Mob Catcher Lite | Carry Villagers & Animals

Move villagers and animals without boats, minecarts, or long journeys with leads.

Mob Catcher Lite adds one simple reusable item that safely stores a supported creature and releases it wherever you need it. Captured mobs keep their important state, including names, variants, health, villager professions and trades, tame ownership, equipment, and carried inventory.

Features

• One reusable catcher — capture one creature, move it in your inventory, release it, and use the catcher again.
• Villager-friendly transport — move villagers while keeping their professions, trade progress, and offers.
• Preserves mob state — keeps names, health, age, colors, variants, tame ownership, equipment, and animal inventories.
• Safe release checks — prevents release inside solid blocks, liquids, dangerous surfaces, or occupied space.
• Clear item tooltip — the filled catcher shows which creature is stored inside.
• Multiplayer protection — only a pet's owner can capture it, and simultaneous capture attempts are blocked.
• Lightweight design — no menus, commands, settings screens, or external add-on dependencies.
• English and Russian localization — localized pack names, item names, tooltips, and feedback messages.

How to use

1. Craft an empty Mob Catcher at a crafting table.
2. Hold it and press Use on a supported villager or animal.
3. Carry the Filled Mob Catcher to the destination.
4. Press Use on a block with enough free space beside it to release the creature.
5. The catcher becomes empty and can be used again.

Crafting

Use four sticks and five strings:

Stick  | String | Stick
String | String | String
Stick  | String | Stick

Notes

• Supports villagers, cows, mooshrooms, sheep, pigs, chickens, rabbits, goats, horses, donkeys, mules, llamas, camels, cats, wolves, parrots, foxes, pandas, turtles, armadillos, and sniffers.
• Remove leads and dismount riders before capture.
• Move overlapping creatures apart before trying to capture one.
• A tamed pet can only be captured by its owner.
• Keep filled catchers safe. Destroying or permanently losing one also loses access to the creature stored inside.
• Villagers find new beds and job-site blocks naturally after release; those blocks are not moved with them.
• No experimental toggles are required.

Requirements

• Minecraft Bedrock Edition 26.0 or newer
• Mob Catcher Lite Behavior Pack and Resource Pack must both be active
• No external add-on dependencies required