About This Mod:
- When the Wither works for players, it may leave Wither Skulls in unloaded chunks. Excessive accumulation of these skulls can cause lag, unresponsiveness, or even crashes when reloading those chunks.
- This mod limits the existence time of Wither Skulls to 6 seconds (without affecting normal Wither battles).
- If your world is already polluted with excessive Wither Skulls, loading this mod will remove them when loading previously saved chunks.
- During testing:
- ~5,000 skulls were removed instantly
- ~30,000 skulls took about 4 minutes to remove completely
- Removal speed scales with quantity (Tested on i7-9700 CPU)
- During testing:
- Note: After installing this mod, you can no longer summon Wither Skulls using commands.
- This mod can be added to modpacks.
Compatibility:
- Built for 1.20.1, but should theoretically work on all versions above 1.18.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.18.2, 1.19.4, 1.20
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as EphemeralWitherSkulls-1.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 84 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.