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Resources / Plugins / Mob Heads

Mob Heads

Every mob drops its head: 500+ heads for all mobs, babies and variants. Configurable drop rates, note block sounds and head collection advancements

PluginsFree1.20 – 26.x
by Jodek · listed from Modrinth
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Direct download from Modrinth · 391,987 downloads

What it does

Mob Heads is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by Jodek. Every mob drops its head: 500+ heads for all mobs, babies and variants. Configurable drop rates, note block sounds and head collection advancements.

It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 391,987 times on Modrinth. That puts it at #10 of the 156 mob and adventure plugins listed here. The last update came out on Nov 4, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.20

Release history

Mob Heads has had 161 releases on Modrinth since Apr 4, 2024. 63 of them came out in the past year. The newest is v5.3.1+plugin, released on Nov 4, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 26.3. It runs on Paper and Purpur. The download is 6.6 MB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
v5.3.1+pluginNov 4, 202626.3Beta
v5.3.1+modOct 4, 202626.3Release
v5.3.1Oct 4, 202626.3Release
v5.3.0.1+modOct 1, 202626.3Release
v5.3.0.1Oct 1, 202626.3Release

Commands

The commands named on the Modrinth page of Mob Heads:

/trigger/reload
Description from the author on Modrinth

[](jodek.dev/datapacks/mob-heads/)

[](discord.gg/z2n3qTzQY6)
  
[](youtube.com/@jodek)
  
[](codeberg.org/jodeks-datapacks/mob-heads/issues)
  
[](ko-fi.com/jodek)

[](jodek.dev/bundler/)
  
  
[](jodek.dev/troubleshoot/)

[](modrinth.com/datapack/lib-5555ff)

  

Features

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

Custom note block sounds for all heads

Advancement collection to track your progress

Chat notifications when a head drops

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

[](codeberg.org/jodeks-datapacks/Mob-Heads/wiki/Mo…)

Config

Run ingame:

/trigger mob_heads.config

Config Options

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

   

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Latest Update

Available at: modrinth.com/datapack/mob-heads-tropical-fish

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

#

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

Written by Jodek. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Mob Heads

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.20 – 26.x.

  2. Install what it needs first: 5555ff-lib.

  3. Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the plugins folder of your server.

  4. Restart the server. Avoid /reload, many plugins do not handle it well.

  5. Type /plugins in the console: Mob Heads should be listed in green. Its config files are created in the plugins folder on the first start.

Full guide: How to install plugins on a Minecraft server

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20
Runs on
Paper, Spigot
Edition
Java
Needs
5555ff-lib
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 16, 2026)

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Questions

Does Mob Heads work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Mob Heads supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20.

Is Mob Heads free?

Yes. Mob Heads is free to download from Modrinth.

Which server software does Mob Heads run on?

Mob Heads runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Does Mob Heads need anything else?

Yes: 5555ff-lib. Install it before Mob Heads.

Is Mob Heads still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to Mob Heads?

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