Animal Garden - Spotted Hyena
Animal Garden - Spotted Hyena adds the spotted hyena to the world as a wild carnivore that hunts and fights on its own terms.
What it does
The mod adds the spotted hyena, a carnivoran from the feliform group, to the game. Hyenas are opportunistic carnivores: they go hunt whenever a chance comes up. A hyena can heal itself by eating food it finds on the ground, and a small bite also restores some health. Its attacks combine speed and patience. It runs faster when its target is far away and slows to a walk as it closes in, then leaps and delivers a strong bite at the end. It will not let a target escape until the gap between them is large.
Hyenas generate in desert and savannah biomes, and their spawns are kept rare so they do not crowd the world. On Forge and NeoForge, spawn settings can be changed by editing data files, and on Fabric the same behavior is set through biome tags, biome modifier folders, resource packs or the config file. The mod requires Aquarius Libs, which must be installed alongside it. Animal Garden - Spotted Hyena runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with builds covering 1.20.1 – 26.3, and the mod is licensed as All rights reserved.
Key features
Spotted hyena mob
A carnivore that hunts whenever an opportunity appears and stalks its prey with a closing approach.
Self-healing
The hyena restores its own health by eating food from the ground and by a small healing bite.
Pet interaction
A low chance exists that a hyena attacks a tamed pet, and a pet that is attacked will not follow its owner.
Desert and savannah spawns
Hyenas appear in desert and savannah biomes, at a deliberately rare rate.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who want a hunting predator in desert and savannah areas, and server owners who tune spawns with data packs or biome tags.
How it compares
Circle of Craft is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, runs on client and server and is published for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Simple Structures: Pale Garden is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 26.3 under the MIT License, and it is server required with the client optional. Animal Garden - Spotted Hyena is not open source, and it covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Garden - Spotted Hyena | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-22 |
| Circle of Craft | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-01 |
| Simple Structures: Pale Garden | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does Animal Garden - Spotted Hyena need another mod?
Do both the server and players need the mod?
How are hyena spawns changed?
In the catalog
Animal Garden - Spotted Hyena is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This mod adds the Apex Predator the Spotted Hyena into the game which are feliformia carnivoran mammals (cat-like carnivorans). These opportunistic carnivores will go on a hunt whenever a chance arises.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animal-garden-spotted-hyena
- Owner
- Aquarius.playz
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15