Bear Necessities
by inkunn
Bear Necessities adds tameable Grizzly Bears that players can ride, equip and fight alongside.
What it does
Grizzly Bears can be tamed, and a tamed bear can be ridden. Bears are tankier than horses and hit harder than wolves, and they cannot be outrun by wolves when they jump. A player can open a bear's equipment menu while holding a saddle, and bears accept armor in leather, iron, gold, diamond and netherite, as well as a dyeable collar.
Baby bears grow into adults, and feeding a cub some raw beef keeps it from attacking the player. Adult bears attack when provoked. The bear onesie armor for players is a separate piece of equipment added by the mod. Taming works through the usual feeding steps described in the mod's own notes.
Installation needs nothing beyond the mod itself. Bear Necessities runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge, with 2.0 for 26.3 as the latest Fabric build and 1.0.4 for 1.21.1 as the latest NeoForge build, and the mod is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Tameable Grizzly Bears
Grizzly bears can be tamed and become companions that follow and defend the player.
Riding and saddles
A saddle lets the player mount a tamed bear, and the bear's equipment menu opens while the saddle is held.
Bear armor and collars
Armor is available in leather, iron, gold, diamond and netherite, and a collar can be dyed.
Onesie armor for players
A bear onesie armor set is worn by the player and shows bear styling.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Companion bear on a survival world
A player tames a bear, rides it across the map and equips it with armor for fights.
Raising a cub
Feeding a baby bear raw beef makes it safe to keep while it grows into an adult.
Who it’s for: Players who want a mount that is sturdier than a horse and a pet that can fight, on Fabric or NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1 and 26.3.
How it compares
RideablePolarBears adds rideable polar bears on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.8, and it is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later. Ride Anything is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and available only on Fabric for 1.21.2 – 26.1.2, so players can join without installing it. Bear Necessities covers Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21.1 – 26.3 and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Necessities | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
| RideablePolarBears | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-01-07 |
| Ride Anything | Fabric | 1.21.2 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-04-29 |
Questions
Which loaders does Bear Necessities support?
Does the server need Bear Necessities?
How does a player keep a baby bear from attacking?
In the catalog
Bear Necessities is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This mod 'Bear Neccesities' adds tameable Grizzly Bears. They're more tanky than horses, and hit harder than wolves, but they can't jump.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bear-necessities
- Owner
- inkunn
- Published
- 2026-05-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15