Create customizable Mob Pens using Lodestones! Assign and protect animals, automate breeding, customize appearances, and collect naturally produced items into nearby chests.
No client mods or resource packs required.
Features
- Lodestone Mob Pens — Create a Mob Pen using a Lodestone and assign animals with Leads.
- Natural Animal Movement — Residents roam freely within a configurable radius and return when wandering too far.
- Resident Protection — Protect assigned animals from damage with configurable ownership and butchering settings.
- Automatic Breeding — Breed compatible animals using food stored in a five-slot breeder inventory.
- Population & Food Displays — View resident counts and breeding food through floating holograms.
- Custom Names & Skins — Rename Mob Pens using Name Tags and customize their appearance with supported block textures.
- Perimeter Preview — Display temporary oak and dark oak fences using redstone, with resident highlighting and a countdown.
- Bell Call — Ring a nearby Bell to summon residents toward their Mob Pen.
- Passive Item Collection — Automatically collect configured items, such as eggs and Sniffer seeds, into chests touching any of the six sides of the Lodestone.
- Comparator Support — Monitor Mob Pen populations using redstone comparators.
- In-Game Help Guide — Access a native Minecraft dialogue explaining the plugin's features.
- Customizable Configuration — Adjust protection, movement, breeding, perimeter previews, and item collection.
Commands
- /mobpens — Opens the in-game help dialogue.
- /mobpens help — Displays the complete Mob Pens guide.
- /mobpen — Alternative help command.
Most features are managed directly through in-game interactions.
Installation
- Place MGG-MobPens-1.0.0.jar in your server's plugins folder.
- Start or restart the server.
- Configuration and saved data generate under plugins/MGG Mob Pens/.
- Place a Lodestone, lead an animal to it, and right-click to assign it.
Compatibility
- Minecraft Java Edition — Paper 26.2
- Server-side plugin
- No client installation required
- No resource pack required
Important Notes
- Default Mob Pen radius is 16 blocks.
- Perimeter fences are visual only and do not physically contain animals.
- Breeding requires compatible animals, appropriate food, and available capacity.
- Passive collection uses a configurable item allowlist and excludes death and butchering drops.
- Entering NONE when naming removes the hologram display.
- Configuration changes require a server restart.
Support & Usage
If you encounter issues, please include your Minecraft/Paper version and relevant server logs when reporting them.
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