Sculpture
by tt432
Sculpture lets players photograph creatures with a camera tool and turn each capture into a placeable statue that keeps the creature's look and pose.
What it does
A camera item photographs a creature in view, and the resulting statue reproduces its appearance and posture. The camera shows a heads-up display with information about the creature under the crosshair, and it checks permissions before a shot. Shots taken close to the creature or from further back are handled by the distance logic, and a cooldown limits how often the camera can be used so captures stay occasional. Captured statues are stored with the world, so the visual data persists after the creature is gone.
Statues are decorative blocks that can be placed anywhere, which makes the mod suited to builders who want to display pets, rare creatures or boss mobs in their creations. Server owners can control which entities may be photographed through a whitelist or blacklist. Sculpture is published for Forge 1.20.1 only, and it runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the latest file is 1.0.0 for 1.20.1, dated 2025-10-04.
Key features
Creature photography
The camera captures a creature and produces a statue with its appearance and posture.
Camera heads-up display
While the camera is held, a display shows real-time information about the creature under the crosshair.
Shot distance handling
The camera works out the shooting distance so that captures come out clearly.
Usage cooldown
A cooldown on the camera limits how often captures can be made.
Entity whitelist and blacklist
Server owners choose which creatures can be photographed.
Gallery
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: Builders and decorators who want creatures from their world as permanent statues, and server owners who want to limit which creatures can be photographed.
How it compares
Sculpture is a Forge-only mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server, and it is open source under the MIT License. The Technoblade Statue is also Forge 1.20.1 with client and server environment, but it is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. Statues is open source under the MIT License and covers Forge and NeoForge across 1.16.4 – 26.3, so it reaches more loaders and versions.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sculpture | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-04 |
| The Technoblade Statue | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-29 |
| Statues | Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.4 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-30 |
Questions
Does Sculpture need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders and versions does Sculpture support?
Can server owners restrict which creatures are photographed?
In the catalog
Sculpture is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,149 Decoration mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Capture creatures from the game and turn them into beautiful statues forever! Sculpture is an innovative Minecraft mod that allows you to use professional camera tools to capture creatures in the game and transform them into placeable decorative statue blocks. Whether it's your beloved pets, rare creatures, or…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sculpture
- Owner
- tt432
- Published
- 2025-10-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15