diff --git a/Spigot-API-Patches/0057-Shoulder-Entities-Release-API.patch b/Spigot-API-Patches/0057-Shoulder-Entities-Release-API.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9842dbf3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spigot-API-Patches/0057-Shoulder-Entities-Release-API.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 0f4372eeeb3c321f531296efa2fd42ca7cde3205 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aikar <aikar@aikar.co>
+Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 15:04:51 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Shoulder Entities Release API
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/HumanEntity.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/HumanEntity.java
+index 518aa2a9..3939d4af 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/HumanEntity.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/HumanEntity.java
+@@ -256,6 +256,24 @@ public interface HumanEntity extends LivingEntity, AnimalTamer, Permissible, Inv
+      */
+     public int getExpToLevel();
+ 
++    // Paper start
++    /**
++     * If there is an Entity on this entities left shoulder, it will be released to the world and returned.
++     * If no Entity is released, null will be returned.
++     *
++     * @return The released entity, or null
++     */
++    public Entity releaseLeftShoulderEntity();
++
++    /**
++     * If there is an Entity on this entities left shoulder, it will be released to the world and returned.
++     * If no Entity is released, null will be returned.
++     *
++     * @return The released entity, or null
++     */
++    public Entity releaseRightShoulderEntity();
++    // Paper end
++
+     /**
+      * Gets the entity currently perched on the left shoulder or null if no
+      * entity.
+-- 
+2.13.0
+
diff --git a/Spigot-Server-Patches/0218-Shoulder-Entities-Release-API.patch b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0218-Shoulder-Entities-Release-API.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb6f8299ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0218-Shoulder-Entities-Release-API.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+From a45a01185dfcb1c4c70a6d8428852ffa20673043 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aikar <aikar@aikar.co>
+Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 15:18:30 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Shoulder Entities Release API
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityHuman.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityHuman.java
+index f5e25e63d..8f3cefaa8 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityHuman.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityHuman.java
+@@ -1717,21 +1717,48 @@ public abstract class EntityHuman extends EntityLiving {
+         }
+         // CraftBukkit end
+     }
++    // Paper start
++    public Entity releaseLeftShoulderEntity() {
++        Entity entity = this.spawnEntityFromShoulder0(this.getShoulderEntityLeft());
++        if (entity != null) {
++            this.setShoulderEntityLeft(new NBTTagCompound());
++        }
++        return entity;
++    }
+ 
+-    private boolean spawnEntityFromShoulder(@Nullable NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound) { // CraftBukkit void->boolean
+-        if (!this.world.isClientSide && !nbttagcompound.isEmpty()) {
++    public Entity releaseRightShoulderEntity() {
++        Entity entity = this.spawnEntityFromShoulder0(this.getShoulderEntityRight());
++        if (entity != null) {
++            this.setShoulderEntityRight(new NBTTagCompound());
++        }
++        return entity;
++    }
++
++    // Paper - incase any plugins used NMS to call this... old method signature to avoid other diff
++    private boolean spawnEntityFromShoulder(@Nullable NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound) {
++        return spawnEntityFromShoulder0(nbttagcompound) != null;
++    }
++    // Paper - Moved to new method that now returns entiy, and properly null checks
++    private Entity spawnEntityFromShoulder0(@Nullable NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound) { // CraftBukkit void->boolean - Paper - return Entity
++        if (!this.world.isClientSide && nbttagcompound != null && !nbttagcompound.isEmpty()) { // Paper - null check
+             Entity entity = EntityTypes.a(nbttagcompound, this.world);
++            if (entity == null) { // Paper - null check
++                return null;
++            }
+ 
+             if (entity instanceof EntityTameableAnimal) {
+                 ((EntityTameableAnimal) entity).setOwnerUUID(this.uniqueID);
+             }
+ 
+             entity.setPosition(this.locX, this.locY + 0.699999988079071D, this.locZ);
+-            return this.world.addEntity(entity, CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.SHOULDER_ENTITY); // CraftBukkit
++            if (this.world.addEntity(entity, CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.SHOULDER_ENTITY)) { // CraftBukkit
++                return entity;
++            }
+         }
+ 
+-        return true; // CraftBukkit
++        return null;
+     }
++    // Paper end
+ 
+     public abstract boolean isSpectator();
+ 
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftHumanEntity.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftHumanEntity.java
+index 25e1e5a3f..463dddc98 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftHumanEntity.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftHumanEntity.java
+@@ -441,6 +441,32 @@ public class CraftHumanEntity extends CraftLivingEntity implements HumanEntity {
+         getHandle().getCooldownTracker().a(CraftMagicNumbers.getItem(material), ticks);
+     }
+ 
++    // Paper start
++    @Override
++    public org.bukkit.entity.Entity releaseLeftShoulderEntity() {
++        if (!getHandle().getShoulderEntityLeft().isEmpty()) {
++            Entity entity = getHandle().releaseLeftShoulderEntity();
++            if (entity != null) {
++                return entity.getBukkitEntity();
++            }
++        }
++
++        return null;
++    }
++
++    @Override
++    public org.bukkit.entity.Entity releaseRightShoulderEntity() {
++        if (!getHandle().getShoulderEntityRight().isEmpty()) {
++            Entity entity = getHandle().releaseRightShoulderEntity();
++            if (entity != null) {
++                return entity.getBukkitEntity();
++            }
++        }
++
++        return null;
++    }
++    // Paper end
++
+     @Override
+     public org.bukkit.entity.Entity getShoulderEntityLeft() {
+         if (!getHandle().getShoulderEntityLeft().isEmpty()) {
+-- 
+2.13.0
+