Transmute Totem

Quickstart

1. Craft the Transmute Totem using the recipe below and pick it up from your crafting table.
2. Find any mob in the world.
3. Right-click directly on the mob while holding the totem.
4. The mob vanishes in a burst of golden particles with a totem sound — and a random item appears where it stood!

Overview

The Transmute Totem is a mysterious one-stack tool that converts any living mob into a completely random item drawn from every item in the game. Whether you get a diamond or a piece of dirt is entirely up to chance — that's the fun of it. The totem is found in the Tools & Utilities creative tab.

What It Adds

How To Use

• Hold the Transmute Totem in either hand.
• Right-click (use) on any mob to transmute it.
• The targeted mob is instantly removed, replaced by a random item drop at its location.
• A burst of totem particles and the classic totem sound play at the transmutation point.
• After each use, a 12-second cooldown applies before you can transmute again. Attempting to use the totem while it is on cooldown does nothing.
• Each successful transmutation consumes 1 durability. The totem breaks after 64 uses.

Crafting And Obtaining

Craft the Transmute Totem at a crafting table using Gold Ingots, Eyes of Ender, and a Totem of Undying:

The recipe is unlocked automatically when you join a world.

Abilities And Mechanics

• Any mob can be transmuted — hostile, passive, or neutral.
• The resulting item is chosen completely at random from the entire item registry, so outcomes are unpredictable every time.
• The item drops at the exact location where the mob was standing.
• The totem does not stack and has finite durability (64 uses total), so use it wisely.
• The 12-second cooldown is per-player and tracked on the item itself.

Progression And Strategy

• Because the output is random, transmuting large numbers of common mobs (such as cows or chickens in a farm) maximises your chances of rolling rare or valuable items.
• Save uses for mobs that would otherwise give low-value drops — you have nothing to lose and potentially everything to gain.
• Craft multiple totems in advance so you always have a fresh one ready when the current totem is nearly depleted.
• Plan around the cooldown: transmute one mob, explore or fight during the 12-second wait, then transmute the next.