Custom Sheep Breeding

Sheep colors can be customized both at spawn and through breeding. Initial colors of naturally spawned sheep follow the biome tag they appear in, and the chance of each color can be adjusted. Babies inherit a color from one parent or a blend of both, with the odds of each case set separately, and a default of one parent's color can be replaced by listed exceptions. Random color chances are also configurable, so a world can keep vanilla-like results or move far from them.

The mod is aimed at players who want sheep breeding to be a part of the gameplay. Its default settings make acquiring all 16 color variations a task that takes searching and some luck, while wild breeding produces the correct colors only together with a little chance. A dye still colors a sheep, and shearing resets it to its natural color. Installing the mod sets the natural color of each sheep at birth. Turning off natural colors leaves the other changes in place. Server owners can adjust a range of settings from the server config file, and the design draws on the Hardcore Sheep idea that appears in the Better Wolves mod.

Custom Sheep Breeding requires Fabric API and Fzzy Config. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files target 1.20.6 – 1.21.10 on Fabric, with 4.0.0 for 1.21.10 as the latest file. The code is released under the MIT License and is open source.