Stray Spawn (Legacy Fabric)
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.17. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Requires the library mod Collective (Fabric) and the Fabric API.
This mod is part of The Vanilla Experience.
Stray Spawn is a minimalistic configurable mod which adds a chance for strays to spawn naturally everywhere instead of a skeleton spawn. By default in the vanilla game they can only spawn in ice biomes, but they are too cool looking to not have them everywhere.
Configurable: ( how do I configure? )
chanceSkeletonIsStray (default = 0.25, min 0, max 1.0): The chance a skeleton that has spawned is of the stray variant.
The Stray entity:
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You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge ecosystem.
Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.17.1, 1.17
- 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 strayspawn-fabric_1.16.5-2.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 26 KB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.