Overview
HeadsPlus is one of the most ambitious heads plugin out there, achieving what other plugins have not, and picking up on the smallest details that developers have never thought of before to make one of Minecraft's most valuable items - skulls - bring a whole new world to servers.
The plugin was originally created to replace another heads plugin which was no longer updated and thus wouldn't work on newer versions - except now, HeadsPlus has brought classic concepts to life again with more interesting and exciting additions, and is constantly updated with more exciting features and has an active and committed developer.
Features
- Retrieval of player/custom heads via three different commands: /head, /heads and /myhead.
- A head blacklist/whitelist of which stops players placing heads that belong to specific players - these heads being considered inappropriate.
- Entities can drop their head upon death; and is 99% configurable!*
- A crafting feature, letting you craft heads from shapeless recipes - often consisting of an empty skull and a specific material - or shaped recipes that are completely configurable and incredibly flexible.
- The majority of messages in the plugin are completely configurable.
- A heads selector (/heads) - PLEASE note this is not a database!**
- The ability to sell heads with fully configurable prices.***
- Three different leaderboards for the hunting, selling and crafting skills to compare player scores of others!
- Hundreds of challenges pre-built into the plugin, all with configurable rewards!
- 1.15.2 to 1.19 support.
- A debugging mechanic to help identify the causes of errors easier when reporting an issue.
- The ability to "pick" up heads using the "pick block" button.
- Masks, of which when worn apply potion effects of your choice!
- MySQL support for storing leaderboard data.
- A levelling system, which is also 100% configurable.
* Multiple textures, display names, chances, lores, mask effects/amplifiers and "interact names" - of which are used when clicking on a head - are configurable.
** HeadsPlus is not an extensive or advanced database plugin. This has caused a lot of misunderstanding about it and has led to users of the plugin comparing this to other premium plugins, bullying people into making said plugins free - that is not the aim of this plugin. Only a limited range of heads are available (around 200), however, you can add your own. Rather than compare this plugin to the premium ones, why don't you just go and buy that plugin instead, or find an alternate one?
*** This will require Vault to work.
Requirements
- Vault as a soft dependency.
- Java 8
Knowledgebase
Issue Trackers and Support
Like every other plugin, HeadsPlus is not a perfectly coded plugin. Since starting my new year in school, I have no longer had time to put quantity over quality, and now make sure to extensively test each feature before it is released as a new version.
However, if you do have an issue or have a report to send, follow one of these links below:
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as HeadsPlus-7.2.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 697 KB
- Download link checked 28 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.