Mob Capsule

Quickstart

1. Craft a Mob Capsule using the recipe below and place it in your hotbar.
2. Walk up to any mob (hostile, passive, or neutral — but not another player) and right-click it to capture it. The mob vanishes and the capsule gains an enchantment glint to show it is loaded.
3. To release the mob, right-click on a block to spawn it on that surface, or right-click in the air to release it about 2 blocks in front of you.
4. The mob returns exactly as it was — same health, name, equipment, and all data intact.

Overview

The Mob Capsule is a single-use-per-mob handheld tool that lets you pick up any living creature and carry it with you. It stores one mob at a time and can be used indefinitely — capture, release, capture again as many times as you like. The item is found in the Tools & Utilities creative tab.

What It Adds

How To Use

Capturing a Mob

• Hold the Mob Capsule and right-click directly on any living mob (animals, monsters, villagers, etc.).
• Players cannot be captured.
• A teleport sound plays and the mob is removed from the world.
• The capsule gains a shimmering glint — this is your visual indicator that it is filled.
• An empty capsule does nothing when right-clicked on a mob; it must be empty to capture.

Releasing a Mob

• Right-click on a block surface — the mob spawns on the face of that block.
• Right-click in the air (no block targeted) — the mob spawns roughly 2 blocks ahead of where you are looking.
• A sound plays on release and the capsule returns to its empty (no-glint) state.
• All mob data is fully restored: health, custom name, held items, armor, tamed status, and any other attributes.

Crafting And Obtaining

The Mob Capsule recipe is unlocked automatically when you join a world.

The recipe requires Iron Ingots, Glass Panes, Slime Balls, and an Ender Pearl arranged in a shaped pattern.

Abilities And Mechanics

• One mob at a time — a filled capsule ignores right-clicks on other mobs until it is emptied.
• Data integrity — the captured mob is saved in full; nothing is lost between capture and release.
• No stacking — each Mob Capsule occupies its own inventory slot and cannot be stacked.
• Glint indicator — the enchantment shimmer provides an at-a-glance way to tell filled capsules from empty ones, even inside containers.

Progression And Strategy

• Use the Mob Capsule to relocate livestock to a new base without building a lead trail across the map.
• Capture rare or named mobs (a named villager with good trades, a jockey, etc.) to transport them safely.
• Safely move hostile mobs for farm construction — capture a mob in a safe location and release it inside your farm's kill chamber.
• Keep a spare empty capsule handy; a filled capsule cannot capture a second mob until the first is released.