What Are You Voting For? 2023
With What Are You Voting For? 2023 installed, players can try the Crab, Armadillo and Penguin from the 2023 Minecraft Mob Vote before the vote takes place.
What it does
The mod adds the three contestants of the 2023 Mob Vote to the game ahead of the official result. Each mob is modeled on Mojang Studios' introduction and follows its described behavior as closely as the author could manage, so players can judge the candidates in play. The Crab lives in Mangrove Swamps and climbs blocks like a spider; its left claw grows in stages, and a fully grown claw can occasionally drop, letting the player use it to extend build reach. The Armadillo appears in Savannas and curls into a solid, damage-resistant ball when frightened by players, hostile reactions or nearby hurt mobs.
The mod is built for Forge and NeoForge and needs both the client and the server, so every player on a server that runs it needs the mod too. Files exist for 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.20.1 and 1.20.2. The latest Forge file is 1.2.5 for 1.20.1, and the latest NeoForge file is 1.2.3 for 1.20.2. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Crab mob
A crab spawns in Mangrove Swamps, climbs blocks and occasionally waves its left claw.
Growing crab claw
The left claw grows through small, medium and large sizes at random intervals.
Claw-based build reach
A held crab claw extends the maximum build distance by two blocks until its durability runs out.
Armadillo behavior
Armadillos spawn in small groups in Savannas and curl into a ball when frightened.
Protective curl
A curled armadillo acts as a solid block, takes greatly reduced damage and is immune to arrows.
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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.
Use cases
Previewing the Mob Vote
Players who want to see the 2023 candidates in their own world before voting can spawn and test them in survival or creative play.
Who it’s for: Players who want to see the 2023 Mob Vote candidates in game before the vote, and server owners who want their players to try them.
How it compares
Mobs Live 2023 is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.19.4 – 1.20.1, released under the MIT License and not open source. The Lost Crab covers 1.19.2 – 26.2 on the same loaders, also under the MIT License and not open source. Crab from Mob Vote is open source under the MIT License, targets 1.21 – 1.21.10 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and is server required with an optional client side.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Are You Voting For? 2023 | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2024-06-12 |
| Mobs Live 2023 | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.4 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-10-17 |
| Crab from Mob Vote | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-13 |
Questions
Does the mod need to be on the server?
Which versions does What Are You Voting For? 2023 support?
Can a curled armadillo be used as a block?
In the catalog
What Are You Voting For? 2023 is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
The Minecraft Mob Vote is back, and that only means one thing: What Are You Voting For? is returning for 2023! If you aren’t familiar with my What Are You Voting For? mods, they’re mods that add all of the Mob Vote’s contestants into the game as accurately as possible before the vote even starts, so you can get a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/what-are-you-voting-for-2023
- Owner
- AlexandersFunAndGames
- Published
- 2023-09-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-06-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15