Essentials - A ZAWA Addon

Every single parrot is essential to your ZAWA experience

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About this Mod

A ZAWA:Evolved addon that adds all the parrots.

All of them.

(and some other stuff, too)

Essentials adds all the stuff that isn't interesting enough for the main ZAWA roster.

It is made by ZAWA staff, and as such, features everything to ZAWA's standard: adorable baby animals, expansive data entries and icons, and rare breed-only variants for species commonly kept in captivity. Essentials' animals breathe and walk with lifelike movement, and will feature real-recording calls and sounds the second Fisk can be bothered to clip them all from public-domain documentaries.

Enjoy new blocks to spice up your zoos, with engaging new enrichment for animals. Spice up your zoo with small, but welcome additions to the usual decor you never knew you needed. Essentials also features block swaps and tweaks of ZAWA staples, for when stripped wood would look that much better on a fence.

Animal list

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Australian ringneck parrot* (twenty-eight parrot, Port Lincoln parrot, mallee parrot)

Budgerigar (with 11 breed-only captive colors)

Caique* (white-bellied caique, black-capped caique)

Cockatiel (with 7 breed-only captive colors)

Congo gray parrot (with 3 breed-only captive colors)

Eclectus parrot* (Solomon Island eclectus, Tanimbar eclectus, Sumba Island eclectus, Vosmaer eclectus + 2 breed-only captive colors)

Conure* (sun conure, jenday conure, nanday conure, mitred conure, golden conure, blue-crowned conure)

Green-cheek conure* (green-cheek conure, painted conure, crimson-bellied conure, fiery-shouldered conure, ochre-marked conure, white-necked conure, black-capped conure + 5 breed-only captive colors)

Hawk-headed parrot (with 1 breed-only captive color)

Kakariki* (red-fronted kakariki, yellow-fronted kakariki, Antipodes island kakariki + 5 breed-only captive colors)

Kea parrot

Poicephalus parrot* (Senegal parrot, red-bellied parrot, Ruppell's parrot, jardine parrot)

Quaker parakeet (with 5 breed-only captive colors)

Ringneck parrot* (Indian ringneck, moustache parrot, plum-headed parrot, Malabar parrot + 5 breed-only captive colors)

Rosella* (crimson rosella, Eastern rosella, Northern rosella, pale-headed rosella)

Moho* (Hawaii ‘Ō‘ō, O’ahu ‘Ō‘ō, Moloka’i ‘Ō‘ō, Kaua’i ‘Ō‘ō)

Greater prairie chicken

Chinchilla (with 11 breed-only captive colors)

Maned wolf (with 1 breed-only captive color)

Blocks and enrichment list

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Flood light - stop lighting your modern zoos with torches, I will cry.

Security camera - for when the Instagram exotic pet crowd keeps circling your kakapos, and won't take "no" for an answer.

Wood cable fence - ZAWA's cable fence, except using vanilla log textures for a more natural look. Wood variants.

Stripped wood cable fence: Wood cable fence, but scandalous. Wood variants.

Bell toy - the most annoying toy this side of the Rockies. Connects to ZAWA ropes.
Cup feeder - a dual-purpose feeder and enrichment item for animals with weird grabby appendages and/or gumption. Connects to ZAWA ropes.

Hanging perch - a fun swing for birds, complete with wood variants and pretty beads for them to gingerly remove and throw at you when you feed them an hour late. Connects to ZAWA ropes.

Large bird toy - a solid stack of wood and leather for ripping, mauling, and shaking vigorously. Connects to ZAWA ropes.

Credits:

Mnesikos: Code

Fisk: Everything else

Shoresy: Extra textures

Coda512: Item textures

Special thanks to Shoresy, Sparrow, Coda512, Keaka and Chinchillin

Available Versions

Essentials - A ZAWA Addon 1.16.5-1.0.0-TropEx3release

MC 1.16.5forge

January 21, 2025

Essentials - A ZAWA Addon 1.16.5-1.0.0release

MC 1.16.5forge

January 21, 2025

How to Install Essentials - A ZAWA Addon on Your Server

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 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 "Essentials - A ZAWA Addon". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.20.1, 1.19.2, 1.18.2 (+1 more)

Server-side

✓ Required

Recommended RAM

6 GB(min. 4 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Essentials - A ZAWA Addon 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 4 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 Essentials - A ZAWA Addon compatible with forge?

Essentials - A ZAWA Addon officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.19.2, 1.18.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Essentials - A ZAWA Addon – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Essentials - A ZAWA Addon 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.