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Grabby Mobs Mod · Technical Details & Installation

👾 Grabby Mobs Mod

All equipment‑carrying mobs always pick up items • zero randomness • full control • Fabric / NeoForge / Forge

📖 Mod Overview & Core Features

🧟 Persistent pickup

Always active – every mob that can carry equipment now picks up items 100% of the time.
No more RNG – in vanilla MCPE only a small chance; this mod guarantees the behaviour.
Perfect for decoration – dress up your captured Zombies, Husks, Skeletons, and more.
Works on all equipment – helmets, chestplates, leggings, boots, weapons, even elytra.

📋 Mobs that grab

All equipment – Drowned, Husk, Piglin, Piglin Brute, Skeleton, Stray, Vex, Vindicator (no armour), Wither Skeleton, Zombie, Zombie Villager, Zombified Piglin.
Special cases – Evoker: no armour; Witch: mainhand only.
Consistent experience – no surprises, every mob behaves predictably.

⚙️ Technical highlights

Lightweight – minimal performance impact; runs entirely server‑side.
No client mod required – works on vanilla clients connecting to a modded server.
Fully configurable – toggle per‑mob pickup behaviour via config (optional).

📦 Compatibility

Fabric / NeoForge / Forge / Quilt – one mod, multiple loaders.
Requires Collective – shared library (included in modpack bundles).
Singleplayer & multiplayer – works in both; server‑side only.
Part of The Vanilla Experience and Serilum's RPG Bundle.

🛠️ Technical Summary

🧠 Core logic

Override pickup chance – sets canPickUpLoot to true for all eligible mobs.
Event‑driven – uses EntityJoinLevelEvent and LivingEntityTickEvent to enforce behaviour.
Per‑mob granularity – config allows excluding specific mob types if desired.

📦 Loader & dependencies

Fabric – requires Fabric API and Collective.
NeoForge / Forge – requires Collective (Forge version).
Quilt – works with Fabric‑compatible Collective.
Cross‑platform – same JAR works on all loaders (multi‑loader).

⚙️ Configuration

Config file – grabby_mobs.json in /config/.
Toggle per mob – enable/disable pickup for each mob type individually.
Default – all supported mobs set to true.

🔧 Advanced notes

No client‑side packet – fully server‑authoritative.
Works with modded mobs – any mob that extends Mob and has equipment slots.
Optimised – minimal tick overhead, only checks when mob is near items.

      /* Technical highlights */

      • Intercepts vanilla pickup logic and forces `canPickUpLoot` to true.

      • Uses mixins (Fabric) / coremods (Forge) to patch the relevant methods.

      • Configurable via JSON; hot‑reload supported.

      • All mobs listed in the overview are handled by default.

      • Server‑side only → perfect for dedicated servers.

📥 Installation Guide

🧵 Fabric & Quilt

RECOMMENDED Lightweight & fast

1. Install the Fabric Loader (or Quilt) for your MCPE version.

2. Download Fabric API and Collective (Fabric version) from Modrinth or CurseForge.

3. Download GrabbyMobs-[version].jar (multi‑loader).

4. Place all three JARs in .minecraft/mods/.

5. Launch using the Fabric/Quilt profile.

          Example mods folder:

          └── mods/

              ├── fabric-api-0.92.0+1.20.1.jar

              ├── collective-7.0.0-fabric.jar

              └── GrabbyMobs-1.3.0+1.20.1.jar

✅ Note: Collective is mandatory for cross‑loader compatibility.

⚙️ NeoForge & Forge

ALTERNATIVE For modpacks and classic Forge

1. Install the recommended NeoForge (or Forge) version for your MCPE version.

2. Download Collective (Forge/NeoForge version) – required.

3. Download GrabbyMobs-[version].jar (multi‑loader).

4. Place both JARs in the mods/ folder.

5. Launch the NeoForge / Forge profile.

          Example mods folder (NeoForge):

          └── mods/

              ├── collective-7.0.0-neoforge.jar

              └── GrabbyMobs-1.3.0+1.20.1.jar

⚠️ Important: Without Collective, the mod will not load.

📌 Universal steps & recommendations

Modpack: Included in The Vanilla Experience and Serilum's RPG Bundle – ready‑to‑play.
Server‑side only: Clients do not need the mod installed – perfect for servers.
Performance: Minimal overhead; works well with Sodium, Lithium, and other optimisations.
Configuration: Edit /config/grabby_mobs.json to enable/disable specific mobs.
Data location: No player data; config is global.

        ⚡ Quick server setup (dedicated):

        1. Download Fabric/NeoForge/Forge server launcher.

        2. Add Collective + GrabbyMobs JARs to "mods" folder.

        3. Start server (agree to EULA).

        4. (Optional) Adjust mob exclusions in /config/grabby_mobs.json.

✅ Fabric/Quilt: Fabric Loader + Fabric API + Collective + GrabbyMobs ✅ NeoForge/Forge: NeoForge/Forge + Collective + GrabbyMobs 📦 Multi‑loader JAR works on all loaders

👾 Mobs & Pickup behaviour

Mob	Equipment slots	Always picks up?
Drowned	All equipment	✅
Evoker	No armour	✅
Husk	All equipment	✅
Piglin	All equipment	✅
Piglin Brute	All equipment	✅
Skeleton	All equipment	✅
Stray	All equipment	✅
Vex	All equipment	✅
Vindicator	No armour	✅
Witch	Mainhand only	✅
Wither Skeleton	All equipment	✅
Zombie	All equipment	✅
Zombie Villager	All equipment	✅
Zombified Piglin	All equipment	✅

All supported mobs pick up items 100% of the time. Configurable per mob via /config/grabby_mobs.json.

Grabby Mobs Mod · by Serilum · freely use in any modpack · hosted on CurseForge & Modrinth

📖 Technical details & installation · MCPE 1.20+ · Fabric · NeoForge · Forge · Quilt