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Mob Heads

Every mob drops its head: 500+ heads for all mobs, babies and variants. Configurable drop rates, note block sounds and head collection advancements

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Updated
November 4, 2026Nov 4
Published
in 2024

At a glance

Runs on Fabric, NeoForge, Forge and Quilt
For Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.20.4–26.3
Needed on the server; optional in the game
Latest version — v5.3.1+plugin from November 4, 2026
Requires 5555ff-lib
License MIT — free
Where it's needed
In gameoptionalOn serverrequired

Needed on the server; optional in the game

Game versions1.20.1, 1.20.4–26.3
Mob Heads

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Features

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

Custom note block sounds for all heads

Advancement collection to track your progress

Chat notifications when a head drops

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

Full Head Gallary

Config

Run ingame:

/trigger mob_heads.config
Config Options

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

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Latest Update

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

Default drop rates

#MobDrop Rate
1Allay5%
2Armadillo5%
3Axolotl5%
4Blue Axolotl10%
5Bat5%
6Bee5%
7Blaze3%
8Bogged5%
9Breeze5%
10Camel5%
11Camel Husk7%
12Cat5%
13Cave Spider3%
14Chicken2%
15Cod2%
16Copper Golem3%
17Cow2%
18Creaking5%
19Creeper2%
20Charged Creeper10%
21Dolphin5%
22Donkey5%
23Drowned2%
24Elder Guardian15%
25Ender Dragon20%
26Enderman2%
27Endermite5%
28Evoker5%
29Fox5%
30Frog5%
31Ghast3%
32Glow Squid5%
33Goat5%
34Guardian2%
35Happy Ghast5%
36Hoglin3%
37Horse5%
38Husk3%
39Illusioner5%
40Iron Golem3%
41Llama5%
42Magma Cube5%
43Mooshroom5%
44Brown Mooshroom10%
45Mule5%
46Nautilus5%
47Ozelot5%
48Normal & Weak Panda5%
49Lazy, Brown, Playful, Aggressive, Worried Panda10%
50Parched5%
51Parrot5%
52Phantom3%
53Pig2%
54Pilgin Brute10%
55Piglin3%
56Pillager2%
57Polar Bear5%
58Pufferfish5%
59Rabbit5%
60Ravager5%
61Salmon3%
62Sheep2%
63Shulker5%
64Silverfish2%
65Skeleton Horse10%
66Skeleton2%
67Slime2%
68Sniffer5%
69Snow Golem2%
70Spider2%
71Squid3%
72Stray3%
73Strider5%
73.5Sulfur Cube5%
74Tadpole5%
75Trader Llama3%
76Tropical Fish5%
77Turtle5%
78Vex5%
79Villager5%
80Vindicator3%
81Wandering Trader5%
82Warden15%
83Witch2%
84Wither20%
85Special Wither Skull5%
86Wolf5%
87Zoglin5%
88Zombie Horse5%
89Zombie Nautilus5%
90Zombie Villager7%
91Zombie2%
92Zombified Piglin2%

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

Info

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

FAQ

How to install Mob Heads?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Mob Heads for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Mob Heads support?

Mob Heads has builds for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.20.4–26.3.

Is Mob Heads needed on the server?

Needed on the server; optional in the game

License and source
MIT Licensefree to use and share with credit to the author
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