Ai Buddy
by Flokati33
Ai Buddy is a Fabric companion mod that adds a persistent AI dog who follows, talks with the player and fetches items.
What it does
Buddy stays attached to the player and can be commanded by text chat or by push-to-talk voice, with the speech transcribed and passed through the same command system as typed text. Buddy answers with generated voice. Commands cover sitting, coming over, going to play, barking, jumping, rolling over, finding something, stopping a dig, turning into a horse or a bird, and asking where the ball or the family is.
When left alone for a while, Buddy wanders nearby, investigates the ground, sniffs out interesting spots, digs for treasure, chases small animals, plays with a favorite ball, and reacts to weather and other animals. Hunting is also possible, since Buddy chases prey such as chickens and rabbits and carries useful drops back to the player. Digging follows a descending staircase pattern instead of a vertical hole, so the dog is not trapped.
Ai Buddy is a Fabric mod for 26.2 only, released as version 1.1.0 on 2026-08-20 after a first release on 2026-08-15. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Voice and text commands
Players talk to Buddy with typed chat or by holding V, and Buddy replies with a generated voice.
Digging for treasure
Buddy smells out promising locations, digs them up and brings back items, and interrupting it with a stop command is possible.
Hunting and fetching
Buddy hunts small prey, retrieves thrown items, fetches water and plays keep-away with the player.
Independent behavior
When quiet, Buddy explores, reacts to weather and animals, and plays alone with its own ball.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a pet with voice and text commands, and players who enjoy a companion with its own routines in survival or adventure play. Both the server and each player need the mod.
How it compares
Best Buddys and Duck Buddy are both Fabric mods for 1.21.4 – 26.1.2, with the same client and server environment and the All rights reserved license, so their version range overlaps with Ai Buddy only for 26.2 gaps. LiveBuddy is also Fabric and client and server, but covers 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 and is not open source. Carry Buddy is a Fabric server-side only mod for 1.20.4 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, so players do not need to install it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ai Buddy | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-20 |
| Best Buddys | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-17 |
| Duck Buddy | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-14 |
| LiveBuddy | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-05-08 |
| Carry Buddy ™ | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-06-05 |
Questions
Does Ai Buddy need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Ai Buddy support?
How are voice commands given to Buddy?
In the catalog
Ai Buddy is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
AI Buddy is a persistent AI companion for Minecraft that can talk with you, listen to voice commands, play, explore, help gather food, dig for treasure, transform into different forms, and develop a family inside your world. Buddy began as an attempt to make a Minecraft dog feel less like a normal follower and more…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ai-buddy
- Owner
- Flokati33
- Published
- 2026-08-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15