Easier Mob Heads
by draemato
Easier Mob Heads changes how vanilla mob heads drop, so they no longer require charged Creepers, and the Ender Dragon head always drops on a final hit made with a Silk Touch axe.
What it does
Vanilla mob heads can be obtained from an axe enchanted with Silk Touch, and the drop chance rises with the Sharpness level of the axe. The base chance is 10%, which increases by 5% per Sharpness level and reaches a total of 50% at Sharpness V. Without the mod, heads depend on a charged Creeper's blast, which makes them a rare collectible.
The Ender Dragon head drops on every final hit made with a Silk Touch axe, regardless of other conditions. Wither Skeleton skulls already drop without charged Creepers in vanilla, and the mod's datapack affects only vanilla mobs. It works with the More Mob Heads datapack from Vanilla Tweaks. The mod is server required with a client optional environment, and it is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, which is not open source. Builds cover 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 on Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, and a datapack version is also available.
Key features
Silk Touch axe drops
Vanilla mob heads drop from kills made with an axe enchanted with Silk Touch.
Sharpness-based chance
The drop chance starts at 10% and grows with each Sharpness level, up to 50% at Sharpness V.
Ender Dragon head drop
The Ender Dragon head drops on every final hit made with a Silk Touch axe.
Datapack option
A datapack variant applies the head changes to vanilla mobs only, for servers that do not want to install a mod.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Trophy collecting on a server
Players who want heads without hunting for charged Creepers can farm them with a Silk Touch axe on a shared server.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want mob heads to be easier to obtain, and players who collect trophies on vanilla-based servers.
How it compares
Better Wither Skull Rates is server required with a client optional environment, on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20.1 – 26.3, and it is under All rights reserved, not open source. Craft Spawners and selected Monster Eggs is also server required with a client optional environment and is open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21.5 – 26.1.2 on all four loaders. Wither Skeleton Skull Fragments is a Fabric-only mod for 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 that is client and server and under the MIT License, not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easier Mob Heads | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-04-13 |
| Better Wither Skull Rates | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
| Craft Spawners and selected Monster Eggs | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.1.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-05-12 |
| Wither Skeleton Skull Fragments | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-20 |
Questions
Does Easier Mob Heads need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Easier Mob Heads support?
Does the datapack change Wither Skeleton skulls?
In the catalog
Easier Mob Heads is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Vanilla mechanic of obtaining Mob Heads using Charged Creepers is great for a challenging collectible trophy, but for general gameplay it is certainly too much. This datapack attempts to fix it by giving you a chance to get a Mob Head by killing a mob using a Silk Touch enchanted Axe.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/easier-mob-heads
- Owner
- draemato
- Published
- 2026-04-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15