This is a simple server-side datapack to allow renaming player heads in anvils to change their skin.
I created it without knowing about the fabric mod Anvil Player Heads. This datapack is confirmed to work in 1.21.11 and will probably continue to work as it is a datapack.
The heads become dynamic heads which will update their texture if the named player updates their skin.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Downloads as anvil_player_heads.zip
- Download size: 19 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.