Scavenger Mobs

Hostile mobs in Scavenger Mobs evaluate the items lying nearby before deciding whether to pick one up. Instead of grabbing anything in reach, a mob compares an item against the one it already holds, looking at enchantments, durability and material tier. A zombie that walks over a dropped diamond sword will swap its rusty iron sword for it, and the armor comparison works the same way. When a mob equips something new, the item it was holding drops to the ground, so gear can change hands several times during a fight.

Each mob type has its own priorities. Skeletons weigh bow enchantments such as Power and Flame, wither skeletons prefer melee weapons, pillagers and vindicators look for shields and crossbows, evokers want something to hide behind, and drowned seek out tridents. Piglins treat gold equipment as a bribe: when one picks up a piece of gold gear, it becomes temporarily friendly toward the player wearing it. That pacification lasts 30 seconds by default, a window the player can use to set up a more permanent arrangement. The mod is licensed under the MIT License and is not open source. It runs on the server alone, so players join without installing it.