Mob Heads

Mob Heads

All mobs can drop their head. All baby heads, 3072 tropical fish variants & more

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Features

1. 500+ unique heads --> every mob, baby and variant in the game

2. Custom note block sounds for all heads

3. Advancement collection to track your progress

4. Chat notifications when a head drops

5. Fully translated with my Jodeks translations Resourecpack (German, French, Spanish, Japan, Chinese, Russian)

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Config

Run ingame:

/trigger mob_heads.config
  • Choose between player kill or charged creeper drops
  • Adjust drop rates
  • Change drop messages

If you want to give yourself a head:

/trigger get_mob_head

Looting does not affect drop rates

Latest Update

Default drop rates

# Mob Drop Rate
1 Allay 5%
2 Armadillo 5%
3 Axolotl 5%
4 Blue Axolotl 10%
5 Bat 5%
6 Bee 5%
7 Blaze 3%
8 Bogged 5%
9 Breeze 5%
10 Camel 5%
11 Camel Husk 7%
12 Cat 5%
13 Cave Spider 3%
14 Chicken 2%
15 Cod 2%
16 Copper Golem 3%
17 Cow 2%
18 Creaking 5%
19 Creeper 2%
20 Charged Creeper 10%
21 Dolphin 5%
22 Donkey 5%
23 Drowned 2%
24 Elder Guardian 15%
25 Ender Dragon 20%
26 Enderman 2%
27 Endermite 5%
28 Evoker 5%
29 Fox 5%
30 Frog 5%
31 Ghast 3%
32 Glow Squid 5%
33 Goat 5%
34 Guardian 2%
35 Happy Ghast 5%
36 Hoglin 3%
37 Horse 5%
38 Husk 3%
39 Illusioner 5%
40 Iron Golem 3%
41 Llama 5%
42 Magma Cube 5%
43 Mooshroom 5%
44 Brown Mooshroom 10%
45 Mule 5%
46 Nautilus 5%
47 Ozelot 5%
48 Normal & Weak Panda 5%
49 Lazy, Brown, Playful, Aggressive, Worried Panda 10%
50 Parched 5%
51 Parrot 5%
52 Phantom 3%
53 Pig 2%
54 Pilgin Brute 10%
55 Piglin 3%
56 Pillager 2%
57 Polar Bear 5%
58 Pufferfish 5%
59 Rabbit 5%
60 Ravager 5%
61 Salmon 3%
62 Sheep 2%
63 Shulker 5%
64 Silverfish 2%
65 Skeleton Horse 10%
66 Skeleton 2%
67 Slime 2%
68 Sniffer 5%
69 Snow Golem 2%
70 Spider 2%
71 Squid 3%
72 Stray 3%
73 Strider 5%
73.5 Sulfur Cube 5%
74 Tadpole 5%
75 Trader Llama 3%
76 Tropical Fish 5%
77 Turtle 5%
78 Vex 5%
79 Villager 5%
80 Vindicator 3%
81 Wandering Trader 5%
82 Warden 15%
83 Witch 2%
84 Wither 20%
85 Special Wither Skull 5%
86 Wolf 5%
87 Zoglin 5%
88 Zombie Horse 5%
89 Zombie Nautilus 5%
90 Zombie Villager 7%
91 Zombie 2%
92 Zombified Piglin 2%

Config [1.21.5 and below] To change drop rates, rarities and drop messages

make sure to unzip the datapack before

Head to: MobHeads/data/mobheads/function/config

and then edit the specific file (drop _rates.mcfunction , rarity.mcfunction , drop_messages.mcfunction)

don't forget to save the file and run /reload afterwards

For anything pre (before) 1.21

Drop chances for 1.20.4 and 1.20.5-6

You can use Ctrl + F to search

Common = 0.02 = 2%

  • Chicken (1.21.5+: temperate, warm, cold)
  • Cow (1.21.5+: temperate, warm, cold)
  • Cave Spider
  • Creeper
  • Pig (1.21.5+: temperate, warm, cold)
  • Sheep (different heads for all colors)
  • Skeleton
  • Spider
  • Zombie
  • Snow Golem
  • Iron Golem

Rare = 0.1 = 10 %

  • Bat
  • Bee
  • Blaze
  • Bogged
  • Cod
  • Donkey
  • Drowned
  • Enderman
  • Evoker
  • Frog (variants: cold, temperate, warm)
  • Glow Squid
  • Guardian
  • Hoglin
  • Horse (variants: white, creamy, chestnut, brown, black, gray, dark_brown)
  • Husk
  • Llama (variants: white, creamy, gray, bronw)
  • Magma Cube
  • Mooshroom (variants: red, brown)
  • Mule
  • Phantom
  • Piglin
  • Pillager
  • Pufferfish
  • Salmon
  • Slime
  • Squid
  • Tropical Fish
  • Villager (snow, savanna, plains, desert, jungle, taiga)
  • Witch
  • Wolf (woods, spotted, striped, snowy, rusty, pale, chestnut, black, ashen)

Epic 0.2 = 20 %

  • Armadillo
  • Allay
  • Axolotl (variants: pink, wild, gold, cyan, blue)
  • Breeze (1.20.5)
  • Camel
  • Cat (variants: all black, black, british shorthair, calico, jellie, persian, ragdoll, red, siamese, tabby, white)
  • Dolphin
  • Elder Guardian
  • Endermite
  • Fox (variants: red, snow)
  • Ghast
  • Goat
  • Illusioner (not in game)
  • Ocelot
  • Parrot (variants: red, blue, cyan, gray, green)
  • Piglin Brute
  • Polar Bear
  • Rabbit (variants: brown, white, gold, salt, black, white splotched, evil)
  • Ravager
  • Shulker
  • Silverfish
  • Skeleton Horse
  • Stray
  • Strider
  • Trader Llama (variants: white, creamy, gray, bronw)
  • Turtle
  • Vex
  • Vindicator
  • Wandering Trader
  • Zoglin
  • Zombie Horse
  • Zombie Villager
  • Zombified Piglin

Legendary 0.3 = 30%

  • Sniffer
  • Warden
  • Panda (variants: normal, lazy, worried, playful, weak, aggressive)

Mythic 0.5 = 50%

  • Enderdragon
  • Wither
  • Brown Panda

In the datapack, you can edit these chances by changing the value in:

data/minecraft/loot_tables/entities/entity.json

in there, look for "conditions" and the condition "random_chance" and change the "chance" to the value in % you want the head to drop

Info

Bug Fix for when you place down the heads, destroy them, and pick them up again:

Keep Head Names Mod

This bug is fixed in 1.20.5

Available Versions

Mob-Heads v5.1.1release
MC 26.2fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt
July 30, 2026
Mob-Heads v5.1.1release
MC 26.2datapack
July 30, 2026
Mob-Heads v4.7.2release
MC 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt
July 11, 2026
Mob-Heads v4.7.2release
MC 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2datapack
July 11, 2026
Mob-Heads v4.7.1release
MC 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt
July 3, 2026

How to Install Mob Heads on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set datapack Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (26.2).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Mob Heads". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

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Minecraft Versions

26.2, 26.1.2, 26.1.1 (+17 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Mob Heads server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong datapack version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (26.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Mob Heads compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?

Mob Heads officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 26.2, 26.1.2, 26.1.1. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Mob Heads – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Mob Heads consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
MIT License
Server-side
Required

Supported Versions

26.226.1.226.1.126.11.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.81.21.71.21.6+10 more