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Better Vanilla Mobs [26.x]

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FunkyToc
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Randomize skills and stats for mobs, keeping the vanilla touch. 1000+ variants, no resourcespack, discrete changes, balanced tweaks, scaled difficulty.

Default Difficulty is set on EASY (because you're a weak human)
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Features

  • Mobs get random skills and effects, making thousands of possibility.
  • 3 difficulty levels: easy to discover, medium to play, hard to challenge. Default: EASY.
  • Increased chances of getting more skills ands stats by increasing the datapack's difficulty in the options.
  • Compatibility with a list of mob datapack.
  • Hard difficulty can be really challenging (easy difficulty is vanilla like level).
  • Affinity system: mob get a single stat buff (+20%). 3% chance of being an ALPHA, getting every stat buffs.
  • Totem of Weakness: craft and lit the totem to secure an area. Monsters can't be enhanced in this area of protection.
  • Custom Names: mobs get a rarity and an affinity in their name.
  • 300+ of configurable parameters in the ingame options menu (patreon version).
  • modify mobs once, around players, in a 80 block distance.
  • WARNINGS due to health modifications, most AUTO FARMS are broken, or have to be reworked. Craft a "Totem of Weakness" and place it near your auto-farm to fix it.

Totem of Weakness

Craft and lit the Totem of Weakness to create a safe area. Mobs in this area cannot be enhanced, making them completly vanilla. Once they have been touched by the beacon, they can no longer be enhanced (even if they move out the area).
Useful for mob farm and player bases.

    Mobs list


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    Cave Spider
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla
    - stick to ceilings (default OFF)
    - can be summoned by a Spider Mother (see Spider mob)

    Skills
    - Toxic: repeating bites give nausea (rng)


    Creeper
    Stats
    - quicker

    - random Fuse time +/-20%
    - random Explosion Radius +/- 1

    Skills
    - Bait: play a sound behind the player and rush at them (rng)
    - Baby: get a 1 block size (rng)
    - Unstable: explode on damage, whatever the distance (rng)
    - Powered: get powered by lightning (1-3%) (rng)


    Drowned
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla


    Skills
    - HitSlow: slow players on hit (rng)
    - FireResistance: do not burn in daylight (rng)

    Enderman
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla

    Skills
    - LookFreeze: lock players's movement on eyes battle (rng)
    - LookBreak: Destroy defensive roofs (only smooth block #mineable/shovel) (rng)
    - Vortex: may force players into the void, teleporting them nearby randomly (rng)

    Evoker
    Stats
    - quicker, more tanky
    - invoked Vex will be upgraded by the pack (see Vex mob)

    Skills
    - Root: lock movements of nearby players (rng)
    - Group Heal: apply a Regeneration effect on nearby allies (rng)

    Hoglin
    Stats
    - way more tanky, quicker

    Skills
    - Hotblood: is immune to zombification (rng)
    - Stomp: push player into the ground (rng)
    - Regen: get a constant regeneration effect (rng)


    Husk
    Stats
    - way more tanky, slower

    Skills
    - Passive Regeneration (rng)
    - HitSlow: buff nearby husk whith speed on successful attack on a player (rng)
    - BreakTorch: can break torches (rng)
    - BreakFence: can break wooden fences/gates (rng)
    - BreakDoor: can break wooden doors (rng)

    Illusioner
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla
    - may hide as a passive mob in Pillager Outpost, revealed on hit (10%) (rng)

    Skills
    - EnchantedBow: have a punch enchant (rng)
    - Heal: can heal himself with magic (rng)
    - CooldownReduction: passive cooldown reduction on Heal, but also vanilla spells (rng)

    Piglin
    Stats
    - a bit quicker

    - can be turned into a piglin brute (rng)

    Skills

    - Axe: use an axe instead of a crossbow (rng)
    - Tracker: chase you from far away (rng)
    - Trap: place a trap on the ground (rng)


    Piglin Brute
    Stats
    - more tanky, more damage, quicker


    Skills

    - Armored: get heavy armor (rng)
    - Shield: get a shield and can pary most arrows (rng)
    - Rage: rush you on damage taken, after a quick moment of immobility (rng)


    Pillager
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla


    Skills

    - FireRocket: sometimes fire with blue firework rockets (rng)
    - MultiShot: has a Multishot enchant (rng)
    - QuickCharge: has a Quick Charge enchant (rng)
    - IllegalCrossbow: get a renamed item if got the 2 enchants above.

    Polar Bear
    Stats
    - more tanky, faster

    - more aggro range

    Skills

    - Angry: attack close player whatever a baby is present (rng)

    Slime
    Stats
    - more tanky, a bit faster, knock back resistant


    Skills

    - Fusion: close slimes can merge together, increasing in size (rng)
    - MegaJump: jump at player closing the distance (rng)

    Skeleton
    Stats
    - more aggressive, faster, low hp


    Skills

    - FireResist: don't burn in daylight (rng)
    - BreakTorch: break torches on walk (rng)
    - Sword: can switch from bow to sword when a player is close (rng)
    - Spear: fight with a spear (rng)

    - SmokeBomb: can use smoke bomb to escape or rush (over) (rng)
    - FireBomb: can use a fire bomb to escape or rush (nether) (rng)
    - Shield: can block most incomming arrows (rng)

    Spider
    Stats
    - faster

    - stick to ceilings (default OFF)

    Skills

    - CobwebThrow: try to catch player with cobwebs (rng)
    - StickyPath: let cobwebs in its path (auto removed when player leaves) (rng)
    - Cocoon: can protect itself in a cobweb cocoon (auto removed when player leaves) (rng)
    - Mother: can summon baby spiders, also get way bigger, slower, and very powerfull (rng)

    Stray
    Stats
    - similar to vanilla


    Skills

    - BreakTorch: break torches on walk (rng)
    - FrozenThorns: freeze the attacker on damage taken (rng)
    - IcePrison: prison a player in an ice trap (auto removed when player leaves) (rng)
    - FrostWalker: freeze water at feet's level (rng)

    Vex
    Stats
    - more damage (through weapons)


    Skills

    - ArrowDodge: can dodge most arrows (rng) (MOJANG BUG: dodging reduce their speed to 10%)
    - Shield: get a shield, increasing their armor (rng)

    - Axe: get an axe to inflict max damage (rng)
    - DualSword: get a cosmetic sword offhand (rng)

    Vindicator
    Stats
    - faster, more tanky, more damage (extremly dangerous)

    - spawn in Pillager Outposts, replacing some Pillagers (30%) (rng)

    Skills

    - DualSwords: get an offhand sword, increasing its speed (rng)
    - Brute: use shovel and cobblestone as weapons to stun players on hit (rng)
    - Rage: on taking damage, sprint and deal a heavy blow, but get poison effect (rng)

    Witch
    Stats
    - more tanky, heavy health regen


    Skills

    - Summons: summon foes to help in combat (foes are vanilla, not enhanced) (rng)
    - StasisSpell: when low HP, freeze its body in dark magic for fiew seconds, regenerating health and being invulnerable (rng)
    - PassiveRegen: get a passive health regen (canceled by the StasisSpell) (rng)

    Wither Skeleton
    Stats
    - way more tanky (equipment), a bit faster
    - terrifying opponent


    Skills

    - LookBreak: can break protective roof at eye's level (rng)
    - Darkness: stop and spread darkness on the ground, regenerating on every target hit (rng)
    - FlyingBlades: summon 3 flying blades for 30s (rng)
    - Shield: block most arrows with a shield (rng)
    - Bow: get a bow instead of a sword (rng)
    - Thorns: get thorns enchant on heavy armor parts (rng)

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    Wolf
    Stats
    - a bit more tanky


    Skills
    - Angry: attack close ranged players (rng)

    - NightAttack: larger aggro range at night (rng)

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    Zombie / Zombie Villager
    Stats
    - way faster, more HP


    Skills

    - FireResist: don't burn in daylight (rng)
    - BreakTorches: can break torches (rng)
    - BreakDoor: can break wooden doors (rng)
    - BreakFence: can break fences and gates (rng)
    - Dig: can dig in soft materials, if a player is close (rng)
    - Builder: can use dirt to build tower, if a player is up close (rng)

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    Zombified Piglin
    Stats
    - faster


    Skills

    - Infected: leave a poisonned trail in its steps (rng)
    - Explosive: head turns into a shroom lamp and explode on player close range (rng)
    - Angry: aggro the player on close range (1-3%) (rng)

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    How to...

    Change Mob's Difficulty

    Difficulty is automaticly set to EASY. Unless you want to change that.

    Check the ingame menu with /function fkbm:options/get
    Then found the BaseDifficulty option (first line), click on the [​edit] button and change the number as you wish.
    Pro tip: hover the option with your mouse to get description infos.

    From Diff 1, up to 3. 4 is "auto", copying the world's diff.

    Command shortcut: /scoreboard players set BaseDifficulty fkbm.options 3
    Inscrease ALPHA spawn chance (patreon version required)
    Default spawn chance is 3%.
    Alpha does not increase skill chances (BaseDifficulty does, see above), just statistics.

    Check the ingame menu with /function fkbm:options/get
    Then click on the [​Affinity menu] button, then on the second Affinity.Alpha.Chance [​edit] button, and change the 3 for a [​0 to 100].
    /scoreboard players set Affinity.Alpha.Chance fkbm.options 3
    Disable MobGriefing of the pack
    Some skills might use mob griefing, putting cobwebs or breaking dirt... Most of it is removed, automaticaly replaced by air when players go away. But if you want absolutly prevent this, use this option. It will disable all griefing related skills.

    Check the ingame menu with /function fkbm:options/get
    Then found the MobGriefing option (third line), click on the [​edit] button and change the 3 for a [​0 to 3].
    0: disabled. 1: soft (only auto removed ones). 2: full (no restriction). 3: auto (copy gamerule, set to 1 or 2)
    /scoreboard players set MobGriefing.Enable fkbm.options 0
    Hide / disable all mob custom names
    Check the ingame menu with /function fkbm:options/get
    Then click on the [​Cname menu] button, then on the first Cname [​edit] button, and change the 1 for a 0.
    /scoreboard players set Cname fkbm.options 0
    Enable Nightmare levels
    Each level of nightmare increases (default): health +5%, damage +2%, speed +0.2%.

    Check the ingame menu with /function fkbm:options/get
    Then click on the [​Nightmare menu] button, then on the first NightmareBaseLvl [​edit] button, and change the 0 for a [​0 to 100].
    /scoreboard players set NightmareBaseLvl fkbm.options 10
    Or enable progressive nightmare levels (default: from 0 to 100, increase 1% per minute, +1% per kill, /2 on death)
    /scoreboard players set NightmareAutoLvlUp fkbm.options 1


    Options

    To adjust options to your needs, use:
    /function fkbm:options/get

    Better Vanilla Mobs [26.x] Minecraft Data Pack

    Compatibility
    Associated PMC Collection

    Advanced Mobs (MEDIUM)
    Beasts and Monsters (HIGH)
    Better Nether Mobs (HIGH)
    Dungeons and Taverns (MEDIUM)
    Dungeon Now Loading (HIGH)
    Infinity Cave (HIGH)
    Mo Variants (HIGH)
    Mob Captains (HIGH)
    Mob Variants (HIGH)
    Rpg Loot (BROKEN)
    Special Mobs (MEDIUM)
    True Survival (HIGH)
    Upgraded Mobs (MEDIUM)
    Vanilla Mob Bosses/Variants (MEDIUM)
    WASD Moar Bosses (HIGH)
    WASD Random Bosses (HIGH)

    Developers infos
    All the handled mobs are tagged with fkbm.touched
    To make my pack ignore a mob, add this tag on it: fkbm.ignore , or add the conventionnal global.ignore, smithed.entity
    or smithed.strict
    To disable custom name for a mob, add fkbm.no_customname tag to the entity.
    Patreon Supporters
    26.1 (05/04/2026) : Setsu-P, varinyc, nfnpgllxhn
    1.21.11 opti (22/01/2026)
    : Azerxim, Setsu-P, varinyc, nfnpgllxhn
    1.21.11 (24/12/2025)
    : Azerxim, Setsu-P, varinyc, Wani P, nfnpgllxhn
    1.21.9 (17/10/2025)
    : CYKLOPPS, Azerxim, varinyc, Setsu-P, Wani P, Lionel Felke
    1.21.5 (2025-07-13)
    : CYKLOPPS, Azerxim, Setsu-P, varinyc, Wani P
    1.21.2 (2024-11-07)
    : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, varinyc, Setsu-P, Maximilian Adler, ODS, Jamie B
    Compatibilities x4 (2024-09-06) : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, varinyc, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto, Maximilian Adler
    Custom Names (2024-08-30)
    : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, varinyc, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, God Emperor Leto II Atriedes, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto
    Affinity Buffs (2024-08-26)
    : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, varinyc, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, God Emperor Leto II Atriedes, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto
    Totem of Weakness (2024-07-26)
    : Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, Azerxim, Aidan McCreary, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto, Kobe Prokopetz
    1.21 (2024-07-16)
    : 아아앨, Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, Aidan McCreary, Azerxim, Setsu-P, Gaming Grotto, Kobe Prokopetz
    1.20.5+ (2024-06-15) : 아아앨, EXcore, Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, Memick Kung, Aidan McCreary, Setsu-P, Multi-Flamme
    1.20.4 (2023-12-28) : Angelo Russo, κΉ”μˆ˜, Screaming Man, ZMH, Darklad32, CYKLOPPS, God Emperor Leto II Atriedes
    Zombified Piglins & Wither Skeletons (2023-10-07) : Angelo Russo, κΉ”μˆ˜, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ZMH, TerfyHorizon, Darklad32
    Nigthmare Difficulty (2023-09-10) : Angelo Russo, κΉ”μˆ˜, Eleanor Blackwood, Darklad32, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ooF
    Piglins (2023-06-09) : Delivator, Jonathan Fanelli, Angelo Russo, Phantom-Glitch-Wolf, John Stampe, κΉ”μˆ˜, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ooF, ZMH, Yokie
    Creeper & Spider v2 (2023-03-01) : Jonathan Fanelli, Angelo Russo, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ooF, ZMH, Deadlot3
    Vex, Hoglin & nether Skeleton (2023-02-14) : Jonathan Fanelli, Angelo Russo, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, ooF, ZMH, Deadlot3, Samantha Flanary
    Pillager, Vindicator, Evoker & Illusioner (2022-11-12) : Jonathan Fanelli, Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, Peter Schubert, ooF, Tân Huα»³nh, ZMH, Deadlot3, Samantha Flanary, Andrew T Harris
    Witch, Enderman, Stray & compatibility (2022-08-14) : Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, Peter Schubert, ooF, Tân Huα»³nh
    V1 (2022-08-05) : Screaming Man, Dorian Dejean, Peter Schubert, ooF, Tân Huα»³nh
    Patreon Versions
    The free versions are designed to be fun and fully playable.
    The Patreon version is for players and server owners who want more control, comfort, and flexibility through an in-game settings menu to tweak the parameters live, without file editing.

    Becoming a Gold Patreon also means:
    - Getting access to every Patreon versions of every projects.
    - Getting your name listed in each project and on this page (see above).
    - Supporting long-term development, updates, and new features πŸ’›
    Issue / Bug
    Due to the huge scale of the pack, bugs can be found. Please, MP or comment below with an accurate description of the bug you just found.

    Spiggot, PaperMC and PurpurMC Servers (fixed in 1.20+)
    This pack needs the following setting : allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards: true
    Otherwise, spiders will have a custom name visible (plus an impactless error in the console)

    Mobs are not affected in another dimension
    To make the pack as optimized as possible, mobs are modified only in their respective dimension. For instance, a Piglin won't be modified if it is in the overworld. Skills won't works neither, even if the mob has been previously modified.
    License
    Short story: just credit the project, thanks ;)

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    CompatibilityMinecraft 1.17
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    DanYuseong
    β€’ 04/29/2026 5:00 am
    β€’ Level 3 : Apprentice Network
    Could you possibly add Ravagers, Wither, Ender Dragon, Shulkers? Ravagers since they're the odd ones out in Raids, Shulkers because end mobs should be affected too. Having a different difficulty for each time you summon the Wither/respawn the Ender Dragon would be amazing!
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    sashanckabot12666
    β€’ 02/04/2026 1:41 pm
    β€’ Level 11 : Journeyman Miner
    Make mobs with sizes have improvements to their attacks like a spider creating a huge ball of web
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    downtownpapi
    β€’ 02/26/2025 8:53 pm
    β€’ Level 1 : New Miner
    will 1.21.3 work on 1.21.4?

    might be a dumb question but still, im very excited to try this
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    downtownpapi
    β€’ 02/27/2025 12:47 pm
    β€’ Level 1 : New Miner
    tested on my java 1.21.4 paper server, it does not work lol

    hope to get that update soon my friend!



    i am willing to donate to the cause :D
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    downtownpapi
    β€’ 03/02/2025 2:58 pm
    β€’ Level 1 : New Miner
    idk if you saw my comment and then updated, but thank you!
    This mod is awesome - vanilla was WAY too easy for me and this actually makes it fun and exciting

    im wanting to purchase the patreon one but i have a few questions:

    1. is pateron the same modpack just menu unlocked? im worried about uninstalling and reinstalling

    2. what specific things can we change with the menu unlocked?
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    FunkyToc
    β€’ 07/22/2025 8:44 pm
    He/Him β€’ Level 78 : Legendary Programmer Cat
    history
    hi, sorry for the late answer.

    Basicaly, Patreon versions ONLY have the option menu. You can have a look of all the options using the free version menu (which is accessible, but not working for most options).

    /function fkbm:options/get
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    Ra1ko
    β€’ 01/19/2025 12:02 pm
    β€’ Level 1 : New Miner
    Is this datapack compatible with the mod versions of the compatible datapacks??
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    FunkyToc
    β€’ 01/19/2025 9:35 pm
    He/Him β€’ Level 78 : Legendary Programmer Cat
    I have no idea! If it's an embeded datapack as mod, probably. Try them on a fresh new world to not messed up with you rold worlds.
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    einstine12345
    β€’ 01/09/2025 4:50 am
    β€’ Level 1 : New Miner
    is this datapack compatible with more mobs datapack?
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    FunkyToc
    β€’ 01/13/2025 6:22 am
    He/Him β€’ Level 78 : Legendary Programmer Cat
    Yes, check the Compatibility Section. Other mob pack may be compatible depending on the code, with no guaranty!
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