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Capture Egg

Capture Egg

A reusable Capture Egg for Fabric 1.20.1 that lets you capture, store, and release mobs while preserving their data.

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Compatibility

Minecraft: Java Edition

1.20.1–1.20.6

Platforms

Supported environments

Client and server

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Licensed MIT
Published last week
Updated 2 weeks ago

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.