
Special Animals
Animals affected by potion effects will ruin their children's DNA. Be warned, go too far and they may explode!!!
About this Mod
Spesh Animals
A mod which adds side effects to breeding animals, while they are under a potion effect, this will modify their offspring's genetics.
To get stats about an animal right-click them with a book and quill!

Animals that work with the mod:
- Everything that can be bred (except for villagers for obvious reasons)
- Fish - these spawn with a randomized size
- Zoglins - when they are zombified from a hoglin
Animal Stats:
- Size - Affects the size and loot drop count of animal
- Health
- Speed
- Power - Affects the resistance to damage, and damage of animal (when applicable)


Genetics:
An animal when bred develops a gene that is the average of their parents'. This value determines all their traits.
Instability:
An animal's instability is increased by breading its parents after giving them status effects of any kind. An animal with a high instability will have more extreme variation in their traits.
Sickness, Explosivity:
When an animal's instability gets too high it can develop sideeffects, including becoming sick, and becoming explosive.
Explosivness is simple. When an animal is explosive it explodes randomly, unless its in powdered snow, which makes in never explode, or when in lava it explodes every 0.8 seconds.
Sickness is a little less so. When an animal is sick it'll drop a random lingering status effect (including modded ones!) randomly. These effects have a random range, amplifier, and duration.
Available Versions
How to Install Special 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 (1.18.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Special Animals". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.18.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Special 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 (1.18.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Special Animals compatible with fabric?
Special Animals officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.18.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Special Animals – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Special 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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