Skeleton Aiming Fix
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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What does it fix?
This mod fixes this bug: MC-121706 via the fix suggested in that page.
Bug demonstration
This bug causes Skeletons to not look at the player when aiming, specially notable when the player is in a Y coordinate higher than the Skeleton, making them unfair to fight and unpredictable, because you don't know if the skeleton is really tracking you or not.
You can see the difference here:
Vanilla:
Skeleton Aiming Fix:
Modpack
Feel free to add it to your modpacks! You can put a link to it or not in the description, it will appear on the dependency page regardless.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.10
- 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 skeletonaimingfix-2.0.0+1.21.1-neoforge.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 36 KB
- Download link checked 24 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.