Wildlife Mod 🦌🐒🦉🦋🐦

A vanilla-friendly Minecraft mod for Java Edition 26.1.1 that adds realistic wildlife mobs across all biomes. Built with Fabric.

Requirements

• Minecraft: Java Edition 26.1.1
• Fabric Loader: 0.18.6+
• Fabric API: 0.145.4+26.1.1
• Java: 25 or higher

Animals (28 Species!)

🌲 Forest & Plains

Animal	Behavior	Drops
🦌 Deer	Shy, flees from players, males have antlers, grazes	Venison, Deer Hide
🐗 Boar	Aggressive when attacked, charges	Boar Meat, Leather
🦊 Fox	Hunts rabbits, carries items, dens at night	Fox Fur
🦝 Raccoon	Nocturnal, washes food, climbs trees	Raccoon Fur
🦡 Badger	Digs burrows, aggressive when cornered	Badger Fur

🌴 Jungle

Animal	Behavior	Drops
🐒 Monkey	Climbs trees, sits when idle, 3 color variants	Monkey Fur, Cocoa Beans
🦛 Tapir	Swims, wallows in water, peaceful	Leather, Meat
🦜 Toucan	Flies between trees, perches on branches	Toucan Feather

🏜️ Desert & Savanna

Animal	Behavior	Drops
🦊 Meerkat	Stands upright to watch for danger, digs	Feather
🦃 Ostrich	Fast runner, head-bobbing animation	Ostrich Meat, Feathers

🌊 Water & Wetlands

Animal	Behavior	Drops
🦦 Otter	Swims gracefully, floats on back, playful	Otter Fur, Fish
🦫 Beaver	Builds dams, holds wood, swims	Beaver Fur, Wood
🦆 Duck	Swims, floats, quacks	Duck Meat, Feathers

🏔️ Mountains & Taiga

Animal	Behavior	Drops
🐿️ Marmot	Stands upright, hibernates in winter	Fur
🐐 Goat	Climbs mountains, headbutts, ramming	Goat Meat, Goat Horn

❄️ Snow & Ice

Animal	Behavior	Drops
🐧 Penguin	Swims, slides on belly, waddles	Penguin Feather, Fish

🌙 Night

Animal	Behavior	Drops
🦉 Owl	Flies silently, perches, hunts at night	Owl Feather

🐍 Reptiles

Animal	Behavior	Drops
🐍 Snake	Slithers, hisses, venomous bite	Snake Skin

🦋 Insects (Very Small)

Animal	Size	Behavior
🦋 Butterfly	0.3×0.2	Fluttering flight, 5 color variants (orange, teal, yellow, green, pink)
🐝 Bee	0.3×0.3	Buzzing, hovers, gets angry when attacked
🐞 Ladybug	0.25×0.15	Walks on ground, occasional flight, red with black spots
🪰 Dragonfly	0.4×0.2	Fast darting flight, hovers, 3 color variants (blue, green, red)
✨ Firefly	0.15×0.1	Glowing abdomen, night ambient, smallest mob

🐦 Birds (Small Flying)

Animal	Size	Behavior
🐦 Sparrow	0.3×0.3	Pecks ground, quick flight, brown/gray
🐦 Robin	0.35×0.35	Hops, sings, red breast, friendly
🐦 Crow	0.4×0.4	Glides, intelligent, all black
🐦 Cardinal	0.35×0.35	Bright red, distinctive crest, perches
🐦 Blue Jay	0.35×0.35	Blue/white, loud calls, prominent crest

Features

• 28 unique animals across 8 categories
• Realistic AI: Each animal has unique behaviors
• Biome-specific spawning: Animals spawn in appropriate biomes
• Breeding: All animals can be bred with appropriate foods
• Custom models & animations: Smooth, vanilla-style animations for every entity
• Custom renderers: Full MC 26.1.1 render pipeline (extractRenderState/submit pattern)
• Spawn eggs: All 28 entities have spawn eggs in the creative inventory
• Small mobs: Insects and birds add ambient life without cluttering the world

Breeding Guide

Animal	Food
Deer	Wheat, Apple
Boar	Carrot, Potato
Monkey	Apple, Sweet Berries, Cocoa Beans
Otter	Cod, Salmon
Owl	Rabbit, Chicken
Beaver	Oak Log, Birch Log
Meerkat	Spider Eye, Carrot
Duck	Wheat Seeds, Melon Seeds
Toucan	Sweet Berries, Melon
Ostrich	Wheat Seeds, Melon Seeds
Tapir	Apple, Carrot
Marmot	Carrot, Potato
Fox	Sweet Berries, Rabbit
Raccoon	Sweet Berries, Fish
Badger	Carrot, Rabbit
Penguin	Cod, Salmon
Goat	Wheat, Apple
Snake	Rabbit, Chicken

Building

Requires Java 25+ and Gradle 9.3+.

./gradlew build

The built JAR will be in build/libs/.

Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader 0.18.6+ for Minecraft 26.1.1
2. Download Fabric API 0.145.4+26.1.1 and place it in your mods/ folder
3. Place the Wildlife Mod JAR in your mods/ folder
4. Launch the game!

Tech Stack

• Fabric Loader 0.18.6
• Fabric Loom 1.15-SNAPSHOT
• Fabric API 0.145.4+26.1.1
• Gradle 9.3.0
• Java 25

License

MIT License