Mob Variants

Mob Variants is a project that adds variety to the familiar world of Minecraft by introducing new variations of classic mobs. If you're tired of monotony and want to encounter unexpected surprises during your adventures, this mod is for you.

What's New in the Game

The project introduces unique spawn variants for zombies, piglins, hoglins, slimes, magma cubes, phantoms, and witches. Each of them has its own features that make the game more interesting and challenging.

Zombie Horsemen

Some zombies spawn riding zombie horses—this is the only way to encounter such horses in the game. Among them are knights with enchanted iron equipment, guarded by sword-wielding zombies. These horses are tamed and can be ridden.

Piglin Riders

Certain piglins spawn riding hoglins—this is more dangerous than spider jockeys! Among them are hunters wearing wither skeleton skulls and enchanted golden equipment, accompanied by three unmounted helpers. They attack players without golden armor.

Hoglins

In the Nether, the natural order is sometimes disrupted: instead of regular hoglins, packs of feral zoglins appear, destroying every mob they encounter. Be careful!

Slimes, Magma Cubes, and Phantoms

These mobs can spawn in enlarged sizes exceeding normal limits. Larger versions have more health and deal more damage.

Necromancer Witches

Some witches have mastered dark arts and are constantly surrounded by Unluck particles. Instead of potions, they summon undead to fight for them.

Configuration

If you don't like some of the variants, you can customize the project to your liking. Although there is no configuration file, you can edit files inside the datapack archive:

• Add a # symbol before a command in an mcfunction file to comment out the line and disable its execution.
• The project uses predicates to determine the probability of variant spawns. You can replace them with others or create your own.
• To exclude a mob from processing, assign it the mobvariants.blacklist tag.

To uninstall the datapack, simply remove it from your world. Already spawned variant mobs will remain until they despawn.

Compatibility

The project is compatible with my other works. Many variants use the upgradedmobs.blacklist tag to avoid conflicts with Upgraded Mobs.

Remember to use the mobvariants.blacklist tag for mobs you don't want to be affected.