Mob Captains
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Mob Captains
Rare Mob Captains will spawn in your world, dropping illegally enchanted loot!
Overview
Mob Captains of common, uncommon, rare and legendary difficulty will spawn in your world.
Set the scoreboard values of theps-mob.config scoreboard to your desired values!
| Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
.cool_down |
60 |
The time, in seconds, to stop trying to spawn a captain after successfully spawning one |
.spawn_chance |
10 |
The maximum chance, that a mob becomes a Mob Captain, with 1 being 0.1% and 1000 being 100% |
.notify_on_spawn |
2 |
What rarity of Mob Captain is announced to chat and with a sound, with 0 being for none, 1 only for legendaries and 4 being for all rarities of Mob Captain |
.notify_with_sound |
1 |
If a Mob Captain is announced to chat, a sound to all nearby players will play, with 0 being disabled and 1 being enabled |
.should_glow |
0 |
If a Mob Captain's silhouette should show through blocks, with 0 being disabled and 1 being enabled |
.exists_for |
6000 |
How long a Mob Captain will not be able to despawn in ticks, so 20 -> 1 Second, 1200 -> 1 Minute, 6000 -> 5 Minutes |
.block_area |
12000 |
How long should Mob Captain spawning be stopped within 24 blocks of another Mob Captain spawning in ticks, so 20 -> 1 Second, 1200 -> 1 Minute, 12000 -> 10 Minutes |
.beam_on_spawn |
1 |
If Mob Captains should create a particle beam when spawning that shows their location for about 1 second, with 1 being turned on and 0 it being turned off |
.weight_common |
55 |
Weight for a Mob Captain being of common rarity |
.weight_uncommon |
30 |
Weight for a Mob Captain being of uncommon rarity |
.weight_rare |
9 |
Weight for a Mob Captain being of rare rarity |
.weight_legendary |
1 |
Weight for a Mob Captain being of legendary rarity |
These Mob Captains will drop items that are enchanted in a way that is not possible in the vanilla game.
You can easily configure the data pack to your liking.
This data pack is inspired by Atomic Stryker's legendary Infernal Mobs mod.
Configure the Pack
Many aspects of this data pack can be configured by simply changing some score values.
You can access a chat based configuration menu while ingame by running the command /function ps-mob:config if you have operator permissions.
ps-mob.config scoreboard to your desired values!
| Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
.cool_down |
60 |
The time, in seconds, to stop trying to spawn a captain after successfully spawning one |
.spawn_chance |
10 |
The maximum chance, that a mob becomes a Mob Captain, with 1 being 0.1% and 1000 being 100% |
.notify_on_spawn |
2 |
What rarity of Mob Captain is announced to chat and with a sound, with 0 being for none, 1 only for legendaries and 4 being for all rarities of Mob Captain |
.notify_with_sound |
1 |
If a Mob Captain is announced to chat, a sound to all nearby players will play, with 0 being disabled and 1 being enabled |
.should_glow |
0 |
If a Mob Captain's silhouette should show through blocks, with 0 being disabled and 1 being enabled |
.beam_on_spawn |
1 |
If Mob Captains should create a particle beam when spawning that shows their location for about 1 second, with 1 being turned on and 0 it being turned off |
.weight_common |
55 |
Weight for a Mob Captain being of common rarity |
.weight_uncommon |
30 |
Weight for a Mob Captain being of uncommon rarity |
.weight_rare |
9 |
Weight for a Mob Captain being of rare rarity |
.weight_legendary |
1 |
Weight for a Mob Captain being of legendary rarity |
To adjust the loot tables' weights, just modify the values at /data/ps-mob/loot_tables/captains/<rarity>.json.
If you want to alter the items themselves, edit the loot tables at /data/ps-mob/loot_tables/base/<rarity>.json.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.2, 1.21.3, 1.21.4
- 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.
- Ships as mob-captains-v3.4.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 331 KB
- Download link checked 26 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.