Fauna & Orchestra
by Owlest
Fauna & Orchestra turns animal companions into a musical crew, letting players tame nine new animals and assign each one an instrument.
What it does
The mod adds a music-focused magic path. Players tame nine new animals, give them instruments to form a small orchestra, and direct the group with a frog conductor. A mysterious character warns about the dangers of the melomancy and asks for help, and later updates add story progression that leads toward a final battle with the Great Composer. Players can branch into a darker route or a biomantic one.
Musical artifacts such as the choreomania bomb are created through magic, and a new crafting method works through bonds with animals found in the world, producing natural recipes. Jars can be hung on Jar Racks over fuel to watch different ingredients. The Jazz Band, the Myths System and animal costumes add further content. Installation requires Geckolib 4.7 or higher and Patchouli 1.21.1-92 or 1.20.1-84.1 or higher. Fauna & Orchestra is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and is published for Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1.
Key features
Nine tameable animals
Nine new animals can be tamed and assigned instruments to join a small orchestra led by a frog conductor.
Melomancy story
A story progression introduces melomancy, a mysterious character who asks for help, and a final battle with the Great Composer.
Musical artifacts and crafting
Magic creates musical artifacts, and natural recipes come from bonds formed with animals across the world.
Costumes and structures
Animals can be dressed in tuxedos, caps, monocles and baseball jackets, and the Jazz Band plays inside a new structure.
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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.
How it compares
Classic musical discs is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, so it is not open source and adds music discs rather than animals. Stories of Below is Forge-only for 1.20.1 under the MIT License and is not open source, which keeps it limited to one game version. Fauna & Orchestra covers the same two loaders and the same range as Classic musical discs, and its code is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fauna & Orchestra | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-01 |
| Classic musical discs | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-13 |
| Stories of Below | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-25 |
Questions
Does Fauna & Orchestra need Geckolib and Patchouli?
Do players need to install Fauna & Orchestra on the server?
What should be done if the 1.20.1 version has problems?
In the catalog
Fauna & Orchestra is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,927 Magic mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod requires Patchouli 1.21.1-92 / 1.20.1-84.1 or higher If you have problems with the 1.20.1 version, try using Forge 47.4.10 or higher (guaranteed success)!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/faunaandorchestra
- Owner
- Owlest
- Published
- 2025-06-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15