Effigies

Effigies is a mod that adds powerful mob spawning prevention options to the game.

Version Support

Effigies supports multiple Minecraft versions and mod loaders:

Loader	Minecraft Versions
Fabric	1.21.11+
NeoForge	1.21.11+

Features

• Adds 7 new Pikes (one for each spear variant) that prevent specific mob types from spawning within a radius based on their tier
  • Refer to the Pike Table below for specifics about the radius and recipes
  • Pikes also have item tooltips in-game describing their range
• Place a Pike block in the world, then right-click it with a mob head (or place the mob head on top of it) to activate it
  • When active, the Pike will prevent that mob type from spawning within its area of effect
    • Fire particles spawn when it becomes active!
    • Fire particles will also spawn whenever the Pike successfully prevents a mob spawn
    • Smoke particles spawn when it becomes inactive (the head is removed)
  • Supported mob heads: Skeleton, Wither Skeleton, Zombie, Creeper, and Piglin
    • More to come soon!
• Shift+Right-Click an activated Pike to remove the head (the head will drop as an item)
• Breaking a Pike will drop both the Pike block and the head (if activated)
• Pikes work in all dimensions (Overworld, Nether, End, and modded dimensions)

In-Game Example

Inactive (left) and Active (right) Diamond Pikes

Pike Table

Tier	Recipe	Area of Effect
Wooden	1 Wooden Spear + 2 Sticks	1 Chunk (the chunk it's in)
Stone	1 Stone Spear + 2 Sticks	1 Chunk + 1 Radius (the chunk it's in + all 8 surrounding chunks)
Copper	1 Copper Spear + 2 Sticks	1 Chunk + 2 Radius
Iron	1 Iron Spear + 2 Sticks	1 Chunk + 4 Radius
Golden	1 Golden Spear + 2 Sticks	1 Chunk + 6 Radius
Diamond	1 Diamond Spear + 2 Sticks	1 Chunk + 8 Radius
Netherite	1 Netherite Spear + 2 Sticks	1 Chunk + 16 Radius

Notes

• Each Pike only prevents the spawn of the mob type matching the head placed on it
• Multiple Pikes with different heads can be used to prevent multiple mob types
• Pikes are efficient even in large numbers - they use an optimized chunk-based lookup system

Upcoming Features

• Config file for pike tier/range(s)
  • Activate/deactivate different tiers of pikes, i.e. allow for a range of -1 == cosmetic block only
• More mob heads!