Duckies
by Jirho
Duckies adds tameable ducks that wander near river biomes, swim, and can be bred and fought alongside the player.
What it does
Ducks appear in river biomes and move on land and in water. Players can tame them and breed them with duckweed, after which tamed ducks will fight alongside their owner. Untamed ducks are neutral and only attack once provoked.
Ducks pick up items and hold them, and they drop anything they carry when they pick up duckweed. They also take in berries and melon slices, and they drink potions they find. Duckies needs Architectury API and Fabric API, and it is distributed for Fabric and Forge. Both sides need the mod: the server and every player must run it.
The mod is open source under the MIT License, and its source code and issue tracker are public. Files cover 1.19.2 – 1.21.4 across 13 release versions, with 2.0.0 as the latest build for each loader.
Key features
Tameable ducks
Ducks can be tamed and bred, and a tamed duck will defend its owner in combat.
Item carrying
Ducks pick up items, hold them, and drop the held items when they take duckweed.
Feeding and potions
Ducks take in a range of plant and fruit foods, and they drink potions they pick up.
River biome spawns
Ducks generate in river biomes and move between land and water.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x3 of 3 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
Use cases
Animal companions
Players who want a pet that follows and fights for them can tame a duck and keep it near their base.
Who it’s for: Players who want tameable animals in survival worlds, and server owners who want ducks in river biomes. Because the environment is client and server, a server install must be matched by the same install on every player's client.
How it compares
Duck Armor runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, with the same client and server environment, under the MIT License. Too many ducks is a Forge-only build for 1.19.2, also client and server, under the MIT License. Potato Ducks is server-side only, built for 1.20.1 on Forge, and its license is All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duckies | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-07-16 |
| Duck Armor | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-19 |
| Too many ducks | Forge | 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2025-02-22 |
| Potato Ducks | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-11-11 |
Questions
Does Duckies need Fabric API?
Can players tame ducks on a server without installing the mod?
Which versions does Duckies support?
In the catalog
Duckies is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
A simple mod that adds tameable ducks to Minecraft.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/duckies
- Owner
- Jirho
- Published
- 2026-07-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15