Doggy Talents Next's Palette Of Paws
by DashieDev
Palette Of Paws adds new wolf variants to Doggy Talents Next, each assigned to a biome, so wolves in different parts of the world look different.
What it does
The mod is a companion to Doggy Talents Next. Its wolf variants spawn throughout the world and are tied to the biome they are assigned to. The developers wrote their own interpretations of the variant motif, drawing on the existing Minecraft wolves and on the style of other community variants. Some variants carry special abilities, so wolves can help adventure in a more specific way than a plain color change would.
Palette Of Paws runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and requires Doggy Talents Next and Forge Config API Port on Forge and NeoForge, or Fabric API on Fabric. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The mod is a separate project with its own code, but it uses porting utilities from Doggy Talents Next and works alongside it, so wolves trained through Doggy Talents Next keep their variants. Files cover 1.20 – 1.21.10, with the latest Fabric and NeoForge builds targeting 1.21.1 and 1.21.10.
Key features
Biome-assigned wolf variants
Each new wolf variant is tied to a biome, so spawns follow the terrain the player explores.
Variants with special abilities
Some variants have special abilities that add to how the wolves help the player in combat and exploration.
Trained wolves keep variants
Wolves trained through Doggy Talents Next keep their variant after the companion is added.
Community skin support
The mod works with the Doggy Talents Next community skin expansion and a New Wolves resource pack for client-side appearance.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who already use Doggy Talents Next and want more wolf variants, and server owners who run that companion mod and want the new variants on their server.
How it compares
Doggy Talents Next's Community Skin Expansion is client-side only and is released under the All rights reserved license, with files for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1; Palette Of Paws needs both sides and adds variants rather than skins. Better Dogs X Doggy Talents Next is server required with an optional client, under All rights reserved, for 1.20 – 1.21; it changes wolves in a different way. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie is client-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, for 1.18 – 1.21.5.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doggy Talents Next's Palette Of Paws | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-11-15 |
| Doggy Talents Next's Community Skin Expansion | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2025-04-05 |
| Better Dogs X Doggy Talents Next | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-17 |
| Let Sleeping Dogs Lie | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-05-09 |
Questions
Does Palette Of Paws need Doggy Talents Next?
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In the catalog
Doggy Talents Next's Palette Of Paws is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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- 🎼🎹 Every Paws is a Note in the Grand Wolf Concerto! 🎼🎹 - Since the New Minecraft Wolves debut in the Armored Paws Drop, the Biome-specific Wolf Variants remain an interesting motif to explore and develop upon, as each of the Variants is unique and special in its way, encouraging the player to adventure in…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dtn-palette-of-paws
- Owner
- DashieDev
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15