Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs

Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs

This is addon for Animal Pens that enables Alex's Mobs.

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About this Mod

Animal Pens Expansion – Alex's Mobs

This mod is a compatibility addon that allows mobs from Alex's Mobs to work with the pens from Animal Pens, making animal management easier and more consistent.

The mod is mostly server-side - datapack + shearing snapping turtle and bison. Client-side only adds animations for animals in the Aquarium and Aviary.

Features

Animal Cage pickable:

  • Alligator Snapping Turtle - can be fed cod, and sheared
  • Anaconda - can be fed chicken, and it sheds its skin
  • Anteater - can be fed leafcutter and pupa
  • Bison - can be fed wheat, and sheared
  • Capuchin Monkey - can be fed insect items
  • Cockroach - can be fed sugar, and can drop eggs using bucket
  • Elephant - can be fed acacia blossom
  • Emu - can be fed apple, grass or leaves, and can drop eggs using bucket
  • Endergrade - can be fed chorus fruit
  • Enderiophage - can be fed wheat
  • Flutter - can be fed bone meal
  • Froststalker - can be fed porkchop
  • Gazelle - can be fed wheat or acacia blossom
  • Gelada Monkey - can be fed dead bush
  • Gorilla - can be fed bananas
  • Grizzly Bear - can be fed salmon
  • Jerboa - can be fed insect items
  • Kangaroo - can be fed dead bush or grass
  • Komodo Dragon - can be fed rotten flesh
  • Laviathan - can be fed mosquito larva
  • Leafcutter Ant - can be fed gongylidia
  • Maned Wolf - can be fed apple, rabbit or chicken
  • Moose - can be fed dandelion, and periodically drops antlers
  • Mungus - can be fed mungal spores, and can drop spores using bucket
  • Platypus - can be fed lobster tail, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Raccoon - can be fed raccoon foodstuffs
  • Rattlesnake - can be fed meat or fish
  • Roadrunner - can be fed insect items, and sheared for feathers
  • Sea Bear - can be fed fishes
  • Seal - can be fed fishes
  • Shoebill -
  • Snow Leopard - can be fed moose ribs
  • Spectre - can be fed soul heart
  • Stradpole - can be fed mosquito larva, and can be picked up with lava bucket
  • Tarantula Hawk - can be fed fermented spider eye
  • Tasmanian Devil - can be fed meat
  • Tiger - can be fed tiger breedables
  • Tusklin - can be fed red mushroom
  • Warped Toad - can be fed mosquito larva
  • Rain Frog (1.19+) - can be fed insect items
  • Rhinoceros (1.19+) - can be fed insect items
  • Sugar Glider (1.19+) - can be fed honeycomb
  • Potoo (1.19+) - can be fed dead bush or grass
  • Mudskipper (1.19+) - can be fed insect items and lobster tail, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Skunk (1.19.2+) - can be fed sweet berries
  • Banana Slug (1.19.2+) - can be fed brown mushroom, and periodically drops slime slug
  • Caiman (1.19.3+) - can be fed catfish, and can drop caiman eggs using bucket

Avian Net pickable:

  • Bald Eagle - can be fed rotten flesh
  • Cosmaw - can be fed with cosmic cod
  • Crow - can be fed pumpkin seeds
  • Cosmic Cod - can be fed seagrass or kelp, and can be picked up with bucket
  • Fly - can be fed rotten flesh
  • Hummingbird - can be fed flowers
  • Seagull - can be fed cod
  • Spectre - can be fed soul heart
  • Sunbird -
  • Toucan - can be fed egg
  • Blue Jay (1.19.2+) - can be fed blue jay foodstuffs

Aquatic Jar pickable:

  • Alligator Snapping Turtle - can be fed cod, and sheared
  • Anaconda - can be fed chicken, and it sheds its skin
  • Blobfish - can be picked up with water bucket
  • Cachalot Whale - can be fed fishes
  • Catfish - can be fed sea pickle, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Comb Jelly - can be picked up with water bucket
  • Crocodile - can be fed rotten flesh, and can drop eggs using bucket
  • Devils Hole Pupfish - can be fed moss, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Flying Fish - can be fed seagrass or kelp, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Frilled Shark - can be fed fishes, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Giant Squid - can be fed fishes
  • Hammerhead Shark - can be fed fishes
  • Lobster - can be fed fishes, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Mantis Shrimp - can be fed lobster tail
  • Mimic Octopus - can be fed tropical fish, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Orca - can be fed salmon
  • Platypus - can be fed lobster tail, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Seal - can be fed fishes
  • Terrapin - can be fed seagrass, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Mudskipper (1.19+) - can be fed insect items and lobster tail, and can be picked up with water bucket
  • Caiman (1.19.3+) - can be fed catfish, and can drop caiman eggs using bucket
  • Triops (1.19.3+) - can be fed carrots and larva, and can drop triop eggs using bucket

🛠️ Requirements:

📌 Animal Pen (Required).
📖 Alex's Mobs (Required).

Available Versions

Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs 6.2.0release
MC 1.20.1forge
June 17, 2026
Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs 5.1.0release
MC 1.19.4forge
June 17, 2026
Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs 3.1.0release
MC 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4forge
June 17, 2026
Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs 1.1.0release
MC 1.18.2forge
June 17, 2026
Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs 6.0.0release
MC 1.20.1forge
March 13, 2026

How to Install Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

2

Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.20.1, 1.19.4, 1.19.3 (+2 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs compatible with forge?

Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.19.4, 1.19.3. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Animal Pens Expansion - Alex's Mobs consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.20.11.19.41.19.31.19.21.18.2