Animal Food Tags
by boyonk
Animal Food Tags lets a server owner decide which items tame, feed, breed and love-mode animals, by editing item tags in a datapack.
What it does
The mod changes what food animals eat, which items make them fall in love and breed, by reading item tags from datapacks. Tags can be extended for animals added by other mods when a matching tag exists, and server owners can adjust namespaces, prefixes and suffixes used to build tag names. A setting also controls whether a namespace overrides the entity type, and the format of the configuration has changed, so older files need to be checked. When a corresponding tag exists, it replaces the vanilla or modded behaviour for that animal.
The mod is server-side only, so the server needs it and players join without installing it. Files are published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 1.20.4, and the release is 1.0 dated 2024-03-15. The code is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved. The same release date marks both the first publication and the last update.
Key features
Food tags for animals
Item tags define which foods animals eat, fall in love with and breed from, so changes live in datapacks.
Prefix and suffix settings
Configuration sets the prefix and suffix added to tag names, which controls how the tags are matched.
Namespace overrides
A setting decides whether a namespace can override the entity type of an animal.
Horse support
Horses are covered by the same tag system, including the instance horse case.
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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
Modpacks with extra animals
A pack that adds new animals can give each one its own food tag, instead of relying on the vanilla foods.
Custom breeding rules
A datapack can change which items start breeding without editing any mod's code.
Who it’s for: Server owners and modpack authors who want to change animal diets and breeding items with datapacks, on a Fabric server running 1.20.4.
How it compares
Animals Run From You is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.20.1, released under the MIT License and open source. No Wasting Horse Food is also Fabric and server-side for 1.20.1 under the MIT License. Munchables is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 that runs on the client and server, and it is open source under the MIT License. Animal Food Tags is not open source and covers only 1.20.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Food Tags | Fabric | 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-03-15 |
| Animals Run From You | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2023-11-03 |
| No Wasting Horse Food | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2023-09-13 |
| Munchables | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-03-15 |
Questions
Does Animal Food Tags need to be installed on players' computers?
Which loader does Animal Food Tags use?
Can it change food for animals added by other mods?
In the catalog
Animal Food Tags is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
. Please note that the configuration can change the format. In the case a corresponding tag does not exist, vanilla (or modded) behaviour will not be overriden. ) - Specifies wether the namespace of the entity type should be overridden to be
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animal-food-tags
- Owner
- boyonk
- Published
- 2024-03-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-03-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15