Piggyback: Carry Mobs and Players in Minecraft Like a Boss
Minecraft is all about creativity and unexpected fun, but sometimes the vanilla mechanics leave you wanting more. Ever wished you could scoop up a pig and strut around like a true adventurer? Or maybe you’ve grown tired of wrestling with leads and wheat just to move a single animal. The Piggyback plugin turns that fantasy into a core gameplay feature, letting you pick up mobs and even other players with a simple crouch and click. It’s been around for over six years, so you know it’s rock-solid and packed with options.
How to Use the Piggyback Plugin
Using Piggyback couldn’t be simpler. Find any mob or player you want to carry—just make sure you’re within five blocks. Then crouch (hold shift) and right-click or left-click on the target, depending on how the server is configured. Instantly, that creeper, chicken, or friend is riding on your shoulders. To put them down, just crouch and click again. It’s that intuitive.
Players have control over their own experience too. By using /pback toggle, anyone can disable being picked up by others, though they can still carry mobs. This makes Piggyback perfect for both survival worlds and lobby servers where you want a stacker feature without chaos. If you’re running a server with the foxygame.net launcher, you can install Piggyback directly from its menu—a flexible and modern way to keep your plugins up to date without digging through file systems.
Key Features
Piggyback isn’t just a one-trick pony. It’s fully configurable and adapts to your playstyle. Here’s what you get right out of the box:
- Pick up any living mob or player without commands—just crouch and click.
- Drop or throw your passenger away (configurable) for hilarious moments.
- Customizable messages that notify you when you pick up, drop, or are denied an action. You can even toggle them off with
/pback messagesfor an immersive experience. - Cooldown system to prevent spam-pickups, with a bypass permission for trusted users.
- Require empty hands before piggybacking, adding a touch of realism.
- Blacklist specific entities (like armor stands or boats) or entire worlds where piggybacking is disabled.
- Support for PlaceholderAPI, letting you display pickup status or cooldown timers in other plugins.
Commands and Permissions
Piggyback keeps things straightforward with a handful of commands. All of them start with /pback:
/pback help– Shows the help page./pback toggle– Toggles your ability to be picked up by other players on or off./pback messages– Toggles Piggyback messages on or off for yourself.
Permissions let server owners fine-tune who can do what. The basic piggyback.use permission is given to everyone by default, while admin commands like piggyback.toggle and piggyback.messages are operator-only. There’s even a piggyback.cooldown.bypass for VIPs who want to ignore pickup delays.
Configuration and Customization
The plugin’s config.yml is a dream for tinkerers. You can switch between a classic pickup mode and a ride mode where you actually mount players or mobs. Decide whether a right-click, left-click, or either triggers the action. Set cooldowns, enable throwing instead of dropping, and even allow Citizens NPCs to be picked up or ridden. The blacklist system keeps unwanted entities and worlds completely out of the equation.
For developers, Piggyback exposes a full API with events like PiggybackPickupEvent and PiggybackDropEvent, so you can hook into every interaction. PlaceholderAPI support means you can display a player’s current cooldown or toggle status in scoreboards, chat, or holograms.
Why Piggyback Stands Out
Many stacking plugins come and go, but Piggyback’s six-year history speaks volumes. It started as a survival-friendly stacker and evolved into a versatile tool that works just as well in minigame lobbies. The fact that every message can be silenced or customized, and that players retain control over being carried, shows a level of polish you don’t always find in free plugins. Whether you’re building a petting zoo, creating a parkour map where friends carry each other, or just want to relocate your slime collection without leads, Piggyback delivers with zero fuss.
Conclusion
Piggyback transforms the way you interact with Minecraft’s mobs and players. It’s stable, deeply configurable, and respects both server admins and casual players. If you’ve ever been frustrated by the limitations of leads or just wanted to carry a pig around for the sheer joy of it, this plugin is your answer. Drop it into your server, tweak the config to your liking, and start piggybacking today.