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📖 Description
Nice Mob Variants adds 90+ new mob variants for cats, chickens, cows, frogs, pigs, wolves and zombie nautiluses, making the world feel more diverse and alive. Many of them can be found in 20+ new structures, from cozy Barns and Coops to Graveyards and Slime Dungeons. On top of that, the data pack adds two new blocks, the Livestock Breeder and the Frog Feeder, along with the Gooey Treat item.
🔎 Content Overview (Wiki)
Want to know where a variant spawns, what a structure looks like or how the new blocks work? It's all in our Wiki:
- 🐾 Variants: spawn conditions, biomes and screenshots for every variant
- 🏚️ Structures: where to find them and which mobs live there
- 🧱 Blocks & Items: how the Livestock Breeder, Frog Feeder and Gooey Treat work
🛠️ Technical Gibberish
This data pack also works as the required resource pack. Just put the same file into your resourcepacks folder and enable it in game so the textures show up properly.
(Not needed for the auto-converted mod versions in Single-Player.)
📝 Translations
Want to play in your own language? Help us out by contributing on our Website!
✍️ Feedback, Questions & Suggestions
We're here to help! If you have questions or suggestions, or you've run into a bug, hop on our Discord server and ask in the Data Pack Section. Click to join the server
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How to Install Nice Mob Variants (Datapack)
Nice Mob Variants by Unknown is verified for Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt across Minecraft versions 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 25w46a (latest release: 2.7-mod, file size: 1.4 MB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 25w46a) and platform (Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Datapack, Fabric, Forge, Neoforge, Quilt.
- Move the downloaded Nice Mob Variants file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacksfolder and launch the game.
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[2.7-mod] Update v2.7 - Universal Mod
by Unknown on Oct 16, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Fixes
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## Fixes
- Diamond Chicken variants spawn rate in Pillager Outposts
[2.7] Update v2.7
by Unknown on Oct 16, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Fixes
## Changes:
## Fixes
- Diamond Chicken variants spawn rate in Pillager Outposts
[2.6-mod] Update v2.6 - Universal Mod
by Unknown on Oct 09, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Changes:
- Added Dyed Pig variant (Spawns in Dappled Forests. Has a chance to drop a random dye on death)
[2.6] Update v2.6
by Unknown on Oct 09, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Changes:
- Added Dyed Pig variant (Spawns in Dappled Forests. Has a chance to drop a random dye on death)
[2.4-mod] Update v2.4 - Universal Mod
by Unknown on Oct 05, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Changes:
- Wandering Cows & Pigs now despawn together with their Wandering Trader while still leashed to it
[2.4] Update v2.4
by Unknown on Oct 05, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Changes:
- Wandering Cows & Pigs now despawn together with their Wandering Trader while still leashed to it
[2.4-mod] Update v2.4 - Universal Mod
by Unknown on Oct 03, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
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- Repeating background tasks now start a few ticks apart after loading instead of all on the same tick, spreading out server load
- Golden & Turkey Chickens now lay their own eggs
## Fixes:
- White Black Wolf variant not spawning in Taiga biomes
- Creaking Wolf variant not dropping Resin Clumps
- Wandering Traders only leashing one of their two Wandering Cows
- Only one chicken being converted per cycle when renaming chickens to/from "Benny" or when multiple Chicken Jockeys spawn at once
[2.4] Update v2.4
by Unknown on Oct 03, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Fixes:
## Changes:
- Repeating background tasks now start a few ticks apart after loading instead of all on the same tick, spreading out server load
- Golden & Turkey Chickens now lay their own eggs
## Fixes:
- White Black Wolf variant not spawning in Taiga biomes
- Creaking Wolf variant not dropping Resin Clumps
- Wandering Traders only leashing one of their two Wandering Cows
- Only one chicken being converted per cycle when renaming chickens to/from "Benny" or when multiple Chicken Jockeys spawn at once
[2.3-mod] Block performance improvements - Universal Mod
by Unknown on Sep 30, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Fixes:
## Changes:
- Golden & Turkey Chickens now lay their own eggs
## Fixes:
- White Black Wolf variant not spawning in Taiga biomes
- Creaking Wolf variant not dropping Resin Clumps
- Wandering Traders only leashing one of their two Wandering Cows
- Only one chicken being converted per cycle when renaming chickens to/from "Benny" or when multiple Chicken Jockeys spawn at once
[2.3] Block performance improvements
by Unknown on Sep 30, 2026
Download
# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Fixes:
## Changes:
- Golden & Turkey Chickens now lay their own eggs
## Fixes:
- White Black Wolf variant not spawning in Taiga biomes
- Creaking Wolf variant not dropping Resin Clumps
- Wandering Traders only leashing one of their two Wandering Cows
- Only one chicken being converted per cycle when renaming chickens to/from "Benny" or when multiple Chicken Jockeys spawn at once
[2.3-mod] Block performance improvements - Universal Mod
by Unknown on Sep 30, 2026
Download
# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Fixes:
## Changes:
- Livestock Breeder now puts up to 16 random animals that aren't already in love into love mode
- Performance improvements for the Frog Feeder & Livestock Breeder (Livestock Breeder pauses when no player is within 64 blocks)
## Fixes:
[2.3] Block performance improvements
by Unknown on Sep 30, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Fixes:
## Changes:
- Livestock Breeder now puts up to 16 random animals that aren't already in love into love mode
- Performance improvements for the Frog Feeder & Livestock Breeder (Livestock Breeder pauses when no player is within 64 blocks)
## Fixes:
[2.2-mod] Critical Bugfix - Universal Mod
by Unknown on Sep 28, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
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- Data PAck failing to load if Katters Structures isn't also installed
[2.2] Critical Bugfix
by Unknown on Sep 28, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
## Fixes:
## Changes:
## Fixes:
- Data PAck failing to load if Katters Structures isn't also installed
[2.1-mod] New Variants - Universal Mod
by Unknown on Sep 24, 2026
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# Minecraft Version(s): 26.3
## Changes:
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## Changes:
- Added Sniffer Chicken variant (Spawns in the same biomes as the Sniffer Cow variant. Drops Torchflower/Pitcher Plant when killed)
- Added Blue Mooshroom Cow variant (Spawns in the same biomes as the other Moobloom Cow variants. Drops Blue Orchid when killed)
- Added Diamond Chicken Variant from Java Edition 2.0 (Can spawn in Villager Outpost Cages. Instead of Eggs it lays Lapis Lazuli and very rarely Diamonds.)
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