Jonn's Trophies

Overview

Jonn's Trophies is a decoration and collectible mod that adds a single, incredibly versatile block: the Trophy. When you kill a mob, there's a configurable chance it will drop a miniature version of itself mounted on a base block. These trophies work with every vanilla entity and every modded entity automatically, making them a natural fit for any modpack.

Beyond mob drops, trophies can also display any item in the game, including modded items. You can customize the scale, vertical offset, base block, and even dress entity trophies in Armor and hand them Weapons. Trophies play their mob's ambient sound when activated by Redstone, and you can wear them on your head. They make excellent quest rewards, decoration pieces, or collection goals for completionist players. You can browse all items this mod adds using the tabs on this page.

Trophy Types

Jonn's Trophies supports three distinct trophy types, each displaying something different on the base block.

Entity Trophies

Entity trophies are the most common type. They display a miniature, fully animated 3D model of any entity in the game. When a mob drops a trophy naturally, it creates an entity trophy. The mod preserves variant data for entities that have visual differences, so an Axolotl trophy will retain its color variant, a Cat trophy keeps its skin pattern and collar color, and a Villager trophy preserves its profession and biome appearance. The full list of preserved NBT tags includes variants for Axolotl, Cat, Wolf, Frog, Llama, Horse, Fox, Parrot, Panda, and Mooshroom, plus custom types from compatible mods like Productive Bees.

Item Trophies

Item trophies display any item or block from the game on a pedestal. By default, item trophies slowly rotate on their base, which can be toggled off in the configuration. These are great for showcasing rare items or quest rewards. Item trophies must be created via commands or NBT editing, as they don't drop naturally from gameplay.

Player Trophies

Player trophies display a player's model and skin. The player trophy drop feature is marked as a work-in-progress but is available in the config. When enabled, killing another player has a 100% default drop chance for their trophy. These are primarily useful for PvP servers or adventure maps.

Redstone Sound Effects

Entity trophies are interactive in a surprising way: they play sounds when they receive a Redstone signal. When a Redstone pulse reaches a Trophy block, the entity's ambient sound plays. A Creeper trophy hisses, an Ender Dragon roars, a Bee buzzes, and a Ghast either screams or whines (chosen randomly). This makes trophies fantastic for building custom sound systems, adventure map triggers, or just adding ambience to a trophy room.

Some entities have special sound behavior. Llamas and Trader Llamas have a 10% chance to spit when powered. Goats have a 50% chance to play their screaming variant sound versus their normal ambient sound. Any mob not explicitly handled by the mod will still play its generic ambient sound through the entity system, so even modded mob trophies make noise when powered.

Custom Trophies with Commands

While trophies drop naturally from killing mobs, the real power of this mod comes from creating custom trophies via commands. Server operators and modpack creators can craft trophies for any entity or item in the game using NBT data. This is essential for quest rewards, adventure maps, and curated modpack experiences.

NBT Structure

Every trophy is defined by a set of NBT tags on the trophymanager:trophy item. The required tag is TrophyType, which must be "entity", "item", or "player". For entity trophies, you provide a TrophyEntity compound with an entityType string (like "minecraft:creeper"). For item trophies, you provide a TrophyItem compound with an id string (like "minecraft:diamond_sword"). Optional tags include Name (display name), Scale (size multiplier, default 0.5), OffsetY (vertical position, default 0.5), RotX (X-axis rotation), and BaseBlock (the base block ID, default "minecraft:smooth_stone_slab").

Example Commands (1.20.1)

To create a Wither Trophy on a Quartz Slab base, scaled to 75%:

/give @p trophymanager:trophy{"TrophyType":"entity","TrophyEntity":{"entityType":"minecraft:wither"},"Scale":0.75,"OffsetY":0.25,"BaseBlock":"minecraft:quartz_slab","Name":"Wither Trophy"}

To create an Item Trophy displaying a Wooden Hoe:

/give @p trophymanager:trophy{"TrophyType":"item","TrophyItem":{"id":"minecraft:wooden_hoe"},"Name":"Super Hoe Trophy"}

To create a large Creeper Trophy with double scale:

/give @p trophymanager:trophy{"TrophyType":"entity","TrophyEntity":{"entityType":"minecraft:creeper"},"Scale":2.0,"Name":"Creeper Trophy"}

Special Entity Adjustments

When trophies are created from mob kills, certain entities receive automatic scale and offset adjustments to look correct on the base. The Ender Dragon is scaled down to 0.1 (10% size) with a Y offset of 0.8 to fit on the pedestal. The Ghast is scaled to 0.4 with a Y offset of 1.4 to account for its large model. Flying mobs like Bees, Phantoms, and Vex get a higher Y offset of 0.8 so they hover above the base. The Glow Squid is scaled to 0.4 with a 70-degree X rotation so it appears to float naturally rather than standing upright. Shulkers default to a lime green color with a partially opened shell.

Baby mobs are also preserved. If the killed entity had a negative Age value (indicating a baby), the trophy will display the baby version. Pufferfish trophies default to the partially inflated state.

Configuration

Jonn's Trophies uses a server-side config file with extensive options for tuning the mod's behavior. All settings are found in the server config under the General section.

Drop Settings

The dropFromMobs option (default: true) controls whether mobs drop trophies at all. Set this to false if you want trophies to only come from quests, recipes, or commands. The dropFromPlayers option (default: false, marked WIP) enables player trophies on PvP kills. The dropChanceMobs (default: 0.02), dropChanceBoss (default: 0.2), and dropChancePlayers (default: 1.0) options set the probability for each category. The applyLooting option (default: true) determines whether the Looting enchantment gives extra chances, and allowFakePlayer (default: true) controls whether automated killing machines can trigger trophy drops.

Display Settings

The defaultScale (default: 0.5) and defaultYOffset (default: 0.5) control how trophies appear when first dropped. The defaultBaseBlock (default: "minecraft:smooth_stone_slab") sets which block appears under naturally dropped trophies. If you change this to a full block, set defaultYOffset to 1.0; for Carpets, use 0.1. The maxSize (default: 20.0) and maxYOffset (default: 2000.0) cap how large or how high players can adjust trophies. The rotateItemTrophies option (default: true) makes item trophies slowly spin on their base.

Permission Settings

The allowNonOpEdit option (default: true) lets any player right-click a trophy to adjust its scale and Y offset. Set this to false if you want only server operators (permission level 2+) to modify trophies. This is useful for public servers where you don't want players resizing trophies placed as decorations.

NBT Map

The nbtMap config option is a comma-separated list defining which NBT tags should be saved when creating entity trophies. The format is modid:entityid:tag, for example "minecraft:cat:Variant". This preserves visual differences like cat patterns, horse colors, and frog variants. Modded entities can be added to this list to preserve their custom NBT data on trophies.

Mod Compatibility

Jonn's Trophies is designed to work with any mod that adds entities or items. All modded mobs will automatically drop trophies when killed, using the same configurable drop chances as vanilla mobs. The mod includes built-in Curios API support, registering trophies as a valid head slot Curios item so players can wear them alongside other Curios equipment.

The mod also includes a special integration with The Bumblezone. When a player earns the "Journey's End" advancement (the_bumblezone:the_bumblezone/the_queens_desire/journeys_end), they automatically receive a Queen Bee trophy. Earning the "Queen Beehemoth" advancement grants a Beehemoth trophy. These are added directly to the player's inventory.

The NBT map config supports modded entity variants out of the box. Productive Bees' configurable_bee:type and Infernal Expansion's shroomloin:ShroomloinType and basalt_giant:Size are included in the defaults, so trophies from these mods will preserve their visual appearance.