Ragdoll Deaths

Ragdoll Deaths replaces the boring vanilla death with immersive animations for every mob. Arms, legs, heads and tails all move separately, and the way a mob falls depends on how it was killed.

Hit a zombie from the front and it falls on its back. Hit it from behind and it goes face first. Kill something with fall damage and it slams flat into the ground.

It's only visual, so it doesn't change gameplay at all.

Features

• Mobs fall in the direction they were hit
• Separate movement for heads, arms, legs, wings, tails and tentacles (armor and held items stay attached)
• Different death styles for two-legged mobs, four-legged animals, spiders, flying mobs, fish, squid and slimes
• If a mob dies in mid-air or gets knocked off a ledge, it keeps falling and collapses when it lands
• Mobs that die in deep water float to the surface (or sink, if you change it in the config)
• Most modded mobs work automatically, and any that can't be animated get the normal vanilla death

Special deaths

Some mobs got their own custom animation:

Mob · Death
Skeletons · Legs give out, then the whole thing falls apart and the skull rolls off
Warden · Drops to its knees, then falls face down
Snow golem · Melts into the ground, pumpkin falls off
Blaze · Rods stop spinning and drop one by one, then the head falls
Breeze · The wind spins down into the ground and the head drops
Creeper · Legs buckle and it tips over
Ravager · Collapses onto its belly with its jaw open
Guardians · Spikes pop out, tail flails, then it rolls belly-up
Nautilus · Hides in its shell (the zombie nautilus slumps out of it instead)
Slimes and magma cubes · Slimes turn into a puddle, magma cubes fold down
Armadillo and frog · Flip onto their backs
Shulker · Breaks like a shulker box

Config

With Mod Menu installed you get a settings screen. Without it, you can edit config/ragdolldeaths.json.

Compatibility

• Client-side only. You can join any server with it, and the server doesn't need it installed.
• Doesn't touch drops, XP, sounds, advancements or mob AI.
• No physics engine, so it's light on performance.
• The Ender Dragon, Wither, armor stands, mannequins and the Creaking keep their vanilla deaths on purpose.

FAQ

Do I need to install it on the server?
No, just on your client. On a server, only players who have the mod see the animations.

What do I do if a modded mob looks broken?
Add its id (like mod_name:mob_name) to Always Vanilla Death in the settings, and that mob will use the normal death.

Can players have the vanilla death?
Yes, turn off Player Ragdolls in the settings.