Capture Nets

Capture Net

A simple, reusable utility for relocating animals in Minecraft 26.1.x — without having to herd, lead, or boat them across half the world.

Available for both Fabric and NeoForge.

What it does

• Right-click an animal with an empty net → the mob is stored inside the net.
• Right-click a block with a filled net → the mob is released on the clicked face.
• The net is reusable — no consumable charges, no durability loss.
• A single net holds one mob at a time.

Full NBT preservation

When you capture a mob, the net saves the entity's complete NBT — not just the type. That means:

• Your named pets keep their names
• Pink sheep stay pink
• Tamed wolves still belong to you on release
• Baby chickens stay baby
• Modded entities with custom data extensions work transparently — no special compatibility patches needed

Rich tooltip

The net's tooltip tells you exactly what's inside, including:

• The mob's custom name (if any)
• Color / variant / breed (sheep color, cat coat, wolf type, axolotl variant, etc.)
• A "baby" marker for juveniles

Examples:

Contains: Bessie · Pink Sheep Contains: Wild Axolotl · baby Contains: Whiskers · Calico Cat

Modded mobs without a registered variant adapter degrade gracefully — they still show name + entity type, just without the variant prefix.

What can be captured

✅ Allowed: any passive or neutral living entity — animals, villagers, golems, allays, axolotls, modded creatures, etc.

❌ Blocked: players, bosses (Ender Dragon, Wither, Warden), and anything in the MONSTER mob category. A future reinforced net tier may unlock hostile capture.

Recipe

For modpack authors and other mod developers

This mod publishes the item tag #capturenet:nets, which contains all capture-net items shipped by any mod. If you're building a feature that should accept "any capture net" (e.g., a husbandry block, a custom recipe), read this tag rather than checking for specific item IDs.

Status

This is an early release. Planned future work:

• Reinforced Capture Net — a higher-tier net capable of capturing hostile mobs (single-use, expensive)
• Datapack tags for blocking/allowing specific entities per modpack
• Optional extended tooltip (shift-hold) with health, owner, etc.

License

CC0-1.0 — public domain, do anything you want with this code.