
Vanilla Entity Groups
A lightweight library of reusable vanilla entity type groups for organizing and targeting entities in commands and datapacks.
⬇ Download on ModrinthVanilla Entity Groups
Vanilla Entity Groups is a lightweight datapack that categorizes vanilla entity types into reusable groups such as Hostile, Neutral, Passive, and Livestock.
Instead of manually listing every entity type in your commands or datapacks, you can target an entire category with a single selector.
Example
Instead of writing:
/kill @e[type=zombie,type=skeleton,type=creeper,...]
you can simply write:
/kill @e[type=#group:hostile]
The included groups work anywhere Minecraft accepts entity type tags, making commands shorter, easier to read, and easier to maintain. Whether you're building a datapack, creating an adventure map, using command blocks, or simply running commands in-game, Vanilla Entity Groups lets you target categories of vanilla entities without repeatedly maintaining long lists of entity types.
Included Groups
- Hostile – Aggressive entities that attack on sight.
- Neutral – Entities that become hostile only under certain conditions.
- Passive – Peaceful entities that never attack the player.
- Livestock – Common farm animals and domesticated creatures.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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.
- Downloads as vanilla_entity_groups.zip
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 28 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.