


Gently Holds Mod lets you pick up mobs and carry them as items in your inventory. You can crouch and right-click an animal to put it directly into your hand. It lets you place the mob back on the ground whenever you want or even wear it on your head as a hat. This mod makes moving your farm animals and pets simple without needing leads or minecarts.
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Features:
- Pick up mobs directly into your inventory slots by crouching and right-clicking with empty hands.
- Place mobs back into the world by right-clicking on the ground or dropping the item from your hotbar.
- Equip mobs in your head armor slot to wear them on top of your head like a hat.
- Animated inventory icons display miniature 3D models of the captured mobs.
- Adds a creative tab filled with mob items for quick testing and spawning.
- Customizable size and mob restrictions allow you to pick up different types of creatures.
Configuration:
entity_restriction: Sets which mobs can be picked up, such as all animals, non-monsters, or tamed pets.max_width: Sets the maximum block width of mobs that can be picked up.max_height: Sets the maximum block height of mobs that can be picked up.empty_hands: Requires both hands to be empty before you can grab a mob.spawn_drop: Drops the mob back into the world if the item is dropped from inventory.can_wear_hat: Toggles whether mob items can be placed in your helmet slot.creative_tab: Adds a dedicated creative menu tab containing mob items.animated: Toggles moving 3D mob icons inside inventory screens.entity_whitelist: Lists specific mobs that can always be picked up regardless of other rules.entity_blacklist: Lists specific mobs that can never be picked up.
How to Use:
- Make sure both of your hands are empty.
- Walk close to a small animal or pet.
- Hold Shift and Right-Click on the mob to pick it up into your hand.
- Right-Click the ground to place the mob down, or move it to your helmet slot to wear it.
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Gently Holds Mod Download Links
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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: In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.
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
- Downloads as 516994.mcaddon
- Download size: 500 KB
- Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working
- Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.