About gently holds
From ModrinthPick up mobs as items. Very configurable!
Allows you to pick up mobs as items by Shift+right clicking them (crouch+use).
You can place the mob back in the world by using it on the ground, or dropping it (configurable).
As a bonus, you can also wear them on your head!
By default, you must have empty hands, and only animals that are smaller than 2x2 blocks can be picked up, but you can configure all of these parameters.
Configuration
For non-client options, configuration should match between server and client to avoid visual glitches. Install McQoy for a config GUI.
| Option | TOML name | Description | Type | Default | Note | | ------ | --------- | ----------- | ---- | ------- | ---- | | Entity Restriction | entity_restriction | Determines what entities can be picked up and when | Enum (see below) | All Animals | | | Maximum Width | max_width | Entities must be this wide or below to be picked up | Float | 2.0 | | | Maximum Height | max_height | Entities must be this tall or below to be picked up | Float | 2.0 | | | Empty Hands | empty_hands | If players must have both hands empty in order to pick up entities | Boolean | Yes | | | Spawn Drop | spawn_drop | If dropping an entity item in any manner should spawn the entity | Boolean | Yes | | | Can Wear Hat | can_wear_hat | If entity items can be equipped in the head slot | Boolean | Yes | Requires restart | Creative Tab | creative_tab | If a creative mode tab (item group) of most entities as items should be added | Boolean | Yes | Client only, requires relog | | Animated | animated | If entity items should be animated in GUI | Boolean | Yes | Client only | | Entity Whitelist | entity_whitelist | Entities that can always be picked up regardless of above requirements | String List | Empty | Requires restart | | Entity Blacklist | entity_blacklist | Entities that can never be picked up regardless of above requirements | String List | Empty | Requires restart |
Entity Restriction
Players can never be picked up.
| Value | Description | | ----- | ----------- | | ANY | Any targetable entity can be picked up, including armor stands, vehicles, and attackable projectiles | | LIVING | Any mob can be picked up | | NON_BOSS | Any mob that is not a boss mob can be picked up | | NON_MONSTER | All mobs that are not considered monsters can be picked up | | NOT_AGGROED | All mobs that are not currently attacking a target, e.g. zombies attacking villagrs or wolves attacking sheep, can be picked up | | NOT_AGGROED_PLAYER | All mobs can be picked up if they are not attacking you | | ANIMAL | All animal mobs can be picked up | | OWNED | Tameable pets owned by you |
Credits
Inspired by Carry On, Easy Villagers, and some of doctor4t's mods
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 19 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists gently holds as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 18 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorThePotatoArchivist, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree










