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Friendly Animals

Friendly Animals brings more life to Minecraft with new animals that feel right at home in the vanilla world. With expressive animations, adorable babies, and unique behaviors, it adds more wildlife to discover while keeping the familiar Minecraft feel.

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Which Friendly Animals release matches 1.21.4?

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Best match for your filters Friendly Animals | 1.4.1 | 1.21.4
Game version 1.21.4
Loader NeoForge

Friendly Animals | 1.4.1 | 1.21.4 targets 1.21.4 with NeoForge. 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 Friendly Animals required on the client, server, or both?

The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

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The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.

What else does Friendly Animals | 1.4.1 | 1.21.4 need?

Friendly Animals | 1.4.1 | 1.21.4 on 1.21.4. Every mod below is checked against that same setup.

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    Stick to this file

    Use Friendly Animals | 1.4.1 | 1.21.4. It targets 1.21.4 with NeoForge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

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    Bring the mods it needs

    This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

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    Put it on the correct side

    The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.

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About this project

What does Friendly Animals add?

Friendly Animals

Bring a little more life to your Minecraft world with 13 animal species, each with its own look, animations and adorable baby variants. From raccoons and red pandas to owls, seals and opossums, Friendly Animals adds more wildlife to discover as you explore.

Meet the animals

  • Capybaras
  • Raccoons
  • Red pandas
  • Gundis
  • Brown bears
  • Deer
  • Otters
  • Ducks
  • Skunks
  • Penguins
  • Owls
  • Seals
  • Opossums

Features

  • Custom animal models and textures designed to fit Minecraft’s style
  • Adult and baby variants for every species
  • Species-specific animations, including resting, swimming and flying where applicable
  • Natural spawning in suitable vanilla biomes
  • Configurable spawn frequency and individual animal toggles
  • Spawn eggs in a dedicated creative tab

Still growing
More animal interactions and improvements are planned. Penguin, owl, seal and opossum vocalizations are not yet implemented.

Have an issue? Join our discord to give us some info!

Project description from CurseForge.

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