
Immersive Animals
Capture chickens with bare hands, house them in craftable coops, and harvest eggs & feathers on timers. Vanilla-friendly with full config support
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About this Mod
Immersive Animals
Enhances vanilla creatures with new, lore-friendly interactions. This mod is designed to feel like a natural extension of the base game—no fantasy creatures, just better vanilla.
🐔 Current Features: Chickens
- Capture Chickens
- Right-click a chicken with an empty hand to capture it
- The chicken becomes a portable Captured Chicken item
- Place it anywhere or put it in a coop!
Chicken Coops
- Craftable wooden coops with iron bars
- Place a captured chicken inside to start production
- Chickens are visible inside the coop as real entities
Collect Resources
- 🥚 Eggs - Collect on a configurable timer
- 🪶 Feathers - Use shears on the coop to collect feathers
- All timers are fully configurable via ModMenu
⚙️ Configuration
Requires Cloth Config and ModMenu for in-game settings:
- Egg collection cooldown
- Feather collection cooldown
- Feather drop amount (min/max)
🔮 Coming Soon
More vanilla animals will receive immersive improvements:
- Cows
- Sheep
- Pigs
- And more!
📋 Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21.4
- Fabric Loader 0.16.0+
- Fabric API
- Cloth Config (optional, for settings)
- ModMenu (optional, for settings UI)
Available Versions
How to Install Immersive Animals 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 (1.21.4).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Immersive Animals". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.4, 1.21.1, 1.20.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Immersive Animals 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 (1.21.4). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Immersive Animals compatible with fabric?
Immersive Animals officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.21.4, 1.21.1, 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Immersive Animals – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Immersive Animals 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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