Make Your Own CUSTOM MOBS [1] || Minecraft Data Pack Tutorial

This is the first episode of the mini series where I will go over how to make your own custom mobs in Minecraft. This video was during the 20w17a 1.16 snapshot but should work in all versions past 1.13. The first episode covers:
- Choosing your base mob
- Adding effects and attributes to your mob
- Adding and positioning your custom model
- Making sure the model rotates and is destroyed with the mob
To skip the example, go to 13:00. I changed parts of the video, so the timestamp is wrong but im too lazy to reexport it.
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The two commands:
execute as @e[tag=custom_mob1,type=minecraft:silverfish] at @s store result entity @e[type=minecraft:armor_stand,tag=custom_mob1,limit=1,sort=nearest] Rotation[0] float 1 run data get entity @s Rotation[0]
execute as @e[tag=custom_mob1,type=armor_stand] at @s unless entity @e[type=silverfish,tag=custom_mob1,distance=0..1] run kill @s
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[@urughiictaknu-mivis6805]

Bro your channel is expanding my entire knowledge of data packs. This is allowing me to finally apply all the crazy creative ideas i have jumbled around in my head. I love you.

[@TimberForge]

Awesome, glad to hear it! Good luck with your data pack ideas!

[@ThePharaqh]

yes, me too. Thank man

[@copperlaktronics6705]

How would I ever survive without online tutorials like these

[@rreevv.]

You simply wouldn’t

[@B100dy.snowzz]

Yus

[@kailoomian4203]

You would be a blob fish.

[@creeperkid8662]

I know right

[@NogCube]

You would search for how to survive... 👉👈

[@Greigames]

Your tutorials are so comprehensive and explanatory. I'm glad you're explaining what each step does instead of just saying to do it. This has helped immensely!

[@Ketchupburger]

lmao good timing. I JUST started a project with custom mobs. This should help smooth things out

[@gassaks451]

me too lol

[@n0t_UN_Owen]

Same but for bedrock unfortunately

[@electriceel-archive]

sameeeeee

[@travisconnor]

hello! i'm just getting into datapacks, and i literally just found your channel a few minutes ago. these videos are so helpful, and i can't thank you enough! i'm so excited to make some custom datapacks for my friends and i.

[@crepedoddles6148]

These videos are wonderful and I appreciate your time and effort in them. Thank you!

[@gabegaming9222]

OMG I have been waiting for this! Thank you soo much! Can't wait until part 2! :)

[@--Paws--]

Thank you recommendations, I was looking for tutorials like this and the algorithm finally got it right.

[@bucketofjava5754]

Nice tutorial!! I can't wait until part 2!

[@tylermartin7983]

Looking forward to the next videos! Super helpful thanks for the info!

[@smartkrafter2853]

OMG I love how thorough your tutorials are ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Mor0sis]

OMG making a map great timing! Can't wait for part 2...

[@paradoxtatorstudios9681]

Dude! I wanted to make my own mob so bad by using Tynker, but quickly found it limited. This is way better! Thanks and subscribed!

[@TimberForge]

If anyone has questions, I would love to try and help out. Ask here or join my discord! Also, if you have suggestions for other general things you want to see about custom mobs, leave a suggestion.

[@bucketofjava5754]

Would it be possible to create custom models by retexturing slimes and using the size attribute??

[@TimberForge]

You cant use custom model data on slimes, and I think the model for all slimes is the same file regardless of slime size, its probably better to use an armorstand on them, that’s what I did for the water blob in the nether pack.

[@rubenbavington2508]

How can i join the discicord server? Great vid

[@rubenbavington2508]

How can i join the discicord server? Great vid

[@TimberForge]

In the description.

[@mateoferretto2175]

I watched this and now have to watch 3 other videos to actually do what I intended to do. Love it :3

[@ethanyang6812]

omg so cool! Can’t wait for the next episode!!

[@wonkywonky6307]

thanks for the vids, i went from knowing absolutely nothing to have already made lots of new things which i couldn't do before! thanks mate :D

[@haydengoracke5324]

You are the man me and my friend where making a data pack but needed mobs this saved us thx man :)

[@slayslayslay8940]

Thank you sooo much for the custom mobs and items series, they are so much help! Now I've got to work out how to make a horse fly.

[@icedchqi]

a start would be to parent a bat to the horse

[@buttercreamonsconeshascure9644]

Your video is simply perfect you helped so much! Thank you, big love, from France

[@ProdigyDH]

Very much looking forward to the other episodes

[@SnipingMachines]

Nice job! Keep your grind STRONG & keep uploading unique good content fam ❤️

[@yupol_]

Amazing video bro. Finding your channel has taught me so much about Data packs. Your content is practically binge-able! 👍Keep it up!

[@TimberForge]

Haha I have never though of data pack content as binge-able, glad you enjoy it!

[@Sibogy]

Can't wait for the full execute entity rotation video.

[@skinnycreeper2055]

Thank you SO much for showing me all your Knowledge! Much love - Modded Minecraft shorts

[@adcppk9884]

Awesome. Keep making videos. Good job.

[@Daniel_Doce275]

I've been waiting for this, can't wait for part 2

[@davidtran1523]

Me too

[@almasputra7043]

Wait... is that you?

[@Daniel_Doce275]

@@almasputra7043 it is I

[@kurouls_3286]

U watching this for bizzaria? Yes? ;3

[@Daniel_Doce275]

No, just curious tbh

[@etiennedoreau6476]

very nice and extremely helpful tutorial!

[@TheJfkeenan]

Damn Ive been needing this Thanks dude

[@Averyexe-cp6jx]

I needed this. THANK YOU

[@displays6461]

ooo i have been needing this tysm :]

[@cannibalhunter9079]

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[@auritro3903]

This guy DESERVES more subscribers! I can't wait another day without you posting a video!

[@redpug5042]

i just started making datapacks, i have made like 5 smallish ones, your videos are really helping!

[@TimberForge]

Awesome! I hope you find these vids useful! You can also join the discord to show off your creations or get help from other people if you want to.

[@redpug5042]

@@TimberForge hi! didnt expect to see you here! i am working on an explosives datapack, i used lots of your vids for different things in it, it currently has a gun, grenade, and sticky bomb with a remote detonator

[@TimberForge]

Awesome, sounds fun!

[@grabselecta2469]

Good video 📸 keep it on 😁👍

[@polskamalpka908]

Thank you very much. I know all the commands in minecraft but I was wondering how to change just the mob model so that only he had such a model and not all mobs. thanks again

[@trashyCorn.12]

Thanks I'm gonna do a steampunk mob pack and I'm gonna use this

[@sirjain4408]

U and this video are so underrated

[@yashurishi549]

if everything goes perfect, your a life saver

[@vocalsunleashed]

This is amazingly clearly explained, thank you!

[@itsdaan3022]

Nice video

[@Iguana5k]

Hey, just a quick question. I would like to make a piranha using the tropical fish a basis for it. So technically a tropical fish with a piranha texture that spawns in djungle waters and bites everything that goes in the water. What would be the right direction to go to archieve that in your opinion?

[@Blue-Robin]

THANK YOU!

[@st-ok8qs]

Hi my buddy! You are best.I need your tutorials for begginers

[@AxlAvi]

Este video es muy util gracias :D

[@greysonbartscher2069]

Ty!

[@grivas711]

This man is so smart

[@localdisappointment02]

would this be a good way to add new mob textures? I want to add more variation for cats and possibly make a pack for a server in the future but I'm not sure what the simplest way to go about that would be

[@Jason-xl8fm]

This is a great tutorial for if you want your datapack to be compatible without Optifine.

[@TimberForge]

This is for data packs, not mods, but yeah that will make it truely mod free, best for things that will be shared for others to use, or for servers if you want to go the data pack route.

[@Jason-xl8fm]

Oh yeah, what I meant with Optifine is it allows you to override entity models already in the game. I accidently got confused with wording in my original comment, oops. So if you are in a position to get the users of your datapack to install Optifine you have a lot more freedom with your models.

[@TimberForge]

Yep

[@cuongtran69420]

Yoo thats sixkk ur cool now

[@SUBSCRIBERSWITHOUTVIDEOS-dj7vo]

Technically you could use a slime for a custom hitbox. (due to the size nbt thing)

[@aerbon]

i just thought about this, but you can also use scoreboards to synchronize health between multiple entities, meaning more complicated hitboxes can be made out of separate entities

[@spring6389]

Having problem with making a water mob armor stand just starts flying when i put the mob in water

[@Jelenir]

This is great! BUT I have a question. I made toads with this tutorial but don't know how to make it so it can interact with other mobs from datapacks. Could you make a tutorial on this? (I won't let my mob starve so i'm thinking of it eating flies like the frogs eating slimes/magmacubes)

[@Jelenir]

Oh no! My model works but not the datapacks, i was typing that comment when i didn't know that my toad's model stayed after death and wasn't looking in the right direction. Does 1.18.2 change the way datapacks are coded?

[@WickieMasters49]

i am really confused. after forming the model in blockbench, must we export the model as a jem or json file. and where will we need to put the textures at. this is because my texture won’t load on the entity

[@-trgames-6003]

If this doesn't work go into the code of the item you will see item/Yourtexture.png Or Block/yourtexture.png And the particle one replace it with the name of your texture

[@chris_3934]

Can you show us how to make your own enchantments? I love your vids sorry for bad english I am german lol

[@alt_confirmed4316]

THANKS

[@CocoNot.]

I really like your videos, and i wanna know if it's possible to impement like elektrik energy with a data pack, like if you burn an specifik item it gives the player energy with a scoreboard or it stores it in a block with an ntb tag. Then you can use this energy to make autofarming machines, or repair your armor or something or to move a vehicle like you made with the tank. It's just an idea.

[@TimberForge]

Yeah, I just wouldn’t do it though normal burning, I would add my own machine like a combustion engine or something. You can use a placable invisible armorstand which will setblock a dropper when placed, which can have a custom model to make it look like a machine. Then from there u can basically do anything.

[@rezakhajedad9894]

Hey ,this is awesome,,but i have an irrelevant question,,is it possible to do this without resource pack with the vanilla resources? Specifically with the wither ? I know it's not an item Basically i want to have 8 withers with no ai and without bossbar only using datapack,since I can't have wither without bossbar I went for wither shaped entities but i couldn't find anything,you are my last hope

[@ifyoureadthisurfatherless6579]

silverfish original : no one scared to me, silverfish with snake model : finnaly everyone scared to me

[@manuelocana8074]

There is a better way of killing the texture when the mob dies, since if there is other mob near it wont disapear, let me explain: create a predicate called: has_no_vehicle.json containing the following: { "condition": "minecraft:inverted", "term": { "condition": "minecraft:entity_properties", "entity": "this", "predicate": { "vehicle": {} } } } This basically returns true if the entity has no vehicle. Next create a looping function with this command: kill @e[tag=texture, predicate:namespace:has_no_vehicle] if the armor stand has the tag "texture" and if the predicate turns to be true, it will kill every armor stand with those conditions.

[@raphcrafter]

hey great vid, but huh at 14:00 you are going into the ''display tab'' but on my blockbench it says animate. Where can I find the display button now ?

[@TimberForge]

You are on the wrong version, thats for bedrock models. Make sure you are doing s java model, you should be able to convert in the top left.

[@raphcrafter]

@@TimberForge I see... thanks for the help

[@Faynot__]

hi, for some reason deleting the armor stand after killing a mob doesn't work. Is this an error because the tutorial was made on an old version? I did everything as stated in the tutorial

[@varvaraorfanakou2550]

''awesome"

[@Javi0248]

Hello, a question, I had the illusion that the cows with yellow flowers would come out but I was left with the desire and this morning it occurred to me to change the texture of the brown cow with mushrooms since I do not use it in my day to day and so on. , although not with its functions it can have a yellow cow with flowers. In principle everything is fine, I changed the textures from the brown cow to the yellow one but when I tried it after several attempts it was perfect but the mushrooms did not change and doing tests I noticed that if I changed the texture of the mushrooms (the item) it was changed in the cow also which led me to deduce that the brown cow and the brown mushrooms are linked. And the question is if you know if there is any way to unlink the cow with the mushrooms and link it with the yellow flowers since I would not like to change the texture of the brown mushrooms.

[@gabrielbarros493]

With the way you did it, if there are two snakes very close and you kill one of them, the model of the other would still remain. It would be better if you could give each set of silverfish and armor stand a different tag

[@jrrootbeer6336]

you could tweak exact radius of kill radius enough so that it barely includes the base entity

[@Chris-zh8ri]

ty im tryna remake the mobs in demon slayer like Abnormal demons demon arts and all of that i wont add nichirin blade -_- u can destroy the mobs using a sword

[@obi-wankenobi6272]

I've always wanted to see a drifting snake

[@TimberForge]

Lol.

[@theredsparrow4882]

So I got my custom mob model working, however since I’ve used a zombie, when it looks down, the whole body ends up rotating causing the model to float. Is there a way to fix this?

[@frostthelioncat3927]

I'm making an Ice Beast, which is neutral, and attacks all monsters like an Iron Golem, but it doesn't protect villagers, so should i use an Iron Golem as the base mob? i'm also making a LionCat which is neutral and Tameable like a wolf, but can keep away creepers and hisses at phantoms like a Cat, what should i do?

[@HighkeyLazy]

how to make a Minecraft mob change its model randomly? well so i have been working on a resource/mod pack and i have a bit of trouble figuring out how to make it such dat a mob changes its model based on certain conditions like pufferfish.

[@Subredittstories]

Nice Video 👍 I didn’t get how to use your custom blockbench model on the silverfish could you help me out with that ?

[@TimberForge]

Did u watch the blockbench video? It goes over how to put it on the item. This vid goes over putting the item on the mob.

[@Subredittstories]

Ok thanks

[@gamerguy0215]

Timber, my custom mob's armor stand dismounts in water. i need help

[@hop3fulpuffin]

Is there a way to switch the item model depending on when the mob is moving? I have animated a custom model and also have a non-animated model but I would like a way to make it so that the non-animated custom model is replaced by the animated model when the mob is walking, and then comes back when the mob stops.

[@TimberForge]

Next video :) it will be up in a couple days hopefully.

[@TimberForge]

Basically just detect if the mob doesnt have the data of Motion:[0.0d,0.0d,0.0d], by using execute unless entity

[@hop3fulpuffin]

@@TimberForge ok thanks :D. keep being awesome I would know literally nothing about datapacks if it weren't for u. :D

[@TimberForge]

There are some other cool youtubers you should check out too, like codezealot, bronghast014, and of course cloudwolf.

[@hop3fulpuffin]

@@TimberForge cloudwolf is good, ill have to check out the others

[@Bball_262]

Im adding pirates to my datapack! using the piglins as the mob thing because they have a human like shape and i cant use a player and they are hostile like the pirates will be this will be very fun to implement!

[@Bball_262]

I have no idea what to do i give up

[@battlecatsoof2485]

@@Bball_262 rip

[@bigbaz4632]

@@Bball_262 Really late response but you could use an optifine resource pack that has it when any piglins spawn at beaches and oceans they use a pirate skin you made and use a datapack so piglins spawn at beaches and oceans too.

[@thegamingkaiju1857]

Question what if i want my mob to be hostile and also alert the Warden what do i do there?

[@k0omodosavesta241]

How is the command when a item in the head slot is used instead of an armor stand?

[@clovertrashthesequel]

How can I edit a already existing hostile mob to make it tameable?

[@s.or.r.y]

fun fact:lot of silverfishes looks like a small gurdian

[@sohanmadaram1786]

Did you use blockbench for the model itself

[@roadtomusic6337]

hey Timber forge, I want my mob to be hostile, and act as a skeleton, should I pick a skeleton as a base mob? Or do I have to pick one of the five mobs you showed me?

[@TimberForge]

Oh you can pick any mob in the game. Definitely pick a skeleton if you want it to shoot arrows. Keep in mind though that you will see the bow still though, so maybe make its arms line up.

[@roadtomusic6337]

@@TimberForge okay thanks for the fast reply!

[@hackcraft_]

what is the text editer you use in the video?

[@TimberForge]

VS Code

[@lgkingdom2272]

timber forge can i use horse spawn egg?? (please reply)

[@CharlyMachine]

Hi. My model stays after the mob dies. I have the same commands for despawn that you wrote in the loop file, but still doesn't work. My mob is a Ghast, so it's flying when it dies. What can i do?

[@TimberForge]

It shouldnt matter that the mob is flying. Add parts of the execute command at a time instead of copying mine directly. First just check that the first part of the execute command is actually targetting your armor stand with the right tag(use setblock as the run command to check that it targets the right armorstand) as long as there isnt a custom mob nearby, running the command should kill it.

[@CharlyMachine]

@@TimberForge Thanks. I'll try that. Also, my custom mob doesn't move, but it's because it's just a model, i understand that. I want to create a black ghast that only spawns in the end, with moving animation, that's all. But even if i managed to make them spawn in the end, I think I'm not in the right way.

[@tomurasaiga7455]

6:35 where did you get the command? the desc ones dont work

[@TimberForge]

The one generated from mcstacker.net like 5 seconds prior. The website makes it for you, it just saves time.

[@manuelocana8074]

do effects end when all those ticks pass? or putting 999999 actually makes it endless?

[@TimberForge]

I think its not actually endless, but im not sure sorry.

[@denssydad]

...really, so many thanks for this video! Just one question...can you make these mobs to use skills...?

[@TimberForge]

Yes, you can create custom attacks, I will make a video on it, but basically you need a scoreboard looping timer that runs if the player is near, and it runs your attack function every time it hits 0.

[@denssydad]

​@@TimberForge Neat! Then I'll be waiting for the video, really exicted! ...one last question (hard one)...do you know if datapacks have compatibility with mythicmobs (plugin) for example to get custom items and treat them like different from normal ones. Example: Stone_sword: Id: 272 Data: Data_that_is_the_one_you_put_in_the_datapack Atributes: - damage: 2 - atkspeed: 0.8 - blabla ...so just affects that custom item and not the other stone swords...?

[@pieordie7]

couldnt you stack multiple ai's like a wolf's attack pattern by controlling it's x and z cordinate and combined with the hovering of a blaze with the y cordinate?

[@TimberForge]

I haven’t seen that before, it would probably have choppy movement if u pull it off

[@cloudie9450]

thx i did this my self whith a bunsh of errors but whith yours ye thx

[@maskgraphics2938]

Can I still breed the custom Mobs? If I want to make an owl for example, and take the parrot as the base mob, can I breed the owl only with melons (bc in reality its a parrot) or can I change the item it needs to breed to raw bunny. Or is it impossible to breed custom mobs in a data pack?

[@TimberForge]

You can’t breed normally, but you can create your own breeding system and do the particles, refresh timer, and click detection yourself.

[@maskgraphics2938]

@@TimberForge actually, is there a chance if I use your method of spawning custom mobs naturally. If I would breed 2 parrots and say that for every parrot there is a 100% Chance to spawn an owl, would they breed an owl instead of another parrot?

[@TimberForge]

Yeah it would get replaced instantly.

[@muhammadalishah1201]

bro how to add the custom model to the silver fish armour stand

[@pacesteam8279]

Unfortunately i cant seem to get the armor stand killing command to work in the datapack. In a commandblock it runs nicely

[@TimberForge]

Try confirm your data pack actually is working with say hi and that your function is loaded.

[@lnxs]

What do I have to do to run a command of an entity (in my case an armor_stand with a special tag) based on its height (Y coordinate)?

[@TimberForge]

What are you trying to do? A position needs x y and z, so it depends what you are trying to do with the other coords. I cant think of a better solution than using execute store from the mob to an armorstand’s y coord, and then esiting the rest of the coords to what you want to get all 3 coords, and then positioning on that new armorstand.

[@lnxs]

@@TimberForge Thanks for the reply! I only care about the Y coordinate. X and Z don't matter. I just want to run a command of an armor_stand when its Y position is at 1. It just can't be that difficult, but i can't figure it out. Love your vids!!!

[@TimberForge]

Ohhh just detecting it is easy, I am pretty sure there is a y_position part of the nbt, try that out. Just with an = sign like with scores.

[@lnxs]

@@TimberForge Ohhh ok, thank you a lot!!

[@NotSnick3r]

what to do if you want to be your mob tamable but wolfs hit box is to small?

[@MrGoldenBee]

Wait you have vertical slabs under the mob spawn eggs

[@donkeykong6805]

when we do this for example if i do this for a dog will every single dog be the same as the custom one

[@TimberForge]

No

[@gabrielmedina3003]

i need Model Engine or mythicMobs plugin for my custom mobs?

[@SapperGamer]

i always wanted to make herobrine wolf to help

[@LightningStormProductions]

I have made a custom model, and textures but how do I put that data into my mob cause I don’t understand how you applyied the models and textures to the mob

[@TimberForge]

Watch my blockbench video if you dont know how to get it on items. If you do know how, I show you in the video how to either attach the item to the head or to attach an armorstand with the item as a passenger.

[@LightningStormProductions]

@@TimberForge ok thx

[@jackpot6_931]

YES A MAc USER

[@Dragongamer_216]

Is it possible to make a model from the mcheli mod to a mob so i can use the model as npc in the custom npc mod?

[@TimberForge]

I think the models in mods are different from data pack models, so you probably have to recreate it from scratch.