Soul puppeteer
by Mosy
Soul Puppeteer lets players trap hostile mobs in bottles and turn their souls into minions that fight on the player's side.
What it does
Once a mob is killed while the player has an Empty Soul Bottle equipped in the off-hand, its soul can be captured. The mod is built around the soul bottle, which holds a single captured soul. Right-clicking the bottle summons a new minion from the stored soul, and a cooldown applies before the next summon. Only five souls can be active at a time, unless a trapped soul is placed inside a bottle to hold it.
Minions take the form of the mob they came from, and animals can be turned into hostile monsters, including bosses. Minions heal themselves over time, and the owner is healed by the same amount. The Empty Soul Bottle is crafted from one glass bottle set in the middle of Enchanted Soul Sand. Enchanted Soul Sand itself requires one block of Soul Sand with four diamonds placed around it.
The mod is published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is not open source; the mod is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Soul capture
Killing a mob while the bottle is in the off-hand stores its soul for later summoning.
Minion summoning
Right-clicking a filled bottle calls a minion that takes on the form of the captured mob.
Self-healing minions
Minions regenerate their own health, and their owner receives the same amount of healing.
Hostile animal conversion
Animals can be turned into hostile monsters or bosses and then enslaved as minions.
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 enjoy the Magic category and want to raise minions from defeated mobs. Server owners running Forge 1.20.1 can install it on the server and in each player's client.
How it compares
Soul Craft is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server and is released under All rights reserved. Ominous Offerings is also a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with client and server use, under All rights reserved. Soul Puppeteer focuses on capturing mob souls into bottles to command minions, and the alternatives listed here cover other soul-themed systems.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soul puppeteer | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-15 |
| Soul Craft | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-15 |
| Ominous Offerings | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-19 |
Questions
Does Soul Puppeteer need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version does Soul Puppeteer support?
How is the Enchanted Soul Sand for the bottle made?
How many minions can be active at once?
In the catalog
Soul puppeteer is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Adds a new way to trap monsters' souls and make them your own minions. You can craft an Empty Soul Bottle with one glass bottle at the middle and Enchanted soul sand blocks around it, after that, equip it on your off-hand and kill any mob you'd like to enslave, wait for the cooldown and right-click it to summon your…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/soul-puppeteer
- Owner
- Mosy
- Published
- 2026-06-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15