Animal Garden -Alligator Gar
Animal Garden -Alligator Gar adds an alligator gar to rivers and beaches as an apex predator that hunts, scavenges and defends itself.
What it does
The alligator gar is a predator that eats both live and dead prey, so it also scavenges carcasses. When attacked it fights back, and by default it attacks nearby mobs at times, taking a bite and moving on. Eating meat or fish items, or drinking water, restores its health. Once it dies, the fish leaves behind a scale, which crafters can substitute for flint when making arrows, and it also has a random chance to yield bone meal and bone.
The mob is persistent by default, so it does not despawn, and a custom name given with a name tag keeps it in place. Spawns are limited: an alligator gar cannot appear within a 24 block radius of another one, which prevents overspawning. It spawns in river and beach biomes.
The server and every player need the mod installed. Installation also needs Aquarius Libs, which is required. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 15 release versions, 1.20.1 – 26.3, under All rights reserved, and the mod is not open source.
Key features
Apex predator behavior
The gar hunts live prey and eats carcasses, and it defends itself when attacked.
Scale arrow ingredient
The scale it drops can replace flint in arrow crafting.
Persistent spawns
Gars do not vanish by default and can be given custom names with a name tag.
Configurable spawns
Persistence, spawn weight, attack chance and attack-once behavior can be changed in config files, and Forge and NeoForge also allow spawn edits through data files.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x9 of 9 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Rivers and beaches
The gar gives river and beach biomes a predator that fights back and scavenges.
Server spawn tuning
Server owners can adjust spawn weight and attack frequency to suit their world.
Who it’s for: Players who want a predatory fish in river and beach biomes, and server owners who want to tune how often the gar spawns and attacks.
Questions
Does Animal Garden -Alligator Gar need Aquarius Libs?
Does the server need the mod?
How can spawns be changed?
In the catalog
Animal Garden -Alligator Gar is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This mod adds another Apex Predator, the Alligator Gar into the rivers of your world! This beast is an opportunistic predator and scavenger that eats both live and dead prey. It will protect itself when attacked, but by default it attacks mobs around it sometimes, taking just a bite then moving on. After death it…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animal-garden-alligator-gar
- Owner
- Aquarius.playz
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15