TurnMobsToEggs
by Jakepf
TurnMobsToEggs lets a player throw an egg at a mob to turn that mob into a spawn egg, which can later be placed to bring it back.
What it does
Throwing an egg at a mob removes the mob and drops its spawn egg in its place. The egg keeps the mob's colour, and any name the mob had is kept on the spawn egg, so a captured animal can be moved around and released again later. The mod was built as a Fabric counterpart to the MobsToEggs plugin for Paper servers, and it carries over the same core mechanic of throwing an egg to make a mob disappear and drop as a spawn egg.
The author describes using it to transport mobs between places without keeping them loaded, since a mob stored as an item takes no processing time. It has been used to build a chicken farm that collects eggs and to capture pandas for relocation. The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing it, and Fabric API is optional. Files are published for Fabric only, for 1.21.11.
Key features
Egg capture
A thrown egg turns the struck mob into a spawn egg that drops where the mob stood.
Colour and name kept
The spawn egg keeps the mob's colour and name, so a captured animal can be recognised after capture.
Mobs stored as items
A captured mob exists only as an item, so it does not need to stay loaded or use processing time.
Accidental hatching
A baby chicken can occasionally hatch from a thrown egg, with the same chance of turning into a mob egg.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Optional 1
Use cases
Moving animals
A player captures a mob, carries the spawn egg somewhere else and places it to release the mob again.
Chicken farms
Eggs from a chicken farm can be used to capture mobs, feeding a collection without keeping those mobs loaded.
Who it’s for: Server owners and players who move animals between bases or farms, and builders who want mobs held as items rather than kept in the world.
How it compares
Simple Egg Spawn Recipe is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 that is not open source and runs on client and server, under the Apache License 2.0. Missing Eggs is open source under the MIT License, for 1.21.11 only, and is client-side only. TurnMobsToEggs, by contrast, is server-side only, so players join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TurnMobsToEggs | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-03-28 |
| Simple Egg Spawn Recipe [MOD] | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-29 |
| Missing Eggs | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-07-31 |
Questions
Does TurnMobsToEggs need Fabric API?
Do players need to install TurnMobsToEggs?
Which versions does TurnMobsToEggs support?
In the catalog
TurnMobsToEggs is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
This is a very basic mod that I created that allows you to simply throw an egg at any mob that has a spawn egg and they will disappear and drop their spawn egg! Purpose for this: I had a plugin way back when that allowed me to do this. It had more features than this mod but I typically just used it for transporting…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/turnmobstoeggs
- Owner
- Jakepf
- Published
- 2026-03-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15