Respawning Shulkers
by Serilum
Players who farm shulker shells can keep using one spot, because Respawning Shulkers brings each shulker back at its death location after a set delay.
What it does
A shulker that dies is scheduled to appear again at the place it fell, not at its original spawn. The default delay is 1200 ticks, which is 60 seconds, and the config accepts values from 1 to 72000 ticks. Once a server or a singleplayer save closes, all queued respawns fire immediately rather than continuing to wait.
Shulkers that come from a mob spawner are skipped by default and do not return after dying. A config option turns that exception off, so spawner shulkers respawn too. The mod keeps the shulker's teleporting behavior, so the farm stays harder than a fixed spawn point while remaining repeatable.
The mod depends on Collective, which must be installed next to it. It is server-side only, so players join without installing anything and only the server needs the mod. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 29 release versions, 1.16.5 – 26.3, under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Source code and the issue tracker are public.
Key features
Timed respawns
A shulker returns at its death location after the configured number of ticks, 60 seconds by default.
Immediate processing on shutdown
Pending respawns are handled as soon as the server or singleplayer world closes, so no shell timers carry over.
Spawner exception
Shulkers from mob spawners are excluded from respawning by default, and a setting can include them.
Retained teleporting
Shulkers still teleport after taking damage, so a farm needs some effort to keep running.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Stationary shell farms
A player can stay in one place and collect shulker shells without searching for new spawns after the first trip.
Who it’s for: Server owners and players who run shulker shell farms in survival worlds, where shulker boxes are hard to find once the initial spawns are used up.
How it compares
Shulkers Drop Two Shells is open source under the MIT License and runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20.1 – 26.3, with a server-required, client-optional environment. Shulkers Drops Two Shells is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later for 1.21 – 26.3, with the same environment. Shulker Squared is not open source, under All rights reserved, for 1.13 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respawning Shulkers | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Shulkers Drop Two Shells | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-28 |
| Shulkers Drops Two Shells | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-07 |
| Shulker Squared | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.13 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-04 |
Questions
Does Respawning Shulkers need Collective?
Does Respawning Shulkers have to be installed on the client?
Can the respawn delay be changed?
In the catalog
Respawning Shulkers is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Respawning Shulkers is a mod which makes the process of farming shulker boxes sustainable. Shulkers can quickly become difficult to find in a world, because of the usefulness of shulker boxes. Normally you'd have to find new shulker spawns after your first farming trip, or create an intricate farm to duplicate…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/respawning-shulkers
- Owner
- Serilum
- Published
- 2022-09-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15