Shape Shifter Z mod is a very cool mod that enables the player to shape shift into every single mob from the game, including end-bosses such as Wither and the Nether Dragon. When you shape shift, you also get every ability that mob has, so if you for instance want to shape shift into an Enderman, you get the ability to teleport, as a Skeleton you can shoot arrows everywhere, Ghast lets you shoot fireballs and so on.
In order to shape shift, you have to craft various bones through increasingly better materials, so for the first bone you don’t really need that hard-to-get materials, but the last bone requires every previous bone as well as several diamonds and gold ingots, so it is hard to acquire.
Recipes for the different Shape Shift Bones are as follows (click to expand):
The first Shape Shifting Bone, simply right click to cycle between the shapes:
The Ability Bone, allows you to use your current shape’s special ability by right clicking (like teleporting as an Enderman):
The Original Shape Shifting Bone, almost the same as the Shape Shifting Bone, but this one opens a menu where you can chose your shape instead of cycling through them:
Here is a list of all the shapes available in this mod:
Ender Dragon
Ocelot
Horse
Creeper
Zombie
Spider
Villager
Enderman
Ghast
Wolf
Wither
Silverfish
Sheep
Chicken
Slime
Pig
Golem
Skeleton
Magmacube
Squid
Blaze
Witch
Snowman
Cow
Mooshroom
Bat
Here is a list of all the abilities of the various shapes (click to expand):
Player
Can switch Herobrine which has the following abilities:
Has 6x the strength of a normal player
Wears a Mojang cape
Pig
Can produce cooked pork
Fits in small places
Makes pig noises
Sheep
Produces colored wool
Makes sheep noises
Chicken
Can triple jump
Has slow fall
Produces chicken eggs
Fits in small places
Makes chicken noises
Ghast
Ability to fly
Can shoot large fireballs
Is huge
Makes Ghast noises
Spider
Ability to wall climb
Has a long distance web ability
Is wider than 2 blocks
Has a 50% chance to look like a cave spider
Makes spider noises
Cow
Moos
Can spray cooked beef
Makes cow noises
Mooshroom
Can spray mushrooms
Makes cow noises
Silverfish
Spawns silverfish
Is only one block high
Other silverfish doesn’t attack you
Makes silverfish noises
Squid
Breathes underwater
Can produce ink sacs
Enderman
Has a long distance teleport (as far as you can see)
Makes Enderman noises
Creeper
Like Tim the Enchanter (can create explosions everywhere)
Is explosion proof (so you don’t commit suicide when you blow up)
Blaze
Ability to fly
Can shoot fireballs
Fire immunity
Makes Blaze noises
Zombie
Turn anything you kill into more zombies
Zombies doesn’t attack you
Burns in daylight
Can turn into a Zombie Pigman to avoid burning in daylight
Makes zombie noises
Wolf
Moves extra fast
Reduces hunger drain when its ability is activated
Makes wolf noises
Snowman
Can throw snowballs
Leaves a snow trail
Skeleton
Can shoot arrows
Makes skeleton noises
Has a 50% chance to have a wither skeleton skin
Witch
Can throw potions
Is immune to instant potion effects
Ocelot
Can spawn baby ocelots
Has a 25% chance to spawn a fully grown tamed cat
Ocelot mobs are no longer spooked by you
Makes ocelot noises
Slime
Can spawn slimes, big and small
Makes slime noises and effects
Has a chance to be a small, medium, or big slime
Makes other slimes friendly to you
Magmacube
Can cause fires
Can jump higher
Is immune to fire
Makes magmacube noises and effects
Has a chance to be a small, medium, or big magmacube
Other magmacubes are friendly to you
Villager
Can open iron doors
Can spawns random items
Golem
Can knock enemies high into air
Can spawn more golems
Bat
Can fly
Makes bat noises
Hangs from ceilings automatically
Has night vision
Has a vampire bat mode (with Life Leech)
Dragon
Can fly
Can shoot a large fireball
Is immune to fire
Makes dragon noises
Wither
Can fly
Makes wither noises
Can shoot a wither head with added wither effect
Horse
Is a work in progress
Has a random horse skin
Can wear horse clothes
It is a very fun mod that really changes how you play, as you can take on the form of every single mob from the game, which is really cool. A Forge version is in the process of being made, but so far you have to do it manually.
The mod also adds a little icon to your UI, next to the item bar, so you can easily see your current shape in first person view.
How to install Shape Shifter Z Mod for Minecraft:
On Windows:
Download the mod from below.
Open %appdata% in explorer (Win Key + R).
Double click the “.minecraft” folder.
Double click the “versions” folder.
Make a copy of the “1.6.4” folder.
Rename it to “1.6.4-ssz”.
Double click the “1.6.4-ssz” folder.
Rename “1.6.4.jar” to “1.6.4-ssz.jar”
Rename “1.6.4.json” to “1.6.4-ssz.json”
Mod “1.6.4-ssz.jar” by:
Opening “1.6.4-ssz.jar” with a program such as 7-zip or WinRAR.
Delete the folder “META-INF”
Drag and drop the contents of “ShapeShifterZ81.zip” (open it with 7-zip or WinRAR) to “1.6.4-ssz.jar”
Open “1.6.4-ssz.json” with a text editor program such as Notepad or Notepad++
Edit the 2nd line to say”id”: “1.6.4-ssz” instead of “id”: “1.6.4”
Open your Minecraft launcher and create a new profile, call it what you want, then select “release 1.6.4-ssz” under “use version” and save the profile.
Done! Select your new profile and create a world, and the Shape Shifter Z Mod should now work.