
Vanimals
Vanimals adds vanilla friendly animals to your Minecraft world.
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About this Mod
this is...

( ALPHA VERSION! )
Behold the nature on a new perspective!

Adding a lot of new mechanics and fun animals to your Overworld!
You can tame, ride, explore, hunt and create your own adventure with the animals on this experience!
Are you ready?
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Content:
Bison:
A heavy and slow animal, useful for farms and as a battle mount.
- Spawns in Snowy Plains & Plains.
- You can ride it equipping a saddle and control it with "Apple on a Stick".
- Once you riding it, u can press "ctrl" key to sprint and deal damage to entities on your way!
- Nametags hang on the ear like cows IRL.
- When these animals are aggresive are slow but can ram at you and deal crazy damage.
- Can be stunned with blocking ram with shield.
- Drops its meat and also "Bison Horns", used for bonemeal.
- Female can be milked.
- Male can be shreaded.
Napoleon Fish:
A big and beautiful animal, carries the corals ecosystems.
- Spawns in Warm Oceans
- They eat dead corals
- Females are smaller and with different colors.
- Males are bigger, more blue colored and have a hump above their eyes.
- They still do nothing for now, sorry.
Mudskipper:
An useful and funny companion, works like a backpack!
- Spawns in Mangrove Swamps.
- Eats Spider eyes.
- Dance near a Jukeboc with music.
- Amphibious behaviour, aside its a fish.
- Can be tamed with "Four-Eyed Fish Eye".
- Can be ordered to sit and wander.
- Has a custom inventory with four slots.
- It can be bucketed, it will still hold the items on its inventory!
Four-Eyed Fish:
A curious habitant of Rivers and Mangroves, useful for the taming of Mudskipper.
- Spawns in Rivers and Mangrove Swamps.
- It has a Mangrove variant.
- Eats Spider Eyes.
- Can be sheared to obtain the "Four-Eyed Fish Eye", they will grow again dont worry.
- Swims near the water surface.
- It doesnt has differendces between genders
- SPECIAL NAMETAG: Kokushibo!
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Credits:
- Creator & Owner: Reaper
- Developers: Monkey_Biznec, Blackgear and Reaper
- Artist: Reaper
- Text Logo: Curlyfley
Available Versions
How to Install Vanimals on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Vanimals". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Vanimals server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge 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 (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Vanimals compatible with forge?
Vanimals officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Vanimals – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Vanimals 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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