Always a Wither Skull
by Serilum
With Always a Wither Skull, wither skeletons drop their skull on every death, not only occasionally.
What it does
The mod changes the drop behavior of wither skeletons so that each one leaves its skull when it dies. Vanilla leaves the skull only on a chance roll, so players who want the skull for building or trading gather it sooner. The mod is a drag-and-drop file that runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything.
Key features
Skull on every death
Each wither skeleton drops its skull on death, removing the random chance of the vanilla drop.
Server-side behavior
The change happens on the server, so connecting clients do not need the mod to receive the skulls.
Single purpose
The mod changes only the skull drop, leaving the rest of the wither skeleton's behavior as it is in vanilla.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Where's My Wither Skeleton Skull (WMWSS) is a client and server mod with files for 1.17.1 – 1.21.8, under All rights reserved. Witherify skull is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and runs on both sides for 1.21 – 1.21.11, and it is NeoForge only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Always a Wither Skull | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Where's My Wither Skeleton Skull (WMWSS) | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.17.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-05-26 |
| Witherify skull | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-15 |
Questions
Does Always a Wither Skull need Collective?
Do players need the mod installed?
Which loaders does the mod support?
In the catalog
Always a Wither Skull is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Always a Wither Skull is a drag-and-drop mod which makes wither skeletons always drop their skull on death. Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available. For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo. Thanks!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/always-a-wither-skull
- Owner
- Serilum
- Published
- 2022-09-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15