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Better Cats Mod

by CatCoding

Better Cats Mod changes how tamed cats behave, feed, heal and fight, with a new taming system and a new mouse meat food chain.

FabricClient and serverMIT License26.2

What it does

Cats get a randomly assigned set of stats, a personality, and a mood, energy and intelligence level when they are created. Trust built by the player affects how taming goes and whether a cat likes dogs. Taming needs 50 hearts for a tamed cat and 20 hearts for an untamed one. Creepers keep their distance from tamed cats within 30 blocks.

The mod adds a new plant that drops itself at a 50% chance when harvested. Dry food and wet food heal cats more than the player, and cats can also heal themselves. Raw mouse meat satisfies only a little hunger and occasionally causes nausea and hunger, while cooked (fried) mouse meat is a tasty food. Fabric API is required. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The mod is released under the MIT License but is not open source. Files target 26.2 only, with the latest Fabric build 0.1.0 for 26.2, published on 2026-08-16 on the beta channel.

Key features

  1. Random cat personalities

    Each cat is assigned random stats and a personality when it appears, so no two cats are identical.

  2. Trust-based taming

    Trust, mood, energy and intelligence shape how a cat responds to taming and whether it likes dogs.

  3. Mouse meat food chain

    A new mob drops mouse meat, which can be fried into a tastier food, while raw meat has weaker and unpleasant effects.

  4. Cat healing food

    Dry food and wet food heal cats, and the new plant feeds cats and heals them.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
26.20.1.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Cute Cats is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 26.3, runs on client and server, and is released under All rights reserved; it is not open source. Catnip is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 26.3 under the MIT License and not open source. Out of my Way is a server-side mod with a client optional, open source under the MIT License and published for 26.2 only.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Better Cats ModFabric26.2Client and server2026-08-16
Cute CatsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 26.3Client and server2026-09-28
CatnipFabric1.21 – 26.3Not published2026-09-27
Out of my WayFabric26.2Server required, client optional2026-07-07

Questions

Does Better Cats Mod need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is listed as a required dependency, so it must be installed next to Better Cats Mod.

Does the server need Better Cats Mod?

Yes. Installation covers the server and each player's game.

Which game versions does Better Cats Mod support?

Files are published only for 26.2, with the latest Fabric build 0.1.0 for 26.2 on the beta channel.

In the catalog

Better Cats Mod is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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What the author says

(Questions and feedback gladly to [email protected])
CatCoding, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
CatCoding
Published
2026-08-12
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-16
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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