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Special Mobs
Dive into a world teeming with unique challenges and encounters with the Special Mobs Data Pack. This data pack enhances your Minecraft experience by introducing a variety of special mobs, each with their own abilities and found in different dimensions.
Overworld
- Slime Spider
- Barbarian
- Ninja
- Miner
- Robbery
- Ice Shooter
- Water Ghost
The Nether
- Soul Knight
- Black Knight
- Berserker
- Bastion Guard
- Crimson Aboriginal
- Wither Ghost
- S1enderman
- Fire Spirit
The End
- Chorus Ghost
Explore the gallery for more information on these unique creatures.
[10+mod] 10
by paul90317 on Oct 16, 2026
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Updated to 1.21.9
Only partible of mobs (barbarian, ninja, miner, robbery) are implemented
Only partible of mobs (barbarian, ninja, miner, robbery) are implemented
[v9+mod] v9: Fix Command Typo
by paul90317 on Oct 16, 2026
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Corrected a command typo
- Changed 'function spm:config/spawn_naturelly_disable' to 'function spm:config/spawn_naturally_disable'.
- Changed 'function spm:config/spawn_naturelly_enable' to 'function spm:config/spawn_naturally_enable'.
[v9] v9: Fix Command Typo
by paul90317 on Oct 16, 2026
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Corrected a command typo
- Changed 'function spm:config/spawn_naturelly_disable' to 'function spm:config/spawn_naturally_disable'.
- Changed 'function spm:config/spawn_naturelly_enable' to 'function spm:config/spawn_naturally_enable'.
[v9+mod] v9
by paul90317 on Oct 16, 2026
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Mobs and Gameplay Changes:
Performance Improvements:
Customization and Configuration:
Compatibility Note:
- Added "Wither Ghost" and "Chorus Ghost"
- Renamed "Lightning Storm" to "Water Ghost"
- Removed "Void Shooter" and "Saman"
- Rebalanced special mobs:
- Special mobs in the Overworld no longer deal damage with their skills.
- Special mobs in the Nether have reduced skill damage.
- The level of weakness caused by special mobs is decreased.
Performance Improvements:
- Transitioned from tick-based status checks to scheduled function executions.
- Increased the interval between executions to 4 ticks for enhanced performance.
Customization and Configuration:
- Introduced customizable enchantments via the "spm_cf:enchant" item modifier.
- Provided the option to disable natural spawning.
Compatibility Note:
- Developed and tested with Minecraft vanilla server version 1.20.1.
- Expected to work with versions 1.17 through 1.20.1.
- Future versions may not support older Minecraft versions.
Mobs and Gameplay Changes:
Performance Improvements:
Customization and Configuration:
Compatibility Note:
- Added "Wither Ghost" and "Chorus Ghost"
- Renamed "Lightning Storm" to "Water Ghost"
- Removed "Void Shooter" and "Saman"
- Rebalanced special mobs:
- Special mobs in the Overworld no longer deal damage with their skills.
- Special mobs in the Nether have reduced skill damage.
- The level of weakness caused by special mobs is decreased.
Performance Improvements:
- Transitioned from tick-based status checks to scheduled function executions.
- Increased the interval between executions to 4 ticks for enhanced performance.
Customization and Configuration:
- Introduced customizable enchantments via the "spm_cf:enchant" item modifier.
- Provided the option to disable natural spawning.
Compatibility Note:
- Developed and tested with Minecraft vanilla server version 1.20.1.
- Expected to work with versions 1.17 through 1.20.1.
- Future versions may not support older Minecraft versions.
[v8.3+mod] v8.3
by paul90317 on Oct 16, 2026
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v8.3
Version:
Configuration Changes:
Bug Fixes:
Performance Improvements:
Game Balance Adjustments:
Version:
- Compatible with Minecraft versions 1.17 through 1.20.1.
Configuration Changes:
- Moved the loot tables and predicates of special mobs to the 'spm_cf' namespace for easier editing.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Bastion Guard, Berserker, Lightning Storm, S1enderman, Crime Aboriginal, Black Knight, and Bastion Guard wouldn't generate their armor and names properly.
- Resolved a problem with double replacement of special mobs' data on the same mob.
Performance Improvements:
- Disabled fire generation for Fire Spirit and Black Knight to reduce server lag.
- Disabled powder snow generation for Ice Shooter to decrease server lag.
- Disabled lightning generation for Lightning Storm to further reduce server lag.
Game Balance Adjustments:
- Barbarian can no longer blow up creatures, but it can now slow them down.
- Black Knight can now slow down creatures.
- Berserker can now slow down and weaken creatures.
- Lightning Storm can now slow down and weaken nearby creatures.
- Slime Spider can no longer poison creatures.
- Killing special mobs now rewards more experience.
- Ice Shooter can wither nearby creatures that have a slowness effect.
[v8.3] v8.3
by paul90317 on Oct 16, 2026
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v8.3
Version:
Configuration Changes:
Bug Fixes:
Performance Improvements:
Game Balance Adjustments:
Version:
- Compatible with Minecraft versions 1.17 through 1.20.1.
Configuration Changes:
- Moved the loot tables and predicates of special mobs to the 'spm_cf' namespace for easier editing.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Bastion Guard, Berserker, Lightning Storm, S1enderman, Crime Aboriginal, Black Knight, and Bastion Guard wouldn't generate their armor and names properly.
- Resolved a problem with double replacement of special mobs' data on the same mob.
Performance Improvements:
- Disabled fire generation for Fire Spirit and Black Knight to reduce server lag.
- Disabled powder snow generation for Ice Shooter to decrease server lag.
- Disabled lightning generation for Lightning Storm to further reduce server lag.
Game Balance Adjustments:
- Barbarian can no longer blow up creatures, but it can now slow them down.
- Black Knight can now slow down creatures.
- Berserker can now slow down and weaken creatures.
- Lightning Storm can now slow down and weaken nearby creatures.
- Slime Spider can no longer poison creatures.
- Killing special mobs now rewards more experience.
- Ice Shooter can wither nearby creatures that have a slowness effect.
