Capture Egg

Capture Egg is a lightweight Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 SMP that adds a reusable item for capturing, carrying, and releasing mobs.

Instead of transporting mobs with boats, minecarts, leads, or long tunnels, you can simply store one inside a Capture Egg and release it somewhere else.

✨ Features

• Capture living mobs by right-clicking them with an empty Capture Egg
• Release the stored mob by right-clicking while holding the filled egg
• Each egg can hold one mob at a time
• The egg becomes empty and reusable after releasing the mob
• Captured mobs keep their saved data
• Supports vanilla mobs and many modded living entities
• Filled Capture Eggs have an enchantment glint
• Displays the captured mob’s name in the tooltip
• Displays villager professions in the tooltip
• Preserves villager professions and trading offers
• Includes capture and release sound effects
• Capture Eggs cannot stack, keeping every stored mob separate

🧑‍🌾 Capturing Villagers

Villagers normally open their trading menu when right-clicked.

To capture a villager, hold an empty Capture Egg and use:

Shift + Right Click

The same control is used for Wandering Traders.

When a villager is captured, the egg tooltip displays both the villager’s name and profession, such as:

• Fletcher
• Farmer
• Librarian
• Armorer
• Toolsmith

The villager’s profession and trades are preserved when released.

🎮 How to Use

1. Craft a Capture Egg
2. Hold the empty egg in your hand
3. Right-click a mob to capture it
4. Right-click again to release the stored mob
5. Reuse the empty egg whenever needed

An empty egg displays:

Empty — right-click a mob to capture it

A filled egg displays the name of the captured mob and gains an enchantment glint.

🐉 Uncapturable Mobs

The Ender Dragon cannot be captured by default.

The mod also includes an uncapturable entity-type tag, allowing modpack creators to prevent additional mobs or bosses from being captured.

📦 Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1
• Fabric Loader 0.19.3 or newer
• Fabric API
• Java 17

The mod should be installed on both the server and every player’s client when used in multiplayer.

🐛 Issues and Source Code

Source code and issue reporting are available on GitHub:

Capture Egg GitHub Repository

When reporting a problem, include your Minecraft version, Fabric Loader version, Fabric API version, mod version, and any relevant logs.