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babyskeletons
A lightweight Paper plugin that adds small skeleton variants. Skeletons have a chance to spawn at 50% size while keeping normal skeleton behavior and AI…
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BabySkeletons
A lightweight Paper/Purpur plugin that adds small skeleton variants to your Minecraft server.
Features
- Small skeletons spawn at 50% size
- Works with natural skeleton spawns
- Works with skeleton spawn eggs
- Keeps normal skeleton AI and behavior
- Lightweight and performance-friendly
- Supports Paper and Purpur 1.21.x
How It Works
Whenever a skeleton spawns, it has a chance to become a smaller variant. Small skeletons behave exactly like normal skeletons but are harder to hit and create a unique challenge for players.
Compatibility
- Paper 1.21.x
- Purpur 1.21.x
- Java 21+
- Java 25 supported
Installation
- Download the plugin.
- Place the JAR into your server's
pluginsfolder. - Restart the server.
- Enjoy small skeletons on your server!
Notes
This plugin modifies both naturally spawned skeletons and skeletons created with spawn eggs.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1
- 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 BabySkeletons-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.