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Cats on Head

by ThomasDarkson

Cats on Head lets players place a tamed cat's head on their own head, and the cat then gains levels and effects tied to the fish it has been fed.

FabricQuiltClient and serverApache License 2.0Open source1.21.4 – 1.21.11

What it does

Tamed cats can be equipped with a cat head item, and the mod adds several improvements to cats, including fixes, a leveling system and changes to morning gifts. A cat's level depends on how many fish it has been fed, up to a maximum of level 5, and each level brings beneficial effects such as extra attack damage, underwater movement speed, a jump boost, immunity to fall damage, damage protection and extra luck when fishing. Fatal Poison is noted as an effect that is described separately.

The mod runs on the client and on the server, so both sides need it. It is published for Fabric and Quilt across eight game versions, 1.21.4 – 1.21.11, and it bundles the Trinket and Cardinal Components API, with the Trinket API used for the equipment slots. Baby cats drop themselves as an item, and item entities for cat items never disappear until their owner picks them up. The mod is open source under the Apache License 2.0 and its source code is public.

Key features

  1. Cat heads

    Tamed cats can be equipped with a cat head, and the head can be placed on the player.

  2. Fish-based leveling

    Feeding a cat fish raises its level, up to level 5, and each level brings a new set of effects.

  3. Level effects

    Effects include extra attack damage, underwater movement speed, a jump boost, fall damage immunity and damage protection.

  4. Creeper behavior

    Creepers that encounter a cat head run away and never attack unless provoked.

  5. Item persistence

    Cat items on the ground do not despawn, and only the owner can pick them up.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.112.0.32.0.3
1.21.102.0.32.0.3
1.21.92.0.32.0.3
1.21.82.0.22.0.2
1.21.72.0.22.0.2
1.21.62.0.22.0.2
1.21.52.0.22.0.2
1.21.41.0.1Not available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Questions

Does Cats on Head need Fabric API?

No required dependency is listed for Fabric and Quilt.

Does the server need Cats on Head?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

Which game versions does the mod support?

Files exist for 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10 and 1.21.11, with 2.0.3 as the latest file.

In the catalog

Cats on Head is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

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What the author says

This mod bundles Trinket Canary and Cardinal Components API with its JAR. This mod will not work with custom cats or cat variants.
ThomasDarkson, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
ThomasDarkson
Published
2025-04-12
Updated on Modrinth
2026-01-15
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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