Rainbeau’s Egg-Heads

(A Data Pack for Minecraft 1.16.2 – 1.16.5.)

Highlights:

– Vanilla mobs now have a chance to drop their heads and/or spawn eggs when killed

The primary purpose of this data pack is to allow vanilla mobs to drop their heads and/or spawn eggs. (Eggs and heads. "Egg-Heads." Get it? Meh. Whatever.)

OK, sure, there are already other data packs that do that. So why use this one?

First, unlike some of the others, "Egg-Heads" doesn't require that you use an enchanted or otherwise special weapon. (The "Looting" enchantment will increase the odds of getting eggs or heads, of course, but it's not essential.) Second, if you use the other packs, you have to choose one or another, as multiple data packs can't all modify the same loot tables. With "Egg-Heads," you don't have to choose. You can find both eggs *and* heads! Of course, eggs and heads will only drop when mobs are killed by a player, except when a charged creeper is involved, but that should go without saying.

And speaking of charged creepers, while creepers, skeletons and zombies killed by charged creepers will still drop their heads as normal, they might also drop them even when killed directly by you. So you no longer have to rely on maneuvering a charged creeper into a skeleton, for example, in order to get a skeleton head.

The most commonly-encountered mobs typically have a 0.2-0.5% base chance to drop their heads when killed. Rarer or more difficult mobs will drop their heads with greater frequency. The base chance of a mob dropping a spawn egg is never higher than 0.5%. The full list of assigned percentage chances can be found in the "drop chances.txt" file in the data pack's main folder. But the important thing to remember is that heads and eggs are, quite intentionally, very rare drops.

Just for fun, "Egg-Heads" also gives villagers and wandering traders a small chance to drop an emerald when killed. Villagers also sometimes drop food items. And creepers might sometimes drop a music disc, even if killed by a player rather than by a skeleton.

— Rainbeau Flambe (Darryl Burgdorf)