Chao Garden Mod
by nazrat450
Chao Garden Mod brings a private virtual-pet island to Fabric, where players hatch, raise and evolve Chao in a garden they reach through a sandstone portal.
What it does
Each player gets a private island in a peaceful ocean world, and a portal built anywhere always returns to that same island. Chao hatch from eggs inside the garden, and each one gains its own personality, moods, appetite and memories. How a Chao is treated changes how it grows, and no two Chao turn out the same. Feeding in the right way, including with a favourite food, and training swimming, flight and running raise its skills and stamina.
Chao Ore can be mined underground and smelted into Chao Bars, which craft the Chao Key that opens the sandstone portal frame. Eggs can be found or bought from high-level villagers, and a named Chao can become a parent for breeding. Requires Fabric API and Geckolib; Cobblemon is an optional dependency. Client and server environment, so the server and every player need the mod. Published for Fabric across 11 game versions, 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, under All rights reserved, and the mod is not open source.
Key features
Hatching and raising
Chao hatch in the garden, are named by the player and grow through several stages while the player cares for them.
Personality and DNA
Each Chao has its own personality, moods and skills, and the traits it inherits shape how it develops.
Feeding and training
Garden fruit and a feeding box supply food, and swimming, flying, running and stamina training improve a Chao's abilities.
Chao Ore and key
Chao Ore mined underground is smelted into bars that craft the key opening the sandstone portal.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 1
How it compares
Garden Depths is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.21.4 under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Chaos Cubed Content is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.21.6 – 1.21.11 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. Legends Awaken is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.21.1 under the MIT License and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chao Garden Mod | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-10-15 |
| Garden Depths | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-06-10 |
| Chaos Cubed Content | Fabric | 1.21.6 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-06-09 |
| Legends Awaken | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-14 |
Questions
Does Chao Garden Mod need Geckolib?
Does the server need Chao Garden Mod?
How is a Chao key crafted?
In the catalog
Chao Garden Mod is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Chao Garden brings the much-loved Chao Garden from Sonic Adventure 2 into Minecraft, then goes further. It mixes in the virtual-pet spirit of Tamagotchi and the Digimon Digivice, so every Chao has its own personality, moods, appetite and memories. Each one grows and changes based on how you treat it. Level up Swim…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chao-garden-mod
- Owner
- nazrat450
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15