fender8891's Target Dummy

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Stop guessing how hard your weapons hit.

fender8891's Target Dummy is a compact combat-testing mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. Place a reusable dummy, choose what you want to test against, and get immediate health, armor, and damage feedback without chasing mobs around your base.

Three Testing Modes

Immortal Steve

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The classic test dummy has 100 health, stands still, ignores knockback, and restores itself instead of dying. Equip it through its GUI with armor, a main-hand item, and an off-hand item.

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Choose a custom loadout or instantly test against complete armor sets:

Leather
Chainmail
Iron
Gold
Diamond
Netherite

Passive Mob Simulation

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Replace Steve with a real selectable vanilla mob. Simulated mobs use their normal vanilla health, armor, collision, gravity, damage handling, and other attributes, but have no AI. Kill one and it automatically respawns for another test.

Available passive mobs:

Cow
Pig
Sheep
Chicken
Rabbit
Wolf
Cat
Fox
Goat
Horse
Donkey
Llama
Panda
Polar Bear
Mooshroom
Sniffer
Armadillo
Turtle
Bee

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Hostile Mob Simulation

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Hostile simulations work the same way: genuine vanilla mobs and stats, no AI, and automatic respawning.

Available hostile mobs:

Zombie
Skeleton
Creeper
Spider
Cave Spider
Enderman
Witch
Slime
Drowned
Husk
Stray
Pillager
Vindicator
Evoker
Piglin
Zombified Piglin
Blaze
Wither Skeleton
Guardian
Breeze
Bogged

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Combat Information Card

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The optional floating information card shows:

Current and maximum health
A visual health bar
Current armor points
A visual armor bar
Damage from the most recent hit

Toggle the card directly from the dummy GUI.

Easy to Use

Place the Target Dummy item in the world.
Right-click Steve or the selected simulated mob to open the GUI.
Choose Immortal Steve, Passive Mobs, or Hostile Mobs.
Select a mob and start testing.
Sneak-right-click to pack everything up and recover the Target Dummy and any installed equipment.

Crafting Recipe

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Craft the Target Dummy with:

6 Paper
1 Glass
1 Armor Stand
1 Redstone Block

Compatibility

Minecraft 1.21.1
NeoForge 21.1.x
No other mods required

Whether you are comparing enchantments, balancing a modpack, measuring armor penetration, or simply answering "how hard does this thing hit?", fender8891's Target Dummy gives you a repeatable target without the usual setup hassle.