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Nice Mobs

Nice Mobs

Bringing in a vast variety of vanilla-style mobs and variants, each with their own quirks and abilities, to make your world feel more alive.

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Minecraft: Java Edition

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Licensed LGPL-3.0-or-later
Published 3 months ago
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v1.6

on Apr 25, 2025
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Changes:

  • Improved spawning of custom mobs further

  • Skeleton Trap Passengers scale now fits the type of the Trap

  • Roosters now crow in the morning

  • Roosters now spawn in the new Barn structures

  • Snails now spawn in the new Taiga structures

  • Rats now spawn in the new Barn & Graveyard structures

  • Skeleton Variants now spawn in the new Graveyard structures

  • Penguins now fall slower much like chickens

  • Updated loot table of Copper Forge chest to fit the theme more

  • Updated base vehicles for some custom mobs:

    • Penguins, Mushling, Snails, Rats, Nautilus Crabs, Crunchers
    • They now throw proper shadows
    • Vehicles no longer show when in spectator mode
    • Get glowing effect applied much like a vanilla mob
  • Improved textures:

    • Skeleton Cow
    • Rooster
    • Muddy Cold Pig
  • Added new Structures:

    • Pig Pen
    • Various decorative Taiga structures
    • Barn
    • Graveyard
    • Archaeological Site
  • Added Advancements (Mixed into the Adventure Tab):

    • Holy Cow!: Look at all Cow variants through a Spyglass
    • Have a look at this ..Chicken!: Look at all Chicken variants through a Spyglass
    • Dirty Lenses: Look at all Pig variants through a Spyglass
    • Beep! Boop!: Craft a Copper Golem
    • A Tiny Prick: Get stung by a Jellyfish
    • It's Squishy: Witness the birth of a Jellyfish
    • Just Like His Big Brother: Witness the birth of a Copper Golem
    • Brush Away!: Brush a Suspicious block left behind by a Nautilus Crab
    • Twisty Shell-Trumpet: Toot a Nautilus Horn
    • Atlantian Looks: Equip a Nautilus Helmet
    • Spooky Surprise!: Trigger a Skeleton Trap other than the Horse one
  • Copper Golems can now be crafted:

    • Requires Waxed Copper Block, Carved Pumpkin, Lightning Rod & 2 Copper Ingots in a crafting grid
    • When placed the Copper Golem will spawn from the placed item after some time
    • The placed item will change its texture when it's halfway done
    • Can be accelerated by giving the placed item Copper Ingots
    • Player created Copper Golems do not attack the player same as Iron Golems
    • Added Copper Golem Item to the loot pool of the Copper Forge Structure
  • Added Jellyfish entity:

    • Spawns in Deep Ocean biomes
    • Comes in 6 variants
    • Illuminates the water around it (does only work when Jellyfish is in water block)
    • Applies Wither Effect to players when they get too close
    • Drops Phantom Membranes & rarely a Dried Jellyfish
  • Added Dried Jellyfish:

    • Can only be obtained from Jellyfish & loot chests of Underwater Ruins
    • When placed in Water it will come alive after some time
    • Spawned Jellyfish variant is always random
    • Can be accelerated by giving the Dried Jellyfish Phantom Membranes
  • Added Piggy Bank entity:

    • Is a Pig with a big treasure chest on it's back
    • Spawns in the added Pig Pen Structures
    • Drops a bit of loot when hit
    • Vanishes after 15 Minutes
  • Added Cow variants:

    • Creamy: Spawns in the same biomes as the temperate variant
  • Added Chicken variants:

    • Cluckshroom: Spawns in Mushroom Fields
    • Dark Brown: Spawns in the same biomes as the temperate variant
    • Creamy: Spawns in the same biomes as the temperate variant
  • Added Pig variants:

    • Wild: Spawns in Forest biomes
    • Pale: Spawns in the same biomes as temperate variant
    • Creamy: Spawns in the same biomes as temperate variant
    • Spotted variants for most vanilla & Nice Mobs Pigs
  • Added Cat variants:

    • Embroidery: Spawns in the added Archaeological Site structures
    • All Black with Green Eyes: Spawns under the same conditions as the vanilla all black variant

Fixes:

  • Saddles not getting removed from custom entities
  • Wrong descriptions in lang file for egg items

v1.6

on Apr 25, 2025
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Changes:

  • Improved spawning of custom mobs further

  • Skeleton Trap Passengers scale now fits the type of the Trap

  • Roosters now crow in the morning

  • Roosters now spawn in the new Barn structures

  • Snails now spawn in the new Taiga structures

  • Rats now spawn in the new Barn & Graveyard structures

  • Skeleton Variants now spawn in the new Graveyard structures

  • Penguins now fall slower much like chickens

  • Updated loot table of Copper Forge chest to fit the theme more

  • Updated base vehicles for some custom mobs:

    • Penguins, Mushling, Snails, Rats, Nautilus Crabs, Crunchers
    • They now throw proper shadows
    • Vehicles no longer show when in spectator mode
    • Get glowing effect applied much like a vanilla mob
  • Improved textures:

    • Skeleton Cow
    • Rooster
    • Muddy Cold Pig
  • Added new Structures:

    • Pig Pen
    • Various decorative Taiga structures
    • Barn
    • Graveyard
    • Archaeological Site
  • Added Advancements (Mixed into the Adventure Tab):

    • Holy Cow!: Look at all Cow variants through a Spyglass
    • Have a look at this ..Chicken!: Look at all Chicken variants through a Spyglass
    • Dirty Lenses: Look at all Pig variants through a Spyglass
    • Beep! Boop!: Craft a Copper Golem
    • A Tiny Prick: Get stung by a Jellyfish
    • It's Squishy: Witness the birth of a Jellyfish
    • Just Like His Big Brother: Witness the birth of a Copper Golem
    • Brush Away!: Brush a Suspicious block left behind by a Nautilus Crab
    • Twisty Shell-Trumpet: Toot a Nautilus Horn
    • Atlantian Looks: Equip a Nautilus Helmet
    • Spooky Surprise!: Trigger a Skeleton Trap other than the Horse one
  • Copper Golems can now be crafted:

    • Requires Waxed Copper Block, Carved Pumpkin, Lightning Rod & 2 Copper Ingots in a crafting grid
    • When placed the Copper Golem will spawn from the placed item after some time
    • The placed item will change its texture when it's halfway done
    • Can be accelerated by giving the placed item Copper Ingots
    • Player created Copper Golems do not attack the player same as Iron Golems
    • Added Copper Golem Item to the loot pool of the Copper Forge Structure
  • Added Jellyfish entity:

    • Spawns in Deep Ocean biomes
    • Comes in 6 variants
    • Illuminates the water around it (does only work when Jellyfish is in water block)
    • Applies Wither Effect to players when they get too close
    • Drops Phantom Membranes & rarely a Dried Jellyfish
  • Added Dried Jellyfish:

    • Can only be obtained from Jellyfish & loot chests of Underwater Ruins
    • When placed in Water it will come alive after some time
    • Spawned Jellyfish variant is always random
    • Can be accelerated by giving the Dried Jellyfish Phantom Membranes
  • Added Piggy Bank entity:

    • Is a Pig with a big treasure chest on it's back
    • Spawns in the added Pig Pen Structures
    • Drops a bit of loot when hit
    • Vanishes after 15 Minutes
  • Added Cow variants:

    • Creamy: Spawns in the same biomes as the temperate variant
  • Added Chicken variants:

    • Cluckshroom: Spawns in Mushroom Fields
    • Dark Brown: Spawns in the same biomes as the temperate variant
    • Creamy: Spawns in the same biomes as the temperate variant
  • Added Pig variants:

    • Wild: Spawns in Forest biomes
    • Pale: Spawns in the same biomes as temperate variant
    • Creamy: Spawns in the same biomes as temperate variant
    • Spotted variants for most vanilla & Nice Mobs Pigs
  • Added Cat variants:

    • Embroidery: Spawns in the added Archaeological Site structures
    • All Black with Green Eyes: Spawns under the same conditions as the vanilla all black variant

Fixes:

  • Saddles not getting removed from custom entities
  • Wrong descriptions in lang file for egg items

v1.5.1

on Apr 21, 2025
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v1.5.1

on Apr 21, 2025
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Fixes:

  • Fixed missing predicate

v1.5

on Apr 20, 2025
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v1.5

on Apr 20, 2025
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Changes:

  • Added Desert Fossil structure

  • Added Cow variants:

    • Dark: Spawns in the same Biomes as the Temperate variant
    • Gray: Spawns in the same Biomes as the Temperate variant
    • Warm Gray: Spawns in the same Biomes as the Warm variant
    • Cold Dark: Spawns in the same Biomes as the Cold variant
    • Cold White: Spawns in the same Biomes as the Cold variant
  • Added Skeleton variants:

    • Mob Types: Cow, Pig, Cat, Wolf, Chicken
    • Can be found in Desert Fossil structures
    • Chicken type lays no eggs
    • Cannot be bred
    • Have a chance to spawn as a Trap instead of the Skeleton Horse (except the Pig type)

v1.4

on Apr 18, 2025
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v1.4

on Apr 18, 2025
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Changes:

  • Added new Chicken variants:

    • Zombie: Can only be found as vehicle for Chicken Jockeys
    • Rooster: Spawns in Sunflower Plains & Flower Forests. Lays no eggs
    • Duck: Can be found in Mangrove-/Swamps. Chickens renamed to "Benny" also become the Duck variant
    • Variants except the Rooster have their own Egg Items as well
  • Added new Pig variants:

    • Dark: Can be found in Forest biomes.
    • Muddy variants for vanilla & Dark Pigs: Have a chance to spawn instead of the respective normal variant

Fixes:

  • Names for custom items not being in the correct format

v1.3

on Apr 17, 2025
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v1.3

on Apr 17, 2025
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Changes:

  • Improved spawning of mobs to not get out of hand

v1.2 - 1.21.5

on Apr 16, 2025
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v1.2 - 1.21.5

on Apr 16, 2025
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v1.1

on Apr 4, 2025
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v1.1

on Apr 4, 2025
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Changes:

  • Added new Structures:
    • Glare Butcher
    • Beach House

Fixes:

  • Glare spawner for Moss variant spawning Pale Moss variant
  • Missing translation Key for the Cruncher

v1

on Apr 2, 2025
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v1

on Apr 2, 2025
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