Animania Mod 1.12.2/1.11.2 is an immersive mod that replaces and improves the passive animals in Minecraft, adding multiple breeds, proper genders, new behaviors, and several new species.
Improvements include:
- Better models, textures, and animations
- Proper feed and care of animals
- Improved breeding and more realistic child growth
- More accurate behaviors and actions
- New and better resources and products
New Behaviors:
- For animals to be happy, they must have access to a consistent supply of food and water, and in some cases (like Pigs) need a place to have fun (like a mud pit)
- If attacked, some animals will run in fear for an extended period of time and may act more unpredictably near you. Others may attack back (like the Bull).
- If animals do not eat or drink, they become unhappy. They will become weaker, make less noise, and emit smoke particles.
- Animals will only breed or drop their top resources when they are happy, so you are encouraged to take good care of your animals and their environment.
- Animals can be fed and watered using Troughs or Open Ponds, or by Hand
- Animals will eagerly eat their favorite foods or drink from a water bucket by hand
Please note: on 1.11.2, WAILA mod will show you if your animal is hungry or thirsty and other information, simply by pressing sneak while viewing the animal.
Making Friends:
- The new animals are found all over the overworld, located in different biomes and biome types more accurate to their species and breeds (Animania 1.10 is compatible with Biome Dictionary).
- To make friends with animals, simply give them their favorite food. See animal types below to learn more.
- There are achievements for each breed. Collect them all and win big prizes. Note: Prizes equal the amount of sheer satisfaction you get from accomplishing things in video games.
- New species and breeds will constantly be added to the game.
- All animals can use a lead (you will need it). A simple recipe for Lead has been included in the mod.
- You can easily name animals in the mod. A simple recipe for Name Tags has been included int he mod (String + Gold Nugget)
Spotlights:
Showcases:
Animal Types and Breeds:
Cows
There are five breeds of cows in Animania. Each has slightly different drops, resources, and attributes. For instance, a Holstein is known for the quality of its Milk, while an Angus is more of a Beef cow.
Angus (beef), found in ???
Hereford (beef), found in ???
Texas Longhorn (beef), found in Savannas
Holstein (milk), found in Forests
Friesian (milk) replaces default vanilla cow, found in Plains
Cow behaviors:
- Eat grass, flowers, and some vegetables (protect your farms!)
- Eat Wheat from troughs
- Drink water from fresh lakes, rivers, man-made ponds, water troughs, or water buckets
- Bulls may attack if provoked
- Cows only breed when they are happy
- Favorite food: Wheat, Yellow and Red Flowers
Pigs
There are six breeds of Pigs in Animania. Each has slightly different drops, resources, and attributes. All pigs drop meats, some are better with Bacon, some with Roasts.
Duroc, found in Jungle
Hampshire, found in ???
Large Black, found in ???
Large White, found in ???
Old Spot, found in ???
Yorkshire (replaces vanilla), found in Plains
Pig behaviors:
- They love to roll in the mud and swim! Be sure to make them a mud pit and a little pond to dive into!
- Take your pigs to a Forest and they can help you find truffles. A lead can be helpful here. Be patient as this may take some time. Truffles can be used to make very good foods (more below)
- Favorite food: Slop, Carrots, …?
Chickens
There are 5 Chicken Breeds in Animania. Each has slightly different drops and resources. For instance, the Orpington drops the best meat, while the Wyandotte lays brown eggs, and Leghorns lay eggs the fastest.
Leghorn (replaces vanilla, found in Plains)
Orpington, found in ???
Plymouth Rock, found in ???
Rhode Island Red, found in Forests
Wyandotte, found in Jungles
Chicken Behaviors:
- Chickens love to peck the ground, looking for extra food
- Roosters crow in the early morning
- Chickens can drink water from troughs, freshwater lakes and rivers, or from water buckets. Unlike pigs and cows, they do not consume a full water block or bucket.
- Chickens eat seeds. This can either be hand fed to them, or scattered on the ground
- Chickens lay eggs in nests. You can either gather these eggs or leave them for the Rooster to help turn into baby chicks.
- Favorite Food: Seeds
Draft Horses
There are currently 6 different colors of Draft Horses. Draft Horses are intended to be work horses, and do not replace vanilla horses. Draft Horses do not have any special drops.
Draft Horses found in: Plains, Savanna
Draft Horse behaviors:
- Eats grass, flowers, and some vegetables (protect your farms!)
- Eat Wheat from troughs
- Drink water from fresh lakes, rivers, man-made ponds, water troughs, or water buckets
- All Animania adult Draft Horses can be ridden. Just make sure they have been fed and watered, and right click with a Riding Crop. To stop your horse, just switch your hand to a different item. The ‘speed boost’ feature can be enabled by using your Riding Crop again while riding.
- Horses only breed when they are happy
- Stallions and foals generally try to stay near the mother horse (mare)
- Horses often spawn as families in the world
- More behaviors coming, including pulling carts
- Favorite food: Wheat, Apples, Carrots
Riding Crop
- Use a Riding Crop on a Fed and Watered Draft Horse to ride it. No saddle is required.
- Use your riding crop again while riding for a Speed Boost
Riding Crop Recipe
Ferrets
There are currently 2 ferret colors, Grey and White. Ferrets can be tamed, and will follow you once you feed them their favorite food. You will know they are tamed because a heart will occasionally float above their heads.
Ferrets found in: Savannas
Ferret Behaviors:
- Ferrets can be tamed by feeding them their favorite foods
- Ferrets can ‘sit’ and stay by right-clicking them. Click again to make them stand.
- Tamed Ferrets can ride on your shoulder. Simply sneak + right click to add them to your shoulder. Repeat to put them down.
- Ferrets can drink water from rivers, ponds, and lakes or by hand
- Ferrets will steal eggs from Chicken nests
- Ferrets will also eat frogs and toads in the wild
- Favorite Foods: Eggs and some Raw Meats (Mutton)
(Note: breeding is not implemented for Ferrets)
Hedgehogs
There are currently 2 Hedgehogs, normal and albino. Ferrets can be tamed, and will follow you once you feed them their favorite food. You will know they are tamed because a heart will occasionally float above their heads.
Hedgehogs found in: Forest, Swamps
Hedgehog Behaviors:
- Hedgehogs can be tamed by feeding them their favorite foods
- Hedgehogs can ‘sit’ and stay by right-clicking them. Click again to make them stand.
- Tamed Hedgehogs can ride on your shoulder. Simply sneak + right click to add them to your shoulder. Repeat to put them down.
- Hedgehogs can drink water from rivers, ponds, and lakes or by hand
- Hedgehogs will steal eggs from Chicken nests
- Hedgehogs will also eat frogs and toads in the wild
- Hedgehogs can dig up Carrots, Beets, and Potatoes from farms
- Hedgehogs Foods: Eggs, Carrots, Beets
(Note: breeding is not implemented for Hedgehogs)
Hamsters
Hamsters come in many different colors. They love storing the food you give them in their little cheeks and following you around if you have food in your hand! Hamsters can also be tamed by feeding them their favorite food (Hamster Food). Hamsters can sit and wag their tails when tamed. To release them from following you, just press shift-right-click.
Found in: Deserts, Beaches
Hamster Behaviors:
- Hamsters can be tamed by feeding them their favorite foods
- Hamsters can ‘sit’ and stay by right-clicking them. Click again to make them stand.
- Tamed Hamsters can ride on your shoulder. Simply sneak + right click to add them to your shoulder. Repeat to put them down.
- Favorite Food: Hamster Food
Hamster Food Recipe
(note: breeding is not implemented for Hamsters)
Peacocks
There are currently 2 peacock variations.
India Blue, found in Jungles
White, found in Swamps
Peacock Behaviors:
- Peacocks, like Chickens, eat seeds thrown on the ground or by hand
- Peacocks can drink from rivers, ponds, lakes, and troughs
- Peacocks will eat toads and frogs
- Favorite Food: Seeds
Note: You can throw seeds (Right Click) on the ground for Chickens to eat. Also, nesting is not yet implemented for Peacocks.
Amphibians
There are currently 3 types of amphibians, Frogs, Dart Frogs, and Toads. They are ambient creatures, and have no favorite foods.
Frogs found in: Swamps, Rivers
Dart Frogs found in: Jungles
Toads found in: Swamps
Amphibian Behaviors:
- Frogs are generally afraid of players
- Dart Frogs are poisonous to the touch
- You can make poison arrows by placing a poison arrow on a Dart Frog
- Frogs and Toads are at the bottom of the food chain, and Chickens, Ferrets, Peacocks, and Hedgehogs will happily eat them if found in the wild
Breeding and Raising Children
Breeding is only enabled for 4 animal types at the moment: Chickens, Cows, Draft Horses, and Pigs.
Cow Breeding:
To breed cows, simply put an eligible Cow near an eligible Bull of any breed type. If the Cows are not already mated, they will fall in love and make children. Any two breeds of the same species can mate. By default it takes around 1 Minecraft day for a child to be born. The resulting breed is based on chance. Make sure you keep the Mother fed and watered during this time. The Father must stay within a 20 block radius of the mother during gestation and birth.
Draft Horse Breeding:
To breed horses, simply put an eligible Mare near an eligible Stallion of any breed type. If the Horses are not already mated, they will fall in love and make children. Any two breeds of the same species can mate. By default it takes around 1 Minecraft day for a child to be born. The resulting breed is based on chance. Make sure you keep the Mother fed and watered during this time. The Father must stay within a 20 block radius of the mother during gestation and birth.
Pig Breeding:
Similar to cows, simply put an eligible Sow near an eligible Hog of any breed type. If neither of the Pigs are in a committed relationship, they will fall in love and make children. Any two breeds of the same species can mate. By default it takes around 1 Minecraft day for a child to be born. The resulting breed is based on chance. Make sure you keep the Mother happy during this time. The Father must stay within a 20 block radius of the mother during gestation and birth.
Chick Hatching:
To make baby Chicks, simply place a nest for your Hen (recipe below). If the Hen is fed and watered, and enough time has gone by, they will lay eggs in your nest (up to 3). If there is a Rooster nearby, they will hatch into baby chicks. Otherwise, you can gather eggs directly from the nest.
Please note: on 1.11.2, WAILA mod will show you if your animal is mated, and if you have named your animals, it will tell you the mate’s name (if you sneak while viewing)
Raising Children:
As long as you keep your animal kids fed and watered they will grow. By default, it takes around 1 Minecraft day to become an adult (this value can be adjusted in the config, under Growth Ticker Timer, where a lower number makes children grow up faster).
Resources, Items, and Drops
We recommend JEI (mod) for recipes
Drops
- Pigs, Cows, and Chickens all drop special meats, some with very beneficial effects
- Each drops their best only when they are happy (fed and watered)
Foods
- There are four omelette types, each with different abilities. Create a basic omelette in the Furnace, then add other ingredients to it in the Crafting Table.
Basic Omelette
Super Omelette
Meats
- Some breed types have special Meat drops
- Beef can be cooked whole, or carved up into Steaks
- Pork can be cooked whole, or carved up into Bacon
- Cheeses can be made from Holstein and Friesian Cow Milk
Cheese Recipe
- Chocolate Truffles and Truffle Soup can be made with Truffles
Tools
Carving Knife: Used for cutting cheese and meats
Cheese Mold: Used to create cheese
Habitats and Miscellany
Troughs
Trough Recipe
- Troughs can currently hold Water, Slop, or Wheat
- Corn from Simple Corn and Barley, Oats and
- You can either hand place these items in or throw them at the Trough
- All animals can drink from troughs
- Pigs, Cows, and Horses can eat from Troughs
- Troughs are compatible with Droppers and Redstone Comparators, for automation purposes (1.10.2)
- (on 1.11.2+) Troughs can additionally connect to Pipes, Hoppers, and inventory manipulating mods
- (on 1.11.2+) Using WAILA will show you more information about your Trough contents
Nests
Nest Recipe
- Nests are for Chickens to lay eggs, and can be made with 1 Wool, 1 Stick, and some Leaves (yes, you will need Shears)
- Chickens will only lay eggs if they are happy (fed and watered)
Mud
- Mud can be made with 1 Dirt and a Water Bucket
Mud Recipe
- Mud pits should be at elast 2 x 3 size+ for best enjoyment
Pig Slop
- Pig slop can be made with a milk bucket and any 2 of the following bread, potato, carrots, and beets
- In the 1.11.2 version, Slop is a liquid, and is compatible with universal buckets
Pig Slop Recipe
Leads
- All animals in Animania can use Leads
- When you can’t build a fence, it might be easier to tie your animal to a post temporarily
Lead Recipe
Nametags
- Animania includes a simple recipe for creating nametags to help you keep track of your animals
- On 1.11.2, with WAILA installed, using Sneak will reveal the name of Mates / Parents if they have Custom Names
Nametag Recipe
Config Options
- Animania contains an in game Config Gui for modifying config options. Just go to Mod Options and choose Animania to get started.
- Categories include: Game Rules, Care and Feeding, Spawning, Entity IDs, and Drops.
Here are a few examples of what can be changed:
- Toggle whether or not to replace vanilla animals (Default = replace)
- Toggle whether or not certain drops or resources give magic effects (Default = give effects)
- Toggle on/off to spawn each animal species from Animania
- Toggle Automation on/off in the config (Default = on)
- Toggle Starvation feature on/off in the config (if animals are not properly cared for, they take damage, Default = off)
- Modify what each animal type can drop (using any mod currently in game)
- Set the timer for feeding, drinking, playing, laying eggs, gestation period, and child growth
- Modify frequency of occurrence, spawn limits, and spawn group size of each animal type
- Modify Entity IDs in case of conflicts
Upcoming Features
- Ponies
- Falconry
- Sheep
- Goats
- Cats
- Rabbits
- Foxes
- Chinchillas
- Other Birds
- Reptiles
- Working dogs
- Improved breeding (simple genetics)
- Salt licks
Requires:
Animania Mod Download Links:
| File Name | Status | Game Version | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animania-1.12.2-1.4.8 | Release | 1.12.2 | Apr 21, 2018 |
| Animania-1.11.2-1.4.8 | Release | 1.11.2 | Apr 21, 2018 |
| Animania-1.10.2-1.4.8 | Release | 1.10.2 | Apr 21, 2018 |
| Animania-1.12.1-1.3.2 | Release | 1.12.2 | Sep 20, 2017 |
| Animania-1.11.2-1.3.2 | Release | 1.11.2 | Sep 20, 2017 |
| Animania-1.10-1.3.2 | Release | 1.10.2 | Sep 20, 2017 |
| Animania-1.12.1-1.3.1 | Release | 1.12.1 | Sep 18, 2017 |
Author: Purplicious_Cow, RazzleberryFox