Critter Armory
by jahirtrap
With Critter Armory, pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, wolves, cats and horses can each wear armor that players fit by right-clicking the animal.
What it does
Critter Armory covers the horse, wolf, cat, chicken, cow, pig and sheep, with a separate armor set for each mob that uses custom models for that animal. A player equips a piece by right-clicking the mob and takes it off again with shears. The mod also adds two feeding items: Balanced Feed restores a set amount of health, and Vitality Feed raises a mob's maximum health in steps up to a configurable ceiling while fully restoring its health. The amounts and the ceiling are set in the config file.
Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 28 release versions, 1.18.2 – 26.3, and the code is not open source, with all rights reserved by the author. The Mod Menu integration is optional and only adds a configuration screen.
Key features
Armor for seven mobs
Horse, wolf, cat, chicken, cow, pig and sheep each have their own armor set, with the sheep set still in progress.
Equip and remove by hand
Right-clicking an animal fits the armor, and shears take it back off.
Custom armor models
Every armor type has a model fitted to the body of the animal it covers.
Balanced Feed
Heals a mob by a configurable amount, six points by default.
Vitality Feed
Raises a mob's maximum health by a configurable step, six by default, up to a configurable cap of 30, and restores its health in full.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Decorating a farm
Players who keep livestock on a farm can dress cows, pigs and sheep in matching armor.
Strengthening pets
Wolves and cats can be armored and fed with Vitality Feed to raise their maximum health over time.
Who it’s for: Players who keep animals on a survival world or a multiplayer server, and server owners who want armored mobs. Players who join a server running the mod must install it too.
How it compares
Sheep Armor is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only, runs on client and server, and covers 1.19.2 – 26.3 on all four loaders. Horse armors is open source under the MIT License, runs on client and server, and is published for Fabric, Forge and Quilt only, for 1.19.3 – 1.20.2. No Animal Variants is server required with client optional, has All rights reserved licensing and covers 1.21.5 – 1.21.11, so it changes mob variants rather than armor.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critter Armory | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-19 |
| Sheep Armor | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-28 |
| Horse armors | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.19.3 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2024-01-12 |
| No Animal Variants | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2025-08-07 |
Questions
Does Critter Armory need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders can run Critter Armory for 26.3?
How are the armor pieces removed?
In the catalog
Critter Armory is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Armor for your animals: pig, cow, sheep, chicken, wolf, cat & more
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/critter-armory
- Owner
- jahirtrap
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
