<h1>Better Mob Heads</h1> <p align="center"> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/quillphen" target="_blank"> <img src="https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/49b1e899a9f41e7eeeb877bc53e8d5838998a95b_0.webp" alt="Patreon"> </a> </p> <p>Mob Heads is a server-side Minecraft Java Edition datapack that gives supported vanilla mobs without an existing vanilla head item a decorative custom head when they die. The pack uses real minecraft-heads.com textures from the public MinecraftHeads CDN and applies simple score-driven loot logic with Looting support.</p> <h2>What It Does</h2> <ul> <li>Every supported mob in this pack can drop a decorative custom&nbsp;<code>player_head</code>&nbsp;that matches that mob's texture.</li> <li>Looting increases the <strong>drop chance, bosses can be guaranteed</strong>, and charged creepers trigger a best-effort guaranteed-drop pulse for nearby mobs.</li> </ul> <h2>Supported Mobs</h2> <ul> <li>Overworld hostile: Zombie Villager, Husk, Drowned, Stray, Bogged, Spider, Cave Spider, Enderman, Witch, Slime, Silverfish, Endermite, Phantom, Pillager, Vindicator, Evoker, Ravager, Vex, Breeze, Blaze</li> <li>Overworld passive/neutral: Pig, Cow, Sheep, Chicken, Rabbit, Fox, Wolf, Cat, Horse, Donkey, Mule, Llama, Axolotl, Frog, Allay, Bee, Turtle, Panda, Polar Bear, Goat, Bat, Squid, Glow Squid, Cod, Salmon, Tropical Fish, Pufferfish, Dolphin</li> <li>Nether: Piglin, Piglin Brute, Zombified Piglin, Ghast, Hoglin, Zoglin, Strider</li> <li>End and rare mobs: Shulker, Ender Dragon, Elder Guardian, Guardian, Warden, Iron Golem, Snow Golem, Villager, Wandering Trader, Giant</li> </ul> <h2>Drop Rates</h2> <table style="width: 100%;"> <thead> <tr> <th style="width: 21.5506%;">Mob group</th> <th style="width: 7.35408%;">Base</th> <th style="width: 8.41464%;">Looting I</th> <th style="width: 12.0894%;">Looting II</th> <th style="width: 10.3811%;">Looting III</th> <th style="width: 40.2102%;">Notes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 21.5506%;">Standard mobs</td> <td style="width: 7.35408%;">5%</td> <td style="width: 8.41464%;">10%</td> <td style="width: 12.0894%;">15%</td> <td style="width: 10.3811%;">20%</td> <td style="width: 40.2102%;">Default rate for most supported mobs</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 21.5506%;">Iron Golem, Snow Golem</td> <td style="width: 7.35408%;">10%</td> <td style="width: 8.41464%;">15%</td> <td style="width: 12.0894%;">20%</td> <td style="width: 10.3811%;">25%</td> <td style="width: 40.2102%;">Higher starting rate for player-built mobs</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 21.5506%;">Warden, Elder Guardian</td> <td style="width: 7.35408%;">100%</td> <td style="width: 8.41464%;">100%</td> <td style="width: 12.0894%;">100%</td> <td style="width: 10.3811%;">100%</td> <td style="width: 40.2102%;">Guaranteed reward mobs</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 21.5506%;">Charged creeper pulse</td> <td style="width: 7.35408%;">100%</td> <td style="width: 8.41464%;">100%</td> <td style="width: 12.0894%;">100%</td> <td style="width: 10.3811%;">100%</td> <td style="width: 40.2102%;">Best-effort forced custom head drop for supported mobs near a powered creeper just before detonation</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Charged Creeper Mechanic</h2> <p>This is the closest reliable datapack-only approximation to a true charged-creeper kill check when using scoreboard-driven mob death detection.</p> <h2>Credits</h2> <p>Mob head textures sourced from:</p> <ul> <li>minecraft-heads.com &mdash;&nbsp;<a href="https://minecraft-heads.com/" rel="nofollow">https://minecraft-heads.com</a></li> <li>MinecraftHeads database by TheLuca98 &mdash;&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/TheLuca98/MinecraftHeads" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/TheLuca98/MinecraftHeads</a></li> </ul> <p>Head textures are used under the terms of the minecraft-heads.com developer license. Original texture credits belong to their respective creators on minecraft-heads.com.</p> <h2>Sources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://minecraft-heads.com/" rel="nofollow">minecraft-heads.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/TheLuca98/MinecraftHeads" rel="nofollow">MinecraftHeads database by TheLuca98</a></li> <li>CDN source used for matching:&nbsp;<a href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/TheLuca98/MinecraftHeads@master/heads.csv" rel="nofollow">heads.csv</a></li> </ul>