How do I install Pumpkin Mobs?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Pumpkin Mobs work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 26.3. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Pumpkin Mobs

Java mod listed for Minecraft 26.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by toastedmellow · on Modrinth

Pumpkin Mobs adds an extra scary twist to Minecraft by giving mobs carved pumpkin heads and orange-dyed leather armor!

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Pumpkin Mobs is aimed for Paper, Bukkit, Folia and Purpur and adds pumpkins to mob heads! The plugin also changes all armor mob spawned in with, with orange dyed leather, mobs also can drop special loot of choice!

Skeleton with Pumpkin head, other mobs in background with Pumpkin heads.

About everything can be changed with the config!

pumpkin-heads:
  enabled: true
  
# Replaces existing chestplates, leggings, and boots with orange-dyed leather.
# The carved pumpkin replaces the helmet slot when pumpkin-heads.enabled is true.
armor:
  replace-with-leather: true

drops:
  enabled: true
  # Each entry rolls independently when an eligible mob dies.
  # chance is a percentage from 0 to 100; min/max are inclusive item counts.
  items:
    - material: DIAMOND
      chance: 1.0
      min: 1
      max: 3
    - material: EMERALD
      chance: 3.0
      min: 1
      max: 2

📃WHATS NEW IN 1.8.0?

Use of

/pumpkinmobs reload

Reloads Pumpkin Mobs config

Use of

/pumpkinmobs disable

Disables Pumpkin Mobs from doing anything.

Use of

/pumpkinmobs enable

Enables Pumpkin Mobs

📥 Installation

Download the latest PumpkinMobs-1.8.0.jar release.

Ensure your server runs Paper, Purpur, Folia, Spigot, Bukkit or Pufferfish on Minecraft 26.3 with Java 25.

Place PumpkinMobs-1.8.0.jar into your server's plugins/ directory.

Restart your server.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 26.3
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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as PumpkinMobs-1.8.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 8 KB
Download link checked 28 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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