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Bedrock Ranged Mobs
Makes Skeletons that are underwater and trident drowneds less than 3 blocks away from the player do melee instead of ranged attacks, like in bedrock…
I don't know my version or loader
Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.
No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.
This datapack/mod adds 2 things that exist in bedrock edition but not java to achieve parity:
- makes skeletons do melee attacks while being underwater because arrows dont travel far if submerged
- makes drowned do melee attacks with their trident if the player is within 3 blocks
(normally in java edition in both cases the 2 mobs would only do ranged attacks)
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
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- Downloads as Bedrock Ranged Mobs 1.1 [1.21.2+].zip
- Download size: 914 KB
- Download link checked 28 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.