
Friendly Fire
Stops you from accidentally damaging your pets or friendly mobs during fights.
About this Mod
🛡️ FriendlyFireBetter
FriendlyFireBetter is a lightweight client-side Fabric mod that prevents you from accidentally attacking your own pets or friends.
Perfect for Survival, SMPs, and PvP servers, this mod modifies client-side combat behavior to block melee attacks against friendly targets and provides clear feedback with a no-damage hit sound—similar to hitting a creative-mode player.
✨ Features
🐺 Protect Tamed Pets
Prevents melee damage to your own wolves, cats, and other tamed mobs.🤝 Friend System
Block melee attacks on players you add to your friend list.🔊 Hit Feedback
Plays the no-damage hit sound when an attack is blocked.⌨️ Quick Add Keybind
Aim at a player and press G to instantly add them as a friend.🧩 Client-Side Only
No server installation required. Safe to use on any server.
💬 Commands
- /friend add
- Add a player to your friend list - /friend remove
- Remove a player from your friend list - /friend list - View your current friends
- /friendlyfire petprotection on - Enable pet protection
- /friendlyfire petprotection off - Disable pet protection
- /friendlyfire petprotection status - Show pet protection status
Available Versions
How to Install Friendly Fire 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 (26.1.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Friendly Fire". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1 (+12 more)
Server-side
✗ UnsupportedRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Friendly Fire 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 Friendly Fire compatible with fabric?
Friendly Fire officially supports fabric for Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Friendly Fire – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Friendly Fire 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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