Shearable Iron Golems
by AvatarKage
Shearable Iron Golems lets players shear the vines off an Iron Golem and place them back by right-clicking the sheared golem.
What it does
Shearing an Iron Golem drops its vines as single vine items and leaves the golem with a clean, vine-less texture. The mod works by changing how shearing applies to the golem itself rather than adding new entities, and it bakes no new texture onto the existing model.
Vines removed this way can be restored by right-clicking the sheared golem, so the decoration is reversible. Natural vine regrowth, which would otherwise return them over time, can be disabled through the config file, leaving the player in control of when vines reappear.
The mod is a quality-of-life addition for survival worlds and multiplayer servers where Iron Golems are part of a build. Compatibility with most mods that add custom shears is noted, so players using a modded shear can still shear golems. Files are published for Forge only, for 1.19.4 – 1.20.4, and the code is licensed under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Shearing vines
Shears remove the vines from an Iron Golem and drop them as single vine items.
Restoring vines
Right-clicking a sheared Iron Golem puts the vines back on its body.
Configurable regrowth
Natural vine regrowth can be turned off in the config file, so vines only return through the player.
Custom shear support
Most mods that add custom shears work with the shearing action on golems.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Stronger Iron Golems is a Forge and Fabric option set on Client and server, with files for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 under All rights reserved. Iron Seepage is server-side only, published for 1.20.1 and licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Golems Kill Creepers is open source under the Apache License 2.0, runs on the server alone and covers 1.19.2 – 26.3 across Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shearable Iron Golems | Forge | 1.19.4 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2025-08-22 |
| Stronger Iron Golems | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-08-31 |
| Iron Seepage | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-02-03 |
| Golems Kill Creepers | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-03-28 |
Questions
Does Shearable Iron Golems need any other mod?
Do both the server and players need the mod?
Can vines regrow on their own after shearing?
In the catalog
Shearable Iron Golems is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Introducing Shearable Iron Golems, a simple quality of life mod that enables shearing the iron golem vines. It also gives you the ability to place back the vines at any time or let them naturally regrow.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/shearable-iron-golems
- Owner
- AvatarKage
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15