Breed Horse
by 4x
Breed Horse lets players set the speed, jump height and health of horses and other rideable animals before they breed, so offspring can be given higher stats than their parents.
What it does
Breeding in vanilla Minecraft gives foals stats close to their parents, and players normally cannot choose them. Breed Horse adds a way to set a limit on the stats of animals that players breed, which server owners can use to keep breeding within chosen bounds. The stat limit is configured by the server, and a player who tries to breed beyond it is stopped.
The mod is aimed at survival servers and private worlds where horse breeding matters to the players. Its commands let an operator reload the configuration, check the installed version, and see whether an update message is due. Breed Horse is a mod that Bedrock Edition players can recreate on Java through the same breeding rules, and it is not a port of any Bedrock feature.
Breed Horse runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for Minecraft 1.17 – 26.3, across 34 release versions. Server platforms Paper, Spigot, Bukkit, Purpur and Folia are also supported. The license is All rights reserved, so the code is not open source, though the source is published publicly.
Key features
Breeding stat limits
Server owners can cap the speed, jump and health that animals may pass on, so breeding stays within chosen values.
Reload command
An operator can reload the mod configuration with a command, without restarting the server.
Version command
A command shows which build of the mod is installed, which helps when checking a server for updates.
Update message
The mod can post a message to operators when a newer release is available.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and operators who want control over how horse stats are passed on during breeding, and players who run private worlds with rideable animals.
How it compares
Horses Genetic needs to be on the server, with clients optional, and is published for 1.17 – 26.2 under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license. Craftable Horse Armor also needs the server, with clients optional, under the MIT License. Animal Genetics likewise needs the server, with clients optional, under the MIT License, and covers a narrower span of versions than Breed Horse.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breed Horse | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17 – 26.3 | Not published | 2026-01-31 |
| Horses Genetic | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.17 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-02 |
| Craftable Horse Armor | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.13 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-07-22 |
| Animal Genetics | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-18 |
Questions
Does Breed Horse need to be installed on the client?
Which loader should a server use for Breed Horse?
Does Breed Horse support the latest Minecraft version?
In the catalog
Breed Horse is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
In Bedrock Edition, if you use a speed (or jump) potion on two rideable animals, then breed them, their offspring will have higher stats. By doing this repeatedly, you can stack the effect infinitely... This mod/plugin does not implement this, it's just a crude imitation. Of course, you can set a limit to prevent…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/breedhorse
- Owner
- 4x
- Published
- 2023-12-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15