BouncyAnimals
by Partonetrain
BouncyAnimals makes passive mobs in the world jump at random, a behavior modeled on animal movement from the 2011 era of the game.
What it does
Animals that the mod affects hop around instead of standing still, with jumps that happen at random moments. Server owners can change how often mobs jump through the config file, and an optional setting adds further jump behavior. The mod was made on commission and targets Fabric for 1.20.1 only, with 1.1.0 as the latest file, released 2026-01-09. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Partonetrain published the mod on 2025-12-02. The author plans to port the feature to newer versions eventually, though no release for those versions exists yet.
Key features
Random mob jumping
Passive mobs jump at unpredictable intervals rather than following a fixed timer.
Adjustable jump frequency
A config option sets how often mobs jump, so server owners can tune the behavior.
Optional extra jump behavior
A further optional setting adds a jump effect that can be switched on or off in the config.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does BouncyAnimals need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does BouncyAnimals support?
In the catalog
BouncyAnimals is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
There are config options for which mobs jump, how frequently they jump, and an additional, optional feature that makes them jump completely randomly. This mod was created as a commission. I would like to port this feature to Train's Tweaks (1.21+) eventually.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bouncyanimals
- Owner
- Partonetrain
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15