creeper	2%
20	Charged Creeper	10%
21	Dolphin	5%
22	Donkey	5%
23	Drowned	2%
24	Elder Guardian	15%
25	Ender Dragon	20%
26	Enderman	2%
27	Endermite	5%
28	Evoker	5%
29	Fox	5%
30	Frog	5%
31	Ghast	3%
32	Glow Squid	5%
33	Goat	5%
34	Guardian	2%
35	Happy Ghast	5%
36	Hoglin	3%
37	Horse	5%
38	Husk	3%
39	Illusioner	5%
40	Iron Golem	3%
41	Llama	5%
42	Magma Cube	5%
43	Mooshroom	5%
44	Brown Mooshroom	10%
45	Mule	5%
46	Nautilus	5%
47	Ozelot	5%
48	Normal & Weak Panda	5%
49	Lazy, Brown, Playful, Aggressive, Worried Panda	10%
50	Parched	5%
51	Parrot	5%
52	Phantom	3%
53	Pig	2%
54	Pilgin Brute	10%
55	Piglin	3%
56	Pillager	2%
57	Polar Bear	5%
58	Pufferfish	5%
59	Rabbit	5%
60	Ravager	5%
61	Salmon	3%
62	Sheep	2%
63	Shulker	5%
64	Silverfish	2%
65	Skeleton Horse	10%
66	Skeleton	2%
67	Slime	2%
68	Sniffer	5%
69	Snow Golem	2%
70	Spider	2%
71	Squid	3%
72	Stray	3%
73	Strider	5%
73.5	Sulfur Cube	5%
74	Tadpole	5%
75	Trader Llama	3%
76	Tropical Fish	5%
77	Turtle	5%
78	Vex	5%
79	Villager	5%
80	Vindicator	3%
81	Wandering Trader	5%
82	Warden	15%
83	Witch	2%
84	Wither	20%
85	Special Wither Skull	5%
86	Wolf	5%
87	Zoglin	5%
88	Zombie Horse	5%
89	Zombie Nautilus	5%
90	Zombie Villager	7%
91	Zombie	2%
92	Zombified Piglin	2%

Config [1.21.5 and below] To change drop rates, rarities and drop messages

make sure to unzip the datapack before

Head to: MobHeads/data/mobheads/function/config

and then edit the specific file (drop _rates.mcfunction , rarity.mcfunction , drop_messages.mcfunction)

don't forget to save the file and run /reload afterwards

For anything pre (before) 1.21

Drop chances for 1.20.4 and 1.20.5-6

You can use Ctrl + F to search

Common = 0.02 = 2%

Chicken (1.21.5+: temperate, warm, cold)
Cow (1.21.5+: temperate, warm, cold)
Cave Spider
Creeper
Pig (1.21.5+: temperate, warm, cold)
Sheep (different heads for all colors)
Skeleton
Spider
Zombie
Snow Golem
Iron Golem

Rare = 0.1 = 10 %

Bat
Bee
Blaze
Bogged
Cod
Donkey
Drowned
Enderman
Evoker
Frog (variants: cold, temperate, warm)
Glow Squid
Guardian
Hoglin
Horse (variants: white, creamy, chestnut, brown, black, gray, dark_brown)
Husk
Llama (variants: white, creamy, gray, bronw)
Magma Cube
Mooshroom (variants: red, brown)
Mule
Phantom
Piglin
Pillager
Pufferfish
Salmon
Slime
Squid
Tropical Fish
Villager (snow, savanna, plains, desert, jungle, taiga)
Witch
Wolf (woods, spotted, striped, snowy, rusty, pale, chestnut, black, ashen)

Epic 0.2 = 20 %

Armadillo
Allay
Axolotl (variants: pink, wild, gold, cyan, blue)
Breeze (1.20.5)
Camel
Cat (variants: all black, black, british shorthair, calico, jellie, persian, ragdoll, red, siamese, tabby, white)
Dolphin
Elder Guardian
Endermite
Fox (variants: red, snow)
Ghast
Goat
Illusioner (not in game)
Ocelot
Parrot (variants: red, blue, cyan, gray, green)
Piglin Brute
Polar Bear
Rabbit (variants: brown, white, gold, salt, black, white splotched, evil)
Ravager
Shulker
Silverfish
Skeleton Horse
Stray
Strider
Trader Llama (variants: white, creamy, gray, bronw)
Turtle
Vex
Vindicator
Wandering Trader
Zoglin
Zombie Horse
Zombie Villager
Zombified Piglin

Legendary 0.3 = 30%

Sniffer
Warden
Panda (variants: normal, lazy, worried, playful, weak, aggressive)

Mythic 0.5 = 50%

Enderdragon
Wither
Brown Panda

In the datapack, you can edit these chances by changing the value in:

data/minecraft/loot_tables/entities/entity.json

in there, look for "conditions" and the condition "random_chance" and change the "chance" to the value in % you want the head to drop

Bug Fix for when you place down the heads, destroy them, and pick them up again:

Keep Head Names Mod

This bug is fixed in 1.20.5

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