

Stop Growth Mod
A simple Minecraft 1.21.6
mod for Fabric and NeoForge that allows you to stop and restart the growth of most baby entities using specific items.
✅ Version 1.0 supports: Happy Ghast only
🚀 Version 2.0 supports: Almost all baby mobs
🧪 Features
-
Growth Freeze
Feed a configured "stop item" (e.g., Fire Charge) to a baby mob to halt its growth. -
Growth Restart
Feed a configured "restart item" (e.g., Snowball) to the frozen mob to resume growth. -
Persistent State
Growth state is saved with the entity and can be toggled at any time. -
Visual Feedback
Particle effects (e.g. smoke, glow) show successful item interaction. -
✅ Full Datapack Support
Easily customize the stop/restart items via datapack:
➤ Just modify or add files in:
data/stopgrowth/tags/items/growth_stop_food
data/stopgrowth/tags/items/growth_restart_food
No Java code or mod recompilation needed.
⚙ Requirements
- Architectury API (runtime)
- Fabric Loader or NeoForge
- Mixin (included automatically)
🧩 Technical Highlights
- Built using Mixins for behavior injection.
- Fully client-server synchronized.
- Designed for maximum compatibility and datapack-driven extensibility.
🐾 Supported Entities
- ✅ v1.0:
Happy Ghast
- ✅ v2.0: Nearly all baby mobs
(e.g. cows, sheep, horses, villagers, dolphins, tadpoles...)
📦 Installation
- Install Fabric or NeoForge for Minecraft
1.21.6
. - Download and install Architectury API.
- Place this mod’s
.jar
file into yourmods
folder. - Optionally, create or edit a datapack to redefine stop/restart items.
- Launch Minecraft and test by interacting with baby mobs.
📝 License
Licensed under the MIT License.
📌 Roadmap
Version | Features |
---|---|
1.0 | Initial support for Happy Ghast |
2.0 | General support for All Baby Mobs |
Future | Configurable items |