{"id":28888,"date":"2026-06-01T14:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-mob-heads\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:39:29","slug":"better-mob-heads","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-mob-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Mob Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Better Mob Heads<\/h1>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/49b1e899a9f41e7eeeb877bc53e8d5838998a95b_0.webp\" alt=\"Patreon\"><\/p>\n<p>Mob Heads is a server-side Minecraft Java Edition datapack that gives supported vanilla mobs without an existing vanilla head item a decorative custom head when they die. 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