Ways to Obtain Mob Heads in Minecraft 1.20

Mob Heads, also known as the heads of players (specifically Steve), various animals, and creatures within Minecraft, have become sought-after collectibles. As of snapshot update 22w46a, there are a total of 7 types of Mob Heads: Steve's Head, zombie, skeleton, Wither Boss, creeper, piglin, and dragon. Here are ways players can obtain Mob Heads in Minecraft.

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Ways to Obtain Mob Heads in Minecraft 1.20

1. How to get Zombie/Skeleton/Creeper/Piglin Heads

- Collecting Charged Creepers

To obtain Mob Heads, players need to collect Charged Creepers. A Charged Creeper is a more powerful variant of the regular Creeper. When a Creeper is struck by lightning, it transforms into a Charged Creeper, increasing its maximum explosion damage from 64 to 127.

To create a Charged Creeper, players can use two methods:

- Strike a Creeper with an Enchanted Trident enchanted with Channeling. However, players don't need to attack directly; using the Enchanted Trident summons lightning from a distance of 5 blocks around the targeted Creeper.
- Build a fence to trap a Creeper, then place a Lightning Rod right beside it.

- Seek corresponding mobs

In the Java edition, an explosion caused by a Charged Creeper will 'clear' Zombie, Skeleton, Wither, and other Creepers. After the blast, players can obtain a single Mob Head. Therefore, if various types of Mobs perish in the explosion, a random Mob Head will drop.

2. Obtaining the Wither Boss Head

The Wither is a variant of the Skeleton equipped with a deadly, player-poisoning stone sword, considered the ultimate boss among Mobs. They primarily spawn in Nether fortresses at light level 0 and travel in groups of 4. Defeating the Wither can yield items such as bones, coal, stone swords, and the coveted Wither Head.

To summon the Wither, players need the heads of regular Skeletons. However, the drop rate for Wither Heads is quite low, so the best approach is to create a Wither farm to increase the chances.

3. Obtaining the Dragon Head in Minecraft

The Dragon Head is a special item exclusively obtainable from End Ships. These Mob Heads are much larger than the regular ones in Minecraft and even feature unique animations.

The sole way for players to acquire a Dragon Head is by exploring The End and locating End Ships. Players can visit an End City to obtain both the Dragon Head and Elytra simultaneously, usually found at the ship's bow.

4. Obtaining Mob Heads with cheat codes

If players are too lazy to hunt for Mob Heads in Minecraft, the only alternative is to use cheat codes. Players can utilize the item-giving command in Minecraft: /give [amount] [dataTag].

Without using cheat codes, players have no way of obtaining other players' heads in Survival or Adventure mode in Minecraft. Here are the commands for acquiring Mob Heads that players can use in a cheat-enabled world:

Skeleton Head: block.minecraft.skeleton_skull
Wither Skeleton Head: block.minecraft.wither_skeleton_skull
Zombie Head: block.minecraft.zombie_head
Player Head: block.minecraft.player_head
Creeper Head: block.minecraft.creeper_head
Dragon Head: block.minecraft.dragon_head
Piglin Head: block.minecraft.piglin_head

5. Using Mob Heads to create sounds in Minecraft

In the Minecraft 1.20 update, Mojang introduced a new mechanism allowing players to place Mob Heads on note blocks to produce sound in the surrounding area. This is an intriguing new feature that gamers can use for creative pranks or even doorbells. To discover how to use Mob Heads to generate sounds, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Create a Note Block using a crafting table and place it on a flat surface.

Step 2: Place a wooden pressure plate next to that Note Block (players can use a lever, button, or any item with a Redstone component).

Step 3: Place Mob Heads on top of the Note Block.

Step 4: Step on the wooden pressure plate to make Mob Heads emit sounds corresponding to the respective Mob type. Player heads, of course, won't produce any sound as player characters in Minecraft don't talk.

So, Mytour has introduced gamers to ways of obtaining Mob Heads in Minecraft 1.20 and using Mob Heads to create sound. Hopefully, these small tips can help players discover more interesting aspects of the Minecraft world.