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PerfMobNet
Right-click living mobs with a special Mob Net item to store them in NBT, then right-click air or a block to spawn them back with health, baby state, and custom name preserved. Fully configurable item look (MiniMessage), entity/world lists, optional multi-use nets, and Paper 1.21.x / Folia-friendly scheduling.
Support
Discord — bugs & support
Features
- Folia support — plugin marks folia-supported; uses schedulers compatible with region/thread rules.
- Capture & release — PlayerInteractAtEntity on mobs with the net in main or off-hand; release with right-click (air/block). Cancels throwing when the item is an egg-type net so nothing hatches by mistake.
- Stored data — Entity type, optional plain custom name, health, baby flag; lore shows empty/filled status from config templates.
- Single vs multi-use — single-use consumes one item per release cycle; max-uses on the item for rechargeable nets when not single-use.
- Safety — Must hold a single net stack; short capture-release-guard-ms after capture blocks instant accidental release.
- Spawn placement — spawn-at-block uses clicked block face; spawn-offset-y plus small vertical search for a free spot.
- Blacklist / whitelist — Entity type list with whitelist-mode; default list blocks players, boss mobs, etc. (configurable).
- World access — world-blacklist or, if set, world-whitelist; perfmobnet.bypass skips world checks.
- Tamed mobs — can-catch-tamed-mobs and can-catch-own-tamed-only for wolves/cats-style pets.
- Feedback — Configurable capture/spawn sounds and capture particles; messages from messages.yml with optional action bar preference.
- PlaceholderAPI — Softdepend; expansion perfmobnet (see below).
Placeholders ( PlaceholderAPI, identifier perfmobnet)
- %perfmobnet_captured% — Last entity type the player captured (empty string if none this session).
- %perfmobnet_uses% — Remaining uses on the net in hand (∞ if unlimited / not tracked).
- %perfmobnet_captured_(player) — Same as captured but for an online player name after the underscore (e.g. captured_Steve).
Commands
- /mobnet give (player) [amount] — Give mob net items (perfmobnet.give); omit player to target yourself; console needs a player name.
- /perfmobnet reload — Reload config and messages (perfmobnet.admin)
- /perfmobnet help — Admin usage (perfmobnet.admin)
- /perfmobnet give (player) [amount] — Same give as /mobnet (perfmobnet.admin)
Permissions
- perfmobnet.use — Catch and release (default true)
- perfmobnet.give — /mobnet give (default op)
- perfmobnet.admin — /perfmobnet (default op)
- perfmobnet.bypass — Ignore world blacklist/whitelist (default op)
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- 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 Spigot — 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.
PerfMobNet — Catch & release mobs in one item [1.21.x + Folia support] is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21. Downloaded 34 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.