Animal Pens Expansion - Naturalist
by BONNe
Animal Pens Expansion - Naturalist is an addon that lets the mobs of the Naturalist mod live inside Animal Pens, so players can keep and breed them in pens.
What it does
Players pick up the supported Naturalist animals with a bucket or an Animal Cage and place them in a pen. Each species is fed with its own food, such as bear tempt items, snake tempt items, apples, flowers, wheat, sugar, hay blocks, golden carrots, melons, boar food, giraffe food, alligator food, lizard tempt items, tortoise tempt items, duck food, bird food or rotten flesh. Alligators, ducks and tortoises produce eggs while they are kept in a pen, and some species gain extra interactions.
Installation requires Animal Pens and Naturalist alongside this addon, on Fabric, Forge or NeoForge. The mod is client and server, so both the server and every player need it. It is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and files cover game versions 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 with 1.21.1 as the latest for Fabric and NeoForge and 1.20.1 for Forge.
Key features
Bucket and cage pickup
Supported animals can be picked up with a bucket or an Animal Cage and moved into a pen.
Species-specific feeding
Each animal accepts its own tempt items or food, including apples, flowers, melons and rotten flesh.
Egg production
Alligators, ducks and tortoises produce eggs while penned and fed.
Extra interactions
Certain species, such as the Coral Snake, add interactions beyond feeding when kept in a pen.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who run Animal Pens and want Naturalist animals inside their pens, and server owners who manage animal enclosures for multiplayer worlds.
How it compares
No Animal Tempt Delay is server-side only and covers the tempt delay for animals rather than pen placement, with files for 1.19.2 – 26.3. Alex's Mobs - Naturalist Compat is client and server, Forge only and not open source, covering 1.18.2 – 1.20.1. SnakePlayer is client and server, open source under the MIT License and spans 1.20.1 – 26.2, so its scope and version range differ from this addon.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Pens Expansion - Naturalist | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-11 |
| No Animal Tempt Delay | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Alex's Mobs - Naturalist Compat | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-22 |
| SnakePlayer | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-20 |
Questions
Does Animal Pens Expansion - Naturalist need Animal Pens?
Does the server need this mod?
Which loader should be used?
Which Naturalist animals can be kept in pens?
In the catalog
Animal Pens Expansion - Naturalist is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod is a compatibility addon that allows mobs from Naturalist Lite to work with the pens from Animal Pens, making animal management easier and more consistent. Animal Cage can pick up: - Snail - can be picked up with bucket - Bear - can be fed with bear tempt items and sheared - Snake - can be fed with snake…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/animal-pens-expansion-naturalist
- Owner
- BONNe
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15