Simple Animal Pens

Simple Animal Pens

A simple datapack that allows to store many animals in one block to reduce lag on the server

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About this Mod

Simple Animal Pens is a datapack that let players store infinte amounts of mobs in a single block. The pack strive to full support of all vanilla features as well as compatibility with other packs (and even mods in some cases).

Please report bugs on this project github page or my discord server

Fabric loader requires fabric API

Support Ponder lib

Uses Smithed conventions for compatability

items:

  • Animal jar.

the animal jar let you collect and store the animals into it.

  • Animal pen.

the pen is block that let you place the jar in the world. in order to do that first collect some animals in your jar then right click on empty pen

Commands:

Give jar:

loot give @p loot sap:animal_jar

Give pen:

loot give @p loot sap:animal_pen

Changing pack settings:

dialog show @s sap:settings
Technical details to modifiy the pack behavior If you want to add support for new mobs that not supported by default, this section will guide you keep in mind you must use the same namespaces for it to work. > NOTE : when you see `ENTITY` inside function or tag you need to put the entity name without the namespace instead e.g. "minecraft:cow" -> "cow"

1-adding mob

adding the mob into the entity tag #sap:fit_in_jar
you can edit the whole tag if you want to remove animal, or you can just addon top of it with replace : false

  {
    "replace": false,
    "values": [
        "minecraft:cow",
        "minecraft:pig",
        "minecraft:sheep",
        "minecraft:chicken",
        "minecraft:turtle",
        "minecraft:bee",
        "minecraft:rabbit"
    ]
}

2-adding right click functions

create new item tag inside sap named used_on_ENTITY and specify what items can be used on this mob

then create new function named interact_with_ENTITY in

sap:click_functions/loot/

inside the function you can run whatever you want. you can split the function into 2 or more if you want more than 1 click function or diffrent tools
the default file for bee looks like that

execute if items entity @p[tag=this] weapon.mainhand *[minecraft:custom_data~{smithed:{ignore:{functionality:1b}}}] run return fail

scoreboard players set @s sap.function_cooldown 12000
scoreboard players operation @s sap.function_cooldown -= @s sap.entity_count
scoreboard players add @s sap.function_cooldown 100

execute as @p[tag=this] run function sap:click_functions/loot/specific/collect_honey

inside the specific function you can add sounds,clear items,give items,particals etc

3-breeding

to add viable food for breeding create(or use the vanila one) item tag under the MINECRAFT namespace called ENTITY_food

4-Tool for breaking

tool needed to break the farm controlled by the item tag sap:tool_to_break

5-Tool for killing

tool needed to kill entity in the farm controlled by the item tag sap:tool_to_kill

Available Versions

mod v1.0 1.21.10-1.21.11release
MC 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt
December 12, 2025
dp+rp v1.0 1.21.10-1.21.11release
MC 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1datapack
December 11, 2025

How to Install Simple Animal Pens on Your Server

1

Order Server

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

2

Set datapack Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (26.1).

3

Install Mod

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

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

datapackfabricforgeneoforgequilt

Minecraft Versions

26.1, 1.21.11, 1.21.10 (+5 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Simple Animal Pens server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong datapack 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). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Simple Animal Pens compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?

Simple Animal Pens officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 26.1, 1.21.11, 1.21.10. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Simple Animal Pens – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Simple Animal Pens 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
MIT License
Server-side
Required

Supported Versions

26.11.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.81.21.71.21.61.21.5