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Disguises

Mob disguises are dependent on the plugins LibsDisguises and ProtocolLib. They will not work without either of those plugins.

Also note that some versions work better with others- some versions break mob disguises, other players disguises. You'll have to experiment for yourself- there's no consensus on what works

Also also note that disguises are likely to break if you capitalize the disguise type.

Disguises allow you to make your mob look like a different mob, a block, or even an item! Disguises are great for shaking things up with mobs, allowing you to do things that are otherwise not possible… for example, making a spider that looks like a zombie– a zombie that climbs walls!. The possibilities are huge.

Below is a list of disguise types that can be assigned to a mob using the disguise mob option.

Available Disguises

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babyzombievillager
bat
blaze
block - Disguise a mob as (literally) a block
boat
cave_spider
chicken
cow
creeper
donkey
dropped_item - Disguses a mob as a dropped item.
egg
ender_crystal
ender_dragon
ender_pearl
ender_signal
enderman
experience_orb
fireball
firework
fishing_hook
ghast
giant
horse
iron_golem
item_frame
leash_hitch
magma_cube
minecart
minecart_chest
minecart_furnace
minecart_hopper
minecart_mob_spawner
minecart_tnt
mule
mushroom_cow
ocelot
painting
pig
pig_zombie
player - Disguise a mob as a player!
polar_bear
primed_tnt
rabbit
sheep
silverfish
skeleton
skeleton_horse
slime
small_fireball
snowball
snowman
spider
splash_potion
squid
thrown_exp_bottle
undead_horse
villager
witch
wither
wither_skeleton
wither_skull
wolf
zombie
zombie_villager

Options

All disguises have certain options available to them. These options go under the Disguises block, and can only be used in conjunction with a disguise (they will not work on their own).

Disguise.Burning: true - Causes the mob to always appear to be burning
Disguise.Blocking: true - Causes certain disguises to be stuck in the “blocking” animation.
Disguise.Invisible: true - Makes the mob permanently invisible
Disguise.Name: - Sets the disguised entity name
Disguise.ShowName: true - Displays a nametag over certain disguises that would not normally have one (such as a block or item)
Disguise.Sneaking: true - Causes certain disguises to be stuck in the “sneaking” animation.
Disguise.Sprinting: true - Causes certain disguises to be stuck in the “sprinting” animation.
Disguise.ModifyBoundingBox: false - Setting this to false will make mobs keep their original hitbox.
Disguise.Glowing: [true/false] - Makes the disguise glow permanently.
Disguise.Gliding: [true/false] - Makes the disguise glide permanently.

“Glowing” and “Gliding” were added in version 2.3.2.

Excessive Example:

SneakyDisguisingMob:
  Type: wither_skeleton
  Display: 'meh'
  CustomKillMessages:
  - '<target.name> was sneaked upon! (to death)'
  Health: 128
  Disguise:
    Type: player
    Skin: 'meeeh'
    Player: Steve
    Burning: true
    Blocking: true
    Invisible: false
    ShowName: false
    Sneaking: true
    Sprinting: true
    ModifyBoundingBox: false

Nameplates

Added in 4.1 Nameplates allow you to extend the nameplates of Player-disguise mobs, which are normally limited to 16 characters. To use this, simply have Holograms installed and then leave out the “Player” field in your disguise (skin is still required!). If you don't specify the player field, it will use the Display field instead using a custom nameplate.

Monkey:
  Type: skeleton
  Display: "this display name is too long for players normally"
  Disguise:
    Type: player
    Skin: Kurdie

This feature requires LibsDisguises and the Holograms plugin: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/holograms.4924/

Examples

Examples of Disguises being used:

MobType: skeleton
Disguise:
  Type: player
  Player: '&8Not Darkitect'
  Skin: Darkitect

MobType: skeleton
Health: 20
Disguise:
  Type: player
  Player: Ashijin
  Skin: Notch

MobType: skeleton
Health: 20
Disguise:
  Type: pig