Effigies
Effigies adds seven Pike spears that stop chosen mob types from spawning within a radius, and a Pike block that is placed by right-clicking with a mob head.
What it does
A Pike is a spear variant that is set up by placing a mob head on top of its block. While the Pike is active, the mob type matching that head is prevented from spawning inside an area around it. The radius depends on the Pike's tier, and the exact values and crafting recipes are listed in the Pike table in the mod's documentation. Tooltips in game describe each Pike's range, and setting the radius to -1 turns a Pike's spawn prevention off.
The server and every player need the mod installed. It is published for Fabric and NeoForge, with builds for 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1 and 26.1.2, and the latest file for 26.1.2 is 1.3.7. The code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and the source code and issue tracker are public. Config options can be changed, and their in-game tooltips update to match.
Key features
Seven Pike spears
Seven spear variants each prevent a specific mob type from spawning within their area of effect.
Tier-based radius
Each Pike's spawn prevention radius is set by its tier, with the values given in the Pike table.
Mob head placement
A Pike block is placed by right-clicking with a mob head, which sets the mob type it blocks.
Grimoire entries
The Grimoire lists the recipes and items added by Effigies, and shows which mob heads prevent which mobs.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Controlling spawns in a base
A player can place an active Pike near a base to stop a chosen mob type from spawning in that area.
Adjusting spawn rules on a server
Server owners can disable a Pike's spawn prevention with a radius of -1 or change the config options.
Who it’s for: Players who want to limit specific mob spawns in their worlds, and server owners who manage mob spawning on multiplayer servers.
How it compares
Mob Filter is server-side only and open source under the Apache License 2.0, with files for 1.18 – 26.3. Phantom Prevention is NeoForge only, server-side only, and covers 1.21 – 1.21.11 under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Effigies needs both client and server, while Mob Heads: Powers needs the server and lets clients optionally add it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effigies | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-23 |
| Mob Filter | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.18 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-24 |
| Phantom Prevention | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-13 |
| Mob Heads: Powers | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-06 |
Questions
Does Effigies need to be installed on both sides?
Which loaders does Effigies support?
How is the spawn prevention radius chosen?
In the catalog
Effigies 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
Effigies is a mod that adds powerful mob spawning prevention options to the game. Examples of Modded (Penguin from Ecologics) and Normal (Skeleton) mobs in JEI
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/effigies
- Owner
- jackperry2187
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15