Loot Rebalance
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.17. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.17.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Current Features
Player interactions:
- Players shearing a sheep are given randomly between [1-9] bonus wool
Blocks:
- Melon block never drops slices, always 1 block regardless of tool
Peaceful Entities: the following mods have had all drops removed
- dolphin
- donkey
- horse
- mule
- panda
- polar_bear
- parrot
- turtle
Luck removed: RNG drops changed to Fixed number of drops
- shulker : fixed shell drop at exactly 2
- snow_golem : always 2 blocks of snow
- iron_golem : 4 iron_blocks drop instead of ingots (flowers unchanged)
Removed "killed_by_player" condition, so there are no player-kill-only drops; the rest of the loot is unchanged
- phantom
- spider
- cave_spider
- blaze
Balance changes: drops removed
- zombie, zombie_villager, husk: removed drops of iron, carrot, potato
- witch: remove drops of glowstone, redstone, stick
- elder_guardian: removed drops of cod, prismarine_shard
NEW drops added
- wandering_trader: Can drop from 0-3 emeralds (more with looting)
- ender_dragon: 50% chance to drop elytra
- endermite: 15% chance to drop ender_pearl
- vex: 15% chance to drop phantom_membrane
- illusioner: 50% chance to drop phantom_membrane and/or emerald_block; and 5% to drop enchanted_golden_apple
- wither: 25% to drop enchanted_golden_apple
- elder_guardian: Increased existing drops from "fishing loot table". Increased drop of wet_sponge' s.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.16.5
- 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 CurseForge — 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 lootrebalance-1.16.4-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 4.6 MB
- Download link checked 4 Nov 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.