BagTag
by owlycode
BagTag is a Cursed data pack and resource pack that changes how villagers respond when a player drops wool near them, so that owls appear instead.
What it does
When a player drops wool in front of a villager, the villager turns into an owl. The change is applied by a data pack that is installed in a world, and a matching resource pack supplies the owl appearance. The project is distributed as a set of zip files rather than as a loader mod, and its Minecraft version must match the data pack exactly.
Installation takes three steps. The data pack zip goes into the datapacks folder of the world, and the resource pack zip, which is provided alongside it, goes into the resourcepacks folder of the .minecraft directory. Players then enter the world and test the change. The author made the data pack for personal use and chose to publish it.
Because it is a data pack, BagTag is listed for server platforms rather than for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt. It is required on the server, and a client may optionally add the resource pack to see the owl textures. BagTag is for 1.21.4 only, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Wool turns villagers into owls
Dropping wool near a villager converts that villager into an owl, a playful effect that changes the village's inhabitants.
Installed as a data pack
The behavior is delivered through a data pack, so no loader-specific code is needed to run it on a server.
Matching resource pack
A separate resource pack zip is provided alongside the data pack to supply the owl appearance on the client.
Version-locked files
The data pack and resource pack are built for 1.21.4 and must match that exact Minecraft version.
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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.
How it compares
Owls Mod is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.4 – 1.21.8 that runs on both the client and the server, and it is released under All rights reserved. Lookme is a server-side mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt covering 1.19 – 26.3, so players join without installing it, and it is also released under All rights reserved. BagTag differs from both in being a data pack, not a loader mod, and in targeting only 1.21.4.
Questions
Does BagTag need a specific loader?
Does the server need BagTag installed?
How is the data pack installed in a world?
In the catalog
BagTag is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
I made this data pack for myself initially, but I decided to publish it on here cause why not? lmao
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bagtag
- Owner
- owlycode
- Published
- 2025-01-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15