Mob Controller
With structures disabled, many mobs and items would not exist on FortressMC. MobController adds custom mob spawns and alternative drop tables so you can still get smithing templates, music discs, and other structure loot from mob kills.
See also Structure Alternatives for the full obtainability list.
Custom mob spawns
Natural mob spawns are sometimes replaced with structure-exclusive mobs:
| Normally spawns | Can become | Where | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monsters at night | Breeze | Mountain peaks, Y > 100 | 50% |
| Piglin | Piglin brute | Nether wastes, crimson forest | 10% |
| Strider | Blaze | Nether | 75% |
| Skeleton | Wither skeleton | Soul sand valley | 50% |
| Fish / squid | Guardian / elder | Deep ocean | 25% |
| Enderman | Shulker | The End | 5% |
| Enderman | Phantom | The End (elevated) | 5% |
| Spider in caves | Cave spider | Below sea level, dark caves | 100% |
A nether datapack also adds wither skeleton spawns to Soul Sand Valley. Restart or /minecraft:reload after first install.
Smithing templates
Kill the mob as a player. Looting adds +0.1% per level.
| Mob | Template | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Elder guardian | Tide | 20% |
| Warden | Ward / Silence | 15% / 10% |
| Piglin brute | Netherite upgrade | 0.4% |
| Hoglin | Snout | 5% |
| Wither skeleton | Rib | 6% |
| Breeze | Bolt | 3% |
| Bogged | Flow | 4% |
| Shulker | Spire | 5% |
| Enderman | Eye | 3% |
| Drowned | Coast | 2.5% |
| Husk | Dune | 2% |
| Witch | Wild | 2% |
| Pillager | Sentry | 2% |
| Evoker | Vex | 5% |
Music discs
Set up charged creeper kills (no player required):
| Kill | Disc |
|---|---|
| Creeper → piglin brute | Pigstep |
| Creeper → breeze | Precipice |
| Creeper → bogged | Creator or Creator Music Box |
| Warden → creeper | Otherside |
Other notable drops
| Mob | Drop |
|---|---|
| Warden | Echo shard or disc fragment 5 (50/50) |
| Breeze | Heavy core (0.4% + Looting) |
| Ravager | Enchanted golden apple (1% + Looting) |
| Ender dragon | Dragon head (always) |
| Iron golem | Iron ingots removed |
Chunk spawn cap
To limit spawn farms: 10 spawns per chunk per 60 minutes for natural and custom spawns. Spawner eggs and breeding are exempt.