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Modern Baby Animals
This is a branch of the Baby Animals Mod that backports baby animal models from modern Minecraft (1.21) to 1.12.2 and 1.11.
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Quick answer
Which Modern Baby Animals release should I use?
Latest stable file BabyAnimalsModernVariant-1.12.2-1.2.jar
Game version 1.12.2
Loader Forge
Modern Baby Animals BabyAnimalsModernVariant-1.12.2-1.2.jar targets 1.12.2 with Forge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.
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Is Modern Baby Animals required on the client, server, or both?
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What else does Modern Baby Animals BabyAnimalsModernVariant-1.12.2-1.2.jar need?
BabyAnimalsModernVariant-1.12.2-1.2.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
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About this project
What does Modern Baby Animals add?
###Modern Variants
Current Content:
This mod is a fork of Baby Animals Mod, with significant code refactoring and updates. It aims to backport mob variant content from versions 1.20 to 26.2 down to 1.12.2. This mod has ported most variant content and mechanics except for wolf variants, including:
Backported high-version models for baby cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, rabbits, cats, and wolves, as well as adult rabbit models. The baby wolf model also features compatibility with Doggy Talents.
Added (new to the original mod) cold/temperate biome variants for baby and adult cows, pigs, and chickens.
Backported rabbit animation updates from version 26.1.
Backported the mechanic where sheep retain their color skin after being sheared.
Ported blue eggs and brown eggs.
Added variant sounds for chickens, cows, pigs, and wolves.
FUTURE PLAN/DOING:
Add more baby mob models.
Add more cross-mod compatibility.
License: MIT. Original author: MrIbby. Contributors: cocoavalley, Echoweaver.
Project description from CurseForge.
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Recent files
Modern Baby Animals versions and loaders
BabyAnimalsModernVariant-1.12.2-1.2.jar
2 Sept 2026
Client Source doesn’t say Server Source doesn’t say Dependencies No extras listed Listed on Release listing
Check the 1.12.2 · Forge setup Forge1.12.2 release
BabyAnimalsModernVariant-1.12.2-1.1.jar
2 Sept 2026
Client Source doesn’t say Server Source doesn’t say Dependencies No extras listed Listed on Release listing
Check the 1.12.2 · Forge setup Forge1.12.2 release
BabyAnimals&ModernVariant-1.12.2.jar
BabyAnimalsModernVariant-1.12.2.jar
30 Aug 2026
Client Source doesn’t say Server Source doesn’t say Dependencies No extras listed Listed on Release listing
Check the 1.12.2 · Forge setup Forge1.12.2 release
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