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More Heads
Adds survival-friendly access to mob heads and player heads, using intentional hoe-based drops to avoid farm pollution and preserve vanilla progression.
Expands head collecting by making mob and player heads a deliberate survival reward, not an automatic byproduct.
Why use this data pack/mod?
- All-in-one solution: Combines mob heads and player heads in one data pack/mod, keeping head collecting consistent.
- Preserves farms and grinders: Hoe-based drops keep farms and grinders from filling up with unwanted head drops.
- Vanilla-style items: Heads use fitting note block sounds, clean names, and subtle tooltip styling so they feel like part of the game.
- Lightweight and passive: Built around loot tables and pack overlays, without ticking functions, command-heavy systems, or extra runtime overhead.
- Flexible installation: Works as either a world-specific data pack or packaged mod, making it easy to use in singleplayer, servers, vanilla, and modded setups.
Installation
After adding the data pack/mod to your world or server, you can open the about panel with:
/function more_heads:about
Mob Heads
Mobs drop their heads when killed with a hoe. The Wither Skeleton and Ender Dragon are excluded, keeping their vanilla progression intact.
Enderman Head Drop
Player Heads
Players drop their heads when killed by another player. The killer is shown on the head's tooltip.
Player Head Tooltip
Contributing & Issues
I warmly welcome:
- Bug reports
- Feature requests
- Pull requests
Please open issues or PRs on GitHub.
License
This project is licensed under the LGPLv3 License. See LICENSE for details.
How to Install More Heads (Datapack)
More Heads by nwrenger is verified for Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt across Minecraft versions 1.21, 1.21-pre1, 1.21-pre2, 1.21-pre3, 1.21-pre4, 1.21-rc1, 1.21.1, 1.21.1-rc1 (latest release: 0.6.0+mod, file size: 1.7 MB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.21, 1.21-pre1, 1.21-pre2, 1.21-pre3, 1.21-pre4, 1.21-rc1, 1.21.1, 1.21.1-rc1) and platform (Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt.
- Move the downloaded More Heads file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacksfolder and launch the game.
All Versions
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[0.6.0+mod] More Heads 0.6.0
by nwrenger on Sep 16, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added support for Minecraft version
26.3.
[0.6.0] More Heads 0.6.0
by nwrenger on Sep 16, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added support for Minecraft version
26.3.
[0.5.0+mod] More Heads 0.5.0
by nwrenger on Jun 17, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added the
Sulfur Cube, fixed Sheep and Rabbit head loot tables, improved rabbit textures, and expanded version support.- Details**:
- Sulfur Cube**: Added a collectible Sulfur Cube head.
- Sheep**: Fixed recursive loot-table errors and duplicate wool drops on older versions.
- Rabbit**: Fixed variant detection, improved textures and naming, and corrected the special
Toasthead. - Improved Version Support**:
- Improved
SlimeandMagma Cubesize detection using compatible NBT checks. - Preserved the
Tearsmusic-disc drop from player-deflected fireballs. - Preserved the
Lava Chickenmusic-disc drop from chicken jockeys when available. - Updated entity predicates and overlays for Minecraft
26.2.
[0.5.0] More Heads 0.5.0
by nwrenger on Jun 17, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added the
Sulfur Cube, fixed Sheep and Rabbit head loot tables, improved rabbit textures, and expanded version support.- Details**:
- Sulfur Cube**: Added a collectible Sulfur Cube head.
- Sheep**: Fixed recursive loot-table errors and duplicate wool drops on older versions.
- Rabbit**: Fixed variant detection, improved textures and naming, and corrected the special
Toasthead. - Improved Version Support**:
- Improved
SlimeandMagma Cubesize detection using compatible NBT checks. - Preserved the
Tearsmusic-disc drop from player-deflected fireballs. - Preserved the
Lava Chickenmusic-disc drop from chicken jockeys when available. - Updated entity predicates and overlays for Minecraft
26.2.
[0.4.0+mod] More Heads 0.4.0
by nwrenger on May 29, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added more variants and updated naming for the
Happy Ghast, Llama, Snow Golem, and Vex.- Details**:
- Happy Ghast**: Added head variants for all harness colors and goggles up/down combinations.
- Llama**: Added head variants for all carpet color and
Llamacolor combinations. - Snow Golem**: Added pumpkin head variant.
- Vex**: Updated naming for the charging variant to include "Charging".
[0.4.0] More Heads 0.4.0
by nwrenger on May 29, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added more variants and updated naming for the
Happy Ghast, Llama, Snow Golem, and Vex.- Details**:
- Happy Ghast**: Added head variants for all harness colors and goggles up/down combinations.
- Llama**: Added head variants for all carpet color and
Llamacolor combinations. - Snow Golem**: Added pumpkin head variant.
- Vex**: Updated naming for the charging variant to include "Charging".
[0.3.1+mod] More Heads 0.3.1
by nwrenger on May 16, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added size specific magma cube and slime head drops with matching note block sounds and improved README.
[0.3.1] More Heads 0.3.1
by nwrenger on May 16, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added size specific magma cube and slime head drops with matching note block sounds and improved README.
[0.3.0+mod] More Heads 0.3.0
by nwrenger on May 14, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added full version (i.e. snapshot) support, fixed wolf loot table for versions starting with
1.21.11, reduced data pack/mod size drastically.- Details**:
- Full Version Support**: Reorganized overlay versions to perfectly align with when Minecraft added/changed each mob/feature.
- Wolf Fixes**: Starting with version
1.21.11Minecraft changed nbt data for angry mobs. This caused wolfs to always drop theirAngryvariant. This is now fixed. - Size Reductions**: Removed unnecessary tropical fish and pig overlays.
[0.3.0] More Heads 0.3.0
by nwrenger on May 14, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added full version (i.e. snapshot) support, fixed wolf loot table for versions starting with
1.21.11, reduced data pack/mod size drastically.- Details**:
- Full Version Support**: Reorganized overlay versions to perfectly align with when Minecraft added/changed each mob/feature.
- Wolf Fixes**: Starting with version
1.21.11Minecraft changed nbt data for angry mobs. This caused wolfs to always drop theirAngryvariant. This is now fixed. - Size Reductions**: Removed unnecessary tropical fish and pig overlays.
[0.2.1+mod] More Heads 0.2.1
by nwrenger on May 12, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Fixed red fox loot table, fixed license and description in mod and data pack metadata, and updated README.
[0.2.1] More Heads 0.2.1
by nwrenger on May 12, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Fixed red fox loot table, fixed license and description in mod and data pack metadata, and updated README.
[0.2.0+mod] More Heads 0.2.0
by nwrenger on May 12, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added all tropical fish variants, added baby mob head drops, fixed various loot table entries and updated description.
- Details**:
- Tropical Fish Variants**: Included all variants through some local scripting.
- Baby Mobs**: Starting with Version
26.1baby mobs drop their head. Excluded are baby passive mobs due to Minecraft intentionally not allowing any loot drops on kill. - Loot Table Fixes**: Various entries had wrong/unused loot table paths, which lead to no vanilla drops in some cases.
- Description**: Updated data pack/mod description with a better fitting one.
[0.2.0] More Heads 0.2.0
by nwrenger on May 12, 2026
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✨ **Major Improvements**: Added all tropical fish variants, added baby mob head drops, fixed various loot table entries and updated description.
- Details**:
- Tropical Fish Variants**: Included all variants through some local scripting.
- Baby Mobs**: Starting with Version
26.1baby mobs drop their head. Excluded are baby passive mobs due to Minecraft intentionally not allowing any loot drops on kill. - Loot Table Fixes**: Various entries had wrong/unused loot table paths, which lead to no vanilla drops in some cases.
- Description**: Updated data pack/mod description with a better fitting one.
[0.1.1+mod] More Heads 0.1.1
by nwrenger on May 11, 2026
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🚑 **Hot Fix**: Fixed update mirror URL.
