Babies Forever
by Roundaround
Babies Forever keeps named animals as babies, so a named baby animal does not grow into an adult on a server.
What it does
When a player names a baby animal, the animal stays a baby and does not age into an adult. Renaming it back to a normal name, or removing the name, lets it grow up again on the normal schedule. A name set by accident can therefore be reversed, and the effect is only temporary until the name is changed.
Since Minecraft 26.1, Mojang added a golden dandelion that can be fed to babies to stop them aging, which means this mechanic is now part of vanilla. The mod was updated for 26.1 to help players bring older worlds forward and give them time to feed their named babies golden dandelions, and it continues to be updated for later versions.
Babies Forever is server-side only, so players join without installing anything and only the server runs it. It is an open source mod under the MIT License, published for Fabric and Quilt across 27 release versions, 1.19 – 26.1.2, with the latest files at 1.2.1+26.1 for 26.1.2.
Key features
Named babies stay babies
Baby animals given a name remain babies and do not grow into adults.
Renaming restores aging
If the name is removed or changed, the animal grows up again normally, so a name given by accident can be undone.
Golden dandelion compatibility
Since 26.1, babies fed golden dandelions stop aging, which overlaps with the named-baby effect this mod provides.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want named baby animals to stay young, and players who keep pets or animals in a long-running world and want them to remain babies.
How it compares
Lil Guy is a Fabric-only server mod released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, with files for 1.18 – 26.2, and it is open source. Simple Baby Zombie Remover is a Fabric and Quilt server-side mod under the MIT License, open source, with files for 1.16 – 1.21.1, and it targets baby zombies rather than named animals. Golden Dandelion Baby Glow is not open source and needs the server while the client stays optional, with files for 26.1 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babies Forever | Fabric and Quilt | 1.19 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-22 |
| Lil Guy | Fabric | 1.18 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-30 |
| Simple Baby Zombie Remover | Fabric and Quilt | 1.16 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2024-08-16 |
| Golden Dandelion Baby Glow | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.1 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-30 |
Questions
Which loaders does Babies Forever support?
Does Babies Forever need to be installed on the client?
Does Babies Forever still matter now that golden dandelions exist?
In the catalog
Babies Forever is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
All named babies will stay babies forever! It's as simple as that! Any animals that have been given a name will never grow up! In case you accidentally named something and do want it to become an adult, you can disable the effect by temporarily naming it grow up, GROW_UP, etc and it will age normally!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/babies-forever
- Owner
- Roundaround
- Published
- 2022-09-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15