
Animal Food Tags
Change what food animals will eat to fall in love and breed, using datapack item tags.
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About this Mod
Animal Food Tags
Change what food animals will eat to fall in love and breed, using datapack item tags. Parrots & Polar Bears which can be breed? Chickens cannibals? You decide!
✅ Features
- Easy to use through editing item tags via datapacks.
- Mod Support for any animal added through mods there's a corresponding tag
- Further configuration allows for namespaces to be respected, and prefixes & suffixes to be changed
- Server-side, so that only the server needs the mod, not any clients
🏷️ Item Tags
Every animal entity type has a corresponding item tag.
By default this follows the format of #animal_food_tags:<entity_type>_food. So for instance, for a horse this would be #animal_food_tags:horse_food. Please note that the configuration can change the format. In the case a corresponding tag does not exist, vanilla (or modded) behaviour will not be overriden.
📖 Configuration
Configuration can be found in config/animal_food_tags.json.
override_namespace: [bool] (default:true)- Specifies wether the namespace of the entity type should be overridden to be
animal_food_tags.
Must be eithertrueorfalse.
- Specifies wether the namespace of the entity type should be overridden to be
tag_prefix: [string] (default:"")- Specifies the prefix added to the tag.
Must be either astringonly containing characters[a-z0-9_.-].
- Specifies the prefix added to the tag.
tag_suffix: [string] (default:"_food")- Specifies the suffix added to the tag.
Must be either astringonly containing characters[a-z0-9_.-].
- Specifies the suffix added to the tag.
Available Versions
How to Install Animal Food Tags on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.4).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Animal Food Tags". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.4
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Animal Food Tags server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric 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 (1.20.4). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Animal Food Tags compatible with fabric?
Animal Food Tags officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.20.4. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Animal Food Tags – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Animal Food Tags 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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