Baby Zombie and villager old model restorer

🧟 Old Baby Villager and Zombie

Bring back the classic baby mobs! Restores the pre-Tiny Takeover (1.21.11) baby zombie, baby villager and baby zombie villager models on Minecraft 26.1 — all with mixins, no resource pack required.

😤 Why this mod exists

In Minecraft 26.1 (the “Tiny Takeover” update), Mojang gave baby zombies, baby villagers and baby zombie villagers brand-new, hand-crafted “tiny” models, separate baby textures and new baby armor meshes.

And honestly? In my personal opinion, the new tiny models look terrible. 😅 The big-headed, big-eyed classic babies had way more charm — they were cute, expressive and instantly recognizable. This mod reverts them to the beloved 1.21.11 look so you can enjoy the classic babies again.

⚠️ Personal opinion disclaimer: this is just my taste! If you love the new tiny models, this mod simply isn’t for you — but if you grew up with the classic baby zombies, welcome home.

✨ What it does

This mod reverts the Tiny Takeover baby model overhaul back to the 1.21.11 look:

• Baby zombie / baby husk / baby drowned — the adult mesh scaled with the classic BABY_TRANSFORMER (head 0.75×, body 0.5×): the iconic big-head baby zombie.
• Baby villager — the adult villager mesh scaled by the villager 0.9375 factor, then uniformly by 0.5×.
• Baby zombie villager — the adult zombie villager mesh + BABY_TRANSFORMER.
• Baby armor for all of the above — adult armor scaled with BABY_TRANSFORMER, so armor lines up perfectly with the restored models.
• Textures — babies use the regular adult textures again. (The 26.1 *_baby.png textures were drawn specifically for the tiny models and don’t fit the restored UV layout.)

Mobs affected

| Mob | Baby model restored | Baby texture restored |
|—|—|—|
| Zombie | ✅ | ✅ |
| Husk | ✅ | ✅ |
| Drowned | ✅ | ✅ |
| Villager | ✅ | ✅ |
| Zombie Villager | ✅ | ✅ |

Only visuals change — hitboxes, scale attributes and gameplay are completely untouched. Babies still behave exactly like vanilla babies; they just look like the classics again. 🥰

🔧 How it works

100% client-side mixins — no resource pack, no world changes, no server-side requirement. Every change is a targeted mixin under io.sniperjohnny.github.client.mixin:

| Mixin | What it restores |
|—|—|
| BabyZombieModelMixin | baby zombie mesh (also covers husk & drowned shared layer) |
| BabyDrownedModelMixin | baby drowned mesh |
| BabyVillagerModelMixin | baby villager mesh (body + no-hat variants) |
| BabyZombieVillagerModelMixin | baby zombie villager mesh (body + no-hat variants) |
| AbstractZombieRendererMixin | baby zombie uses the adult texture |
| HuskRendererMixin | baby husk uses the adult texture |
| DrownedRendererMixin | baby drowned uses the adult texture |
| VillagerRendererMixin | baby villager uses the adult texture |
| ZombieVillagerRendererMixin | baby zombie villager uses the adult texture |
| VillagerProfessionLayerMixin | babies use the regular “type” profession textures |
| LayerDefinitionsMixin | old-style baby armor for zombie / husk / drowned / zombie villager |

📦 Requirements

• Minecraft: 26.1
• Loader: Fabric (Fabric Loader ≥ 0.19.3)
• Java: 25+
• Dependencies: Fabric API

🚀 Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 26.1 and download Fabric API.
2. Drop this mod’s .jar into your mods folder.
3. Launch the game — that’s it!

🛠️ Building from source

./gradlew build

The built jar lands in build/libs/.

📜 License

Licensed under the MIT License — free to use, modify and share, with attribution. © 2026 SniperJohnny.