Mojang has fixed this bug in 1.21!
This mod fixes entities killing other entities with flame and fire aspect not counting towards a kill for the attacker, but rather just a kill from fire damage.
The bug:
Players and entities that kill other entities with the fire from Flame and Fire Aspect do not get credit for these kills as the game thinks the kill is just from fire. This voids looting effects and could break how some mods function.
The fix:
If a player or entity inflicts fire damage onto another entity, the attacker is kept track of separately and if the fire damage kills the entity, the original attacker is credited. This allows looting to apply to the kill, achievements to be granted, as well as statistics to be properly increased.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as hotshot-0.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 239 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.