🧟 Old Baby Villager and Zombie

Bring back the classic baby mobs! Restores the pre-Tiny Takeover (1.21.11) baby zombie, baby villager and baby zombie villager models on Minecraft 26.1 — all with mixins, no resource pack required.

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😤 Why this mod exists

In Minecraft 26.1 (the "Tiny Takeover" update), Mojang gave baby zombies, baby villagers and baby zombie villagers brand-new, hand-crafted "tiny" models, separate baby textures and new baby armor meshes.

And honestly? In my personal opinion, the new tiny models look terrible. 😅 The big-headed, big-eyed classic babies had way more charm — they were cute, expressive and instantly recognizable. This mod reverts them to the beloved 1.21.11 look so you can enjoy the classic babies again.

⚠️ Personal opinion disclaimer: this is just my taste! If you love the new tiny models, this mod simply isn't for you — but if you grew up with the classic baby zombies, welcome home.

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✨ What it does

This mod reverts the Tiny Takeover baby model overhaul back to the 1.21.11 look:

• Baby zombie / baby husk / baby drowned — the adult mesh scaled with the classic BABY_TRANSFORMER (head 0.75×, body 0.5×): the iconic big-head baby zombie.
• Baby villager — the adult villager mesh scaled by the villager 0.9375 factor, then uniformly by 0.5×.
• Baby zombie villager — the adult zombie villager mesh + BABY_TRANSFORMER.
• Baby armor for all of the above — adult armor scaled with BABY_TRANSFORMER, so armor lines up perfectly with the restored models.
• Textures — babies use the regular adult textures again. (The 26.1 *_baby.png textures were drawn specifically for the tiny models and don't fit the restored UV layout.)

Mobs affected

Mob	Baby model restored	Baby texture restored
Zombie	✅	✅
Husk	✅	✅
Drowned	✅	✅
Villager	✅	✅
Zombie Villager	✅	✅

Only visuals change — hitboxes, scale attributes and gameplay are completely untouched. Babies still behave exactly like vanilla babies; they just look like the classics again. 🥰

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🔧 How it works

100% client-side mixins — no resource pack, no world changes, no server-side requirement. Every change is a targeted mixin under io.sniperjohnny.github.client.mixin:

Mixin	What it restores
BabyZombieModelMixin	baby zombie mesh (also covers husk & drowned shared layer)
BabyDrownedModelMixin	baby drowned mesh
BabyVillagerModelMixin	baby villager mesh (body + no-hat variants)
BabyZombieVillagerModelMixin	baby zombie villager mesh (body + no-hat variants)
AbstractZombieRendererMixin	baby zombie uses the adult texture
HuskRendererMixin	baby husk uses the adult texture
DrownedRendererMixin	baby drowned uses the adult texture
VillagerRendererMixin	baby villager uses the adult texture
ZombieVillagerRendererMixin	baby zombie villager uses the adult texture
VillagerProfessionLayerMixin	babies use the regular "type" profession textures
LayerDefinitionsMixin	old-style baby armor for zombie / husk / drowned / zombie villager

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📦 Requirements

• Minecraft: 26.1
• Loader: Fabric (Fabric Loader ≥ 0.19.3)
• Java: 25+
• Dependencies: Fabric API

🚀 Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 26.1 and download Fabric API.
2. Drop this mod's .jar into your mods folder.
3. Launch the game — that's it!

🛠️ Building from source

./gradlew build

The built jar lands in build/libs/.

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📜 License

Licensed under the MIT License — free to use, modify and share, with attribution. © 2026 SniperJohnny.