Best Buddys

Best Buddys

Best Buddys adds animated 3D companions to Minecraft. Choose a buddy, customize it with headwear and held items, and let it follow you through singleplayer, multiplayer, and servers that do not have the mod installed.

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About this Mod

Best Buddys

Best Buddys adds animated 3D companions to Minecraft. Choose a buddy, customize it with headwear and held items, and let it follow you through singleplayer, multiplayer, and servers that do not have the mod installed.

Best Buddys Wardrobe

Features

  • One active buddy per player.
  • Buddies: Duck, Small Duck, Cat, Baby Cat, Baby Golem, Complex Golem, and Giant Golem.
  • Accessories: Cap, Hat, and Crown.
  • Held items: Sword and Trident.
  • Separate saved settings for every buddy.
  • Client-side companion rendering for vanilla server support.
  • Optional server-side sync so other modded players can see your buddy.
  • No real buddy entities are spawned.

Buddy Selection

3D Wardrobe

Open the Best Buddys wardrobe from the Options screen, Main Menu, or Pause Menu. The wardrobe lets you choose a buddy, equip accessories, select held items, and adjust movement settings.

3D Buddy Preview

Buddies

Every buddy has its own scale, movement style, idle animation, accessory placement, and held-item placement. Ducks waddle, cats move with a smoother four-legged walk, and golems feel heavier while still staying companion-friendly.

Buddy Animations

Multiplayer

Best Buddys is designed to work comfortably in normal multiplayer:

  • Vanilla or unmodded server: your own buddy still works locally.
  • Modded server: other modded players can see your buddy, accessory, held item, and movement settings.
  • Buddies stay visual-only and do not affect gameplay balance.

Best Buddys

Requirements

  • Minecraft: 1.21.4, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, or 26.1.2
  • Fabric Loader: 0.17.3 or newer
  • Fabric API
  • Client required
  • Server optional for multiplayer sync

Available Versions

Best Buddys 1.0.0release
MC 26.1.2fabric
May 17, 2026
Best Buddys 1.0.0release
MC 26.1.1fabric
May 17, 2026
Best Buddys 1.0.0release
MC 26.1fabric
May 17, 2026
Best Buddys 1.0.0release
MC 1.21.11fabric
May 17, 2026
Best Buddys 1.0.0release
MC 1.21.4fabric
May 17, 2026

How to Install Best Buddys on Your Server

1

Order Server

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

2

Set fabric Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (26.1.2).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Best Buddys". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabric

Minecraft Versions

26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1 (+2 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Best Buddys 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 (26.1.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Best Buddys compatible with fabric?

Best Buddys officially supports fabric for Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Best Buddys – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Best Buddys 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
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Server-side
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Supported Versions

26.1.226.1.126.11.21.111.21.4