Ready Crossbow
Make the piglins and pillagers attack you directly. Who goes around with an unloaded crossbow? Any mob that uses a crossbow will just shoot you.
⬇ Download on ModrinthReadyCrossbow 🏹
ReadyCrossbow is a lightweight Minecraft mod that ensures enemies are always combat-ready. No more grace periods: if a mob spawns with a crossbow, they spawn with it locked and loaded.
🚀 Features
In vanilla Minecraft, mobs like Pillagers or Piglins need to charge their crossbows before their first shot. This mod removes that delay:
- Auto-Charge on Spawn: Any mob spawning with a crossbow will automatically have a projectile loaded.
- Instant Aggression: Combat encounters are more dynamic and challenging, as enemies can fire the moment they detect you.
- Smart State Management: The mod forcefully updates the mob's AI state to "Ready to Attack" if they are holding a charged crossbow, preventing any "waiting" animations.
🛠️ Technical Details
- Compatibility: Works with any entity implementing the
CrossbowAttackMobinterface (Pillagers, Piglins, etc.). - Performance: Extremely lightweight; logic only triggers during the spawn event and AI tick updates.
- Platform: Built for NeoForge.
- Requirement: Java 21 and Minecraft 1.21+.
💻 Installation
Use CurseForge or Modrinth apps to install the mod just search for "ReadyCrossbow" and download the latest version.
Manual Installation
- Ensure you have the NeoForge loader installed.
- Download the mod's
.jarfile. - Place it into your Minecraft
modsfolder.
🥱 Additional information
Want to contribute?
Use this mod, and report bugs or suggestions by joining our Discord or directly on GitHub!
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- 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.
- Ships as ready_crossbow-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 9 KB
- Download link checked 20 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.