Sneak + right-click
Any enabled mob, anywhere you have build permission.
MobGrab
Pick up any mob as an item. Place them back down. All data preserved.
Not running Paper? There is also a server-side Fabric mod, which works in singleplayer and hardcore. Still in testing, no release build yet.
90+MOBS SUPPORTED
8INTEGRATIONS
0HARD DEPENDENCIES
THE MECHANIC
A mob, in your pocket.
Shift + right-click turns a living mob into a player head with its face on it. Right-click a block and it walks away exactly as it arrived.
An item you can carry
Health, trades, equipment and variant ride along in the lore. Tradeable and storable.
Right-click to place
Everything is restored — trades, health, name, equipment, all of it.
If your inventory is full, the item drops at your feet. Mobs picked up by one player can be placed by anyone with mobgrab.place.
WHAT YOU GET
Everything you need for mob management.
All 90+ Mobs Supported
Every living mob in 26.2 can be picked up, each with a custom head texture.
Full Data Preservation
Health, trades, profession, equipment, enchants, name tags, variants — nothing is lost.
Region Protection
Respects WorldGuard, PlotSquared, and GriefPrevention build permissions.
Bedrock Support
Form-based GUI for Bedrock players via Floodgate integration.
Granular Permissions
Per-mob permissions, category bundles, and admin controls. Works great with LuckPerms.
Fully Configurable
Toggle individual mobs, customize sounds and particles, set cooldowns, whitelist or blacklist mode.
QUICK START
Up and running in under a minute.
Install
Drop MobGrab.jar into your server's plugins/ folder and restart.
Set Permissions
Grant mobgrab.pickup.passive for farm animals, mobgrab.pickup.* for everything, or individual perms like mobgrab.pickup.cow. Don't forget mobgrab.place.
Enable Mobs
Use /mobgrab gui to toggle which mobs can be picked up, or edit config.yml directly.
Grab
Sneak + right-click any enabled mob to pick it up. Right-click a block to place it back down.
COMPATIBILITY
Plays nice with the plugins you already use.
Every integration is a soft dependency — MobGrab works fine without any of them installed.
WorldGuard
BUILD flag checks
PlotSquared
Plot ownership checks
GriefPrevention
Claim build access
RoseStacker
Single mob from stack
Floodgate
Bedrock form GUI
Geyser
Cross-platform play
ClickVillagers
Auto-migration
LuckPerms
Full permission support
Ready to use MobGrab?
Download the latest release or read the full documentation.