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Forever A Child

by Mrbysco

Forever A Child keeps ageable mobs from growing up, so baby animals and villagers stay small for good.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.16.3 – 1.21.11

What it does

Ageable mobs normally mature into adults after a set time. This mod blocks that step, so a baby cow or other young mob remains a baby indefinitely. The behavior is applied through tags and datapacks, which lets server owners choose which mobs are affected and change the rules without editing code. Both the server and every player need the mod, and Fabric API is required beside it. The project is open source under the MIT License and has files for 1.16.3 – 1.21.11 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Key features

  1. Permanent baby mobs

    Ageable mobs such as cows stay in their baby form and never reach adulthood.

  2. Tag-based selection

    Which mobs are affected is set through tags, so the list can be adjusted in a datapack.

  3. Datapack control

    Server owners can change the behavior with datapacks instead of editing the mod.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x9 of 9 versions with builds
1.21.112.6.0Not available2.6.0
1.21.102.5.0Not available2.5.0
1.21.82.5.0Not available2.5.0
1.21.72.4.1Not available2.4.1
1.21.62.3.1Not available2.3.1
1.21.52.2.1Not available2.2.1
1.21.42.1.1Not available2.1.1
1.21.12.0.1Not available2.0.1
1.21Not availableNot available1.4.0
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.5Not availableNot available1.3.0
1.20.4Not availableNot available1.2.0
1.20.2Not availableNot available1.1.0
1.20.11.1.01.1.01.1.0
1.20Not available1.0.4Not available
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x3 of 3 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Questions

Does Forever A Child need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is listed as a required dependency and must be installed next to the mod.

Does the server need the mod?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

More from Mrbysco

All projects
Ageing Spawners1.12.2 – 26.3Roughly Enough Professions (REP)1.18.2 – 26.3EMI professions (EMIP)1.20.1 – 1.21.1Just Enough Professions (JEP)1.16.5 – 26.3Raided1.18.2 – 26.3Distant Friends1.18.2 – 26.2

What the author says

This mods give you the ability to prevent any ageable mobs in the game from reaching adulthood (ex. baby cows will stay babies forever). Preventing a mob from ageing can be done by right clicking it with a Poisonous Potato. To make it continue ageing you can right click the mob with a milk bucket.
Mrbysco, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Mrbysco
Published
2022-05-24
Updated on Modrinth
2026-01-10
Facts verified
2026-10-15
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