Pumpkin Carving
by Eroxen
Pumpkin Carving lets players carve custom 3D pumpkins voxel by voxel, with the carved shape kept when the pumpkin is picked up and placed again.
What it does
A regular Minecraft pumpkin is carved by right-clicking it with a sword. Carving a single voxel is done one at a time, while an axe removes a 2x2x2 cube of voxels at once. Each carved voxel returns one item, and a hole can be filled again by right-clicking it with Pumpkin Seeds, so a mistake can be undone without losing much material.
The mod also supports datapacks that define custom carved pumpkins. Pumpkins carved this way keep their shape when picked up and placed back down, and the carved form is preserved as an item. Players can wear a carved pumpkin as a head. The mod runs on the server, so the server has to run it, while players may add it on their side for the carving tools.
Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt builds target 1.20.2 – 1.21.8 and a data pack is available for server platforms. Files exist for 1.20.2, 1.21, 1.21.6, 1.21.7 and 1.21.8, with 3.0.0+mod for 1.21.8 as the latest release, published 2025-09-24. The mod was first published on 2023-10-31. It is not open source and is released under All rights reserved, with public links to the source code and issue tracker.
Key features
Voxel carving
Pumpkins can be carved one voxel at a time, so shapes are built up precisely.
Axe cube removal
An axe removes a 2x2x2 block of voxels in one action, which speeds up larger cuts.
Hole refilling
Right-clicking a hole with Pumpkin Seeds fills it back in, so careless cuts can be repaired.
Persistent custom pumpkins
Custom carved pumpkins keep their shape when picked up and placed back down.
Wearable carved heads
A carved pumpkin can be worn as a head item, shown in the armor slot.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want to carve pumpkins beyond the vanilla face, and server owners who want custom carved pumpkins through a datapack. It suits Halloween-themed builds and seasonal servers.
How it compares
Carved is a Fabric-only option for 1.21 – 1.21.4, running on client and server and released under All rights reserved. Capable Carving is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 that is open source under the MIT License and also runs on client and server. Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge from 1.20.1 onward, is not open source and also requires both sides.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Carving | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.2 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-09-24 |
| Carved | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-02-10 |
| Capable Carving | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-18 |
| Kaupen's Carved Pumpkins | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-27 |
Questions
Does Pumpkin Carving need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders are supported?
Can custom carved pumpkins be added without the mod?
In the catalog
Pumpkin Carving is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
This datapack allows you to carve your very own custom carved pumpkins! Carving a pumpkin is very simple: all you need to do is get a regular Minecraft pumpkin, and right-click it using any Sword. You can carve every single voxel in the pumpkin individually! If that's too much of a hassle for you, you can carve a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pumpkin-carving
- Owner
- Eroxen
- Published
- 2023-10-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15