Exhausted Spawners
by copygirl
Exhausted Spawners changes monster spawners so that they run out of mobs, and spawn eggs are the way to refill them.
What it does
A spawner in Exhausted Spawners stops producing mobs after 64 spawns and becomes inactive. Spawn eggs refill it, each adding 4 more mobs. Breaking a spawner with a Silk Touch tool gives back the spawner block, plus spawn eggs, while a mob slain with Silk Touch carries a 15% chance to leave its spawn egg behind instead of its normal drops. The mod was inspired by Enhanced Mob Spawners, and its original code remains in the project.
The mod runs on Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 only, and it needs both sides: the server and every player need it. Fabric API is required on Fabric, and Forge Config API Port is required on Forge. Jade is optional and adds built-in support that shows the number of remaining mobs in a spawner. Files date from 2024-09-12, and the code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Limited spawner output
A spawner gives out 64 mobs in total and then turns inactive, which caps how many mobs a single spawner creates.
Spawn egg refills
Each spawn egg used on an empty or active spawner adds 4 more mobs to its count.
Silk Touch harvesting
Mining a spawner with Silk Touch drops the spawner along with spawn eggs, so it can be moved and reused.
Egg drops from mobs
A mob killed with a Silk Touch tool has a 15% chance of yielding its spawn egg rather than the regular loot it would normally drop.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want spawners to run out of mobs, and server owners who want to limit farming from a single spawner.
How it compares
Create Mob Eggs is a server-side only mod for Fabric and Forge on 1.20.1, released under All rights reserved and not open source. LimitedSpawners is also open source under the MIT License, with Fabric, Forge and NeoForge builds for 1.19 – 1.20.2 and a client and server environment. Egginator is server-side only and open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, with Fabric builds for 1.19 – 1.20.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhausted Spawners | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-12 |
| Create Mob Eggs | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-10-27 |
| LimitedSpawners | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2023-11-26 |
| Egginator | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-01-09 |
Questions
Does Exhausted Spawners need Fabric API or Forge Config API Port?
Does the server need Exhausted Spawners?
How can a spawner be refilled?
Does Jade show the remaining mobs?
In the catalog
Exhausted Spawners is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Exhausted Spawners limits the number of mobs created by a monster spawner, introducing other ways to recharge them, such as by using spawn eggs which drop from slain mobs. It's inspired by [Enhanced Mob Spawners], which acted as perfect starting-off point to get this mod going, though no code from the original…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/exhausted-spawners
- Owner
- copygirl
- Published
- 2024-09-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-09-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15