ThrowableMobs

Pick up a mob. Charge. Throw. Throwable Mobs turns every mob into a projectile, with a trajectory preview that shows exactly where it lands and mobs that react the way they should when they hit something.

Throwing

• Charge it like a bow. Hold to charge, let go to throw. A charge bar fills up and an arc shows where the mob will land, bounces included.
• Weight matters. Chickens fly far, cows barely leave your hands, and heavy mobs slow you down while you carry them. Sprinting adds to the throw, Strength makes it harder.
• Impacts hurt. Damage comes from the collision, split by mass between the mob and what it hits, with knockback. Kills count as yours.

Every mob reacts

• Creepers explode on impact.
• Endermen teleport away, then come for you.
• Slimes and magma cubes bounce and split.
• Blazes and magma cubes set things on fire.
• Chickens float down and lay eggs.
• Modded mobs act like the vanilla mob they’re built on (a modded creeper explodes), and weigh what their size says.

Catch

Thrown mobs can be caught mid-air: an outline shows which ones you can grab. Throw a creeper to a friend and hope they’re paying attention.

And also

• Sounds, particles and a flight trail.
• 8 advancements in their own tab.
• Carry mobs on your head and put them down where you look. Bosses and other players’ pets stay put.

Controls

Rebind them under Controls → Throwable Mobs, or type /throwablemobs keybinds.

Requirements

Install on both the client and the server. Optional mods are client only.

Tested with

Found a mod that doesn’t work with it? Open an issue.

Design, physics model, behavior API and roadmap: THROWABLE_MOBS.md

Commands

For servers, packs and mods

• Server config (synced to players): throw strength, bounciness, damage, behaviors.
• Client config (in game): prompt, charge bar, trajectory style, flight pose.
• Datapacks: set every number and behavior per mob with mob profiles and tags.
• Java API: other mods can add their own behaviors.

Compatibility

• Carry On: both mods use Left Shift + Right Click. With both installed, Carry On does the picking up and a chat message tells you; rebind the Throwable Mobs keys to use both.
• Fabric needs Fabric API and Forge Config API Port. NeoForge needs nothing extra.

Beta

This is the first release. Bugs and ideas: GitHub issues.