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Better Mob Heads

by quillphen

Better Mob Heads gives supported mobs a decorative player head that matches the mob's texture, with a drop chance raised by Looting.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalGNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only1.19.1 – 1.21.11

What it does

Many vanilla mobs have no head item of their own. This mod gives the supported ones a custom decorative head that drops when they die, and the head shows the texture of the mob it came from. Drop rates depend on the mob group and on the Looting level of the weapon, and bosses, Iron Golems and Snow Golems drop their heads at higher rates than standard mobs. The supported list covers the Overworld hostile mobs, the Nether and End mobs, Wandering Traders and the Giant.

A charged creeper triggers a forced head drop from supported mobs near the blast before the detonation, applied on a reasonable-effort basis. The charged-creeper check is a datapack-only approximation, based on a scoreboard-driven death check, so it is not a true kill check. Head textures are sourced from the MinecraftHeads database by TheLuca98. The mod is distributed as a Data pack for server platforms and runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.11, with files for 1.19.1 – 1.21.11 across 23 release versions.

Key features

  1. Heads for supported mobs

    Vanilla mobs without a head item drop a decorative player head that matches the mob's own texture.

  2. Looting-based drop chance

    Looting increases the chance that a supported mob drops its head, with higher rates for player-built and boss mobs.

  3. Charged creeper pulse

    Near a powered creeper, supported mobs get a forced head drop before the detonation, applied on a reasonable-effort basis.

  4. Texture database

    Head textures come from the MinecraftHeads database, so each drop shows the correct mob skin.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.111.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.101.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.91.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.81.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.71.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.61.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.51.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.41.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.31.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.21.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.21.11.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.211.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Hostile Mobs Improve Over Time is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.19.4 – 26.3 that is server required and not open source. Naturally Charged Creepers is server-side only and covers 1.16.5 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, so it does not add heads.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Better Mob HeadsFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.19.1 – 1.21.11Server required, client optional2026-03-19
Hostile Mobs Improve Over TimeFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.19.4 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-22
Naturally Charged CreepersFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.16.5 – 26.3Server-side only2026-10-02

Questions

Does Better Mob Heads need to be installed on the client?

No. The server must run it, while players may leave it out.

Which loaders does Better Mob Heads support?

Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the Data pack is available for server platforms.

Are the drop rates fixed?

No. Standard mobs start at 5% and the rate rises with Looting, while reward mobs have a 100% rate under the charged creeper pulse.

In the catalog

Better Mob Heads is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Technology mods8,499Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

Mob Heads is a server-side Minecraft Java Edition datapack that gives supported vanilla mobs without an existing vanilla head item a decorative custom head when they die. The pack uses real minecraft-heads.com textures from the public MinecraftHeads CDN and applies simple score-driven loot logic with Looting support…
quillphen, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
quillphen
Published
2026-03-19
Updated on Modrinth
2026-03-19
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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