Ecological Garden

Players set up environments by hand, placing the blocks each creature needs. Animals that live on grassland depend on grass blocks and tall grass, while forest animals rely on logs and leaves as cover, and desert animals take shade under sandstone and cacti. Bamboo forests, flower fields and snowfields can be built as well, and an ecology guide opened with V lists the habitat each animal prefers.

The breeding side uses five genes, including speed, weight, hunger and resistance, inherited according to Mendelian rules. Gene analyzers and guides help select parents, and harsh environments can trigger mutations that yield unusual creatures. Herbivores need their own food and prey farms, carnivores need automatic feeders and water sources, and animals that are well fed and hydrated show their production status when right-clicked with empty hands.

The mod runs on the client and the server, so both need it. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge across 1.21 – 1.21.10, with 1.3.2 for 1.21.1 as the latest NeoForge build. It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license and is not open source.