Spawner Shards
by Kultist
Spawner Shards lets players craft new mob spawners from shards dropped by the spawners they already own.
What it does
Mining a mob spawner with a Silk Touch pickaxe is the usual way to keep one, but a spawner mined with an enchanted tool drops 1 to 4 shards, and eight shards can be crafted into a new spawner. Using one shard together with a spawn egg changes the mob a spawner produces, and the mod adds a way to obtain spawners that does not depend on finding them. The mod is available for Fabric only, for game version 1.21.11, and needs the Client and server environment, so the server and every player need it. Its license is All rights reserved, which means it is not open source, although public source code exists.
Key features
Shard drops from spawners
Mining a mob spawner with an enchanted tool drops 1 to 4 spawner shards instead of requiring Silk Touch.
Crafting spawners from shards
Eight spawner shards craft a new mob spawner, so players can obtain one without a Silk Touch tool.
Changing a spawner's mob
A spawn egg used on a spawner with one shard changes which mob it produces.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Faster Spawners is a server-side only Fabric mod under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, for 1.20 – 1.21.4. Spawner Overhaul is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, but it targets 1.21.8 alone. Eggciting Spawners covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 and runs client-side only; its license is All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spawner Shards | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-06-05 |
| Faster Spawners | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2024-08-05 |
| Spawner Overhaul | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2025-09-10 |
| Eggciting Spawners | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-03-07 |
Questions
Does Spawner Shards need Fabric API?
In the catalog
Spawner Shards is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Spawner shards is my take on obtaining mob spawners. Typically people use "silk touch" spawners and for a long time as did I. But I personally found it to be a little too easy for such a reward. When mining a mob spawner it will drop 1 shard (1-4 with fortune) 8 shards to craft a mob spawner using 1 shard and a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spawner-shards
- Owner
- Kultist
- Published
- 2026-06-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15