Fennec
by SmarterCob
Fennec adds a Fennec Fox mob to the Badlands, a fox that digs a burrow in red sand and can be lured out with rabbits.
What it does
The Fennec Fox is a new unique mob for the Badlands biome. Fennec Foxes spawn naturally there, and a fox that feels threatened digs a Fennec Burrow, which can only be dug into red sand. A fox in its burrow stays hidden until the player draws it out. Live rabbits holding raw or cooked rabbit can coax it out, while thunderstorms, fast-moving players and hostile mobs count as threats that make it retreat again.
The mod is built for Fabric and runs on the client and the server, so both sides need it. It covers only the 1.21.8 game version, with a single Fabric file, version 1.0.0, published on 2026-05-12. No required dependency is listed for Fabric.
Key features
Naturally spawning foxes
Fennec Foxes appear on their own in the Badlands, so players meet them while exploring that biome.
Burrows dug in red sand
A threatened fox digs a Fennec Burrow only in red sand, which limits where the burrows can form.
Rabbit lure
Live rabbits holding raw or cooked rabbit draw a fox out of its burrow.
Fox sleeping in beds
A fox may sleep in a bed found in the Badlands, with one chance to appear as daytime arrives.
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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.
How it compares
Foxtrot is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that runs on client and server and is under All rights reserved. Fox Tame / Tameable Fox is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11, also client and server, and it is not open source. Kind Foxes is a Fabric mod for 26.2 that runs on the server alone, and it is under All rights reserved. Fennec, by contrast, needs both the client and the server and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fennec | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-05-12 |
| Foxtrot | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-21 |
| Fox Tame / Tameable Fox | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-09 |
| Kind Foxes | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-11 |
Questions
Does Fennec require Fabric API?
Which game version does Fennec support?
Does the server need Fennec installed?
In the catalog
Fennec is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fennec-fox
- Owner
- SmarterCob
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15