Nice Mob Scaling
by NiceRon
Nice Mob Scaling changes the size of mobs on a server, letting owners shrink or enlarge specific mob types within chosen minimum and maximum limits.
What it does
Scaling is applied through a data pack, so the mod itself adds no new mobs or items. Server owners choose which mob types can change size, and whether those mobs may only shrink, only grow, both, or neither. Minimum and maximum values set how far each mob can shrink or enlarge, and mob types can be added to or removed from the valid lists.
The mod requires a PaperMC server or a fork such as Purpur, with the allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards option set to true in the Paper configuration files. The data pack and its included assets must be loaded, and a server-side resource pack order needs to be arranged so the scaling takes effect. Enabling or disabling mobs also depends on the see-sky scaling setting.
Nice Mob Scaling is server required with client optional. Players can join without the mod, but the server needs it. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.3, 1.21.4 and 1.21.5, with 1.4+mod for 1.21.5 as the latest build. The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
Key features
Randomized mob sizes
Mobs receive a randomized size within the limits the server sets, so similar mobs differ in scale.
Shrink and grow limits
Separate minimum values control shrinking and maximum values control enlarging for each valid mob type.
Editable mob type lists
Mob types can be added to or removed from the valid scaling tags, using lists described in the author documentation.
Per-direction control
The data pack can allow only shrinking, only growing, both, or neither for each mob type.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Nice Mob Manager is server required with client optional, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and published for 1.21.6 – 26.3, a range that starts after this mod's last release. Increased Mob Drops is server required with client optional and not open source, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0, with files for 1.20 – 1.21.4 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Its purpose is drops rather than size, so the two do not overlap in function.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice Mob Scaling | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.3 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-05-13 |
| Nice Mob Manager | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-10 |
| Increased Mob Drops | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-08 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Nice Mob Scaling is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
If you are using the data pack on a PaperMC Server (or a PaperMC Fork like Purpur) make sure to set allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards in your paper config files to true and to include the assets file included in the data pack version to your server side resource pack in order to make everything work. (Mobs…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nice-mob-scaling
- Owner
- NiceRon
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15