Friendly Guardian Pets
Friendly Guardian Pets adds ten tameable animals to Forge 1.16.5, each with a combat role and a set of power-up items that players can use on them.
What it does
Each of the ten tameable animals fills a different role in a fight. Some act as mini-tanks that absorb hits thanks to their natural armor, such as the Snail. Hybrid pets can fight on land and in shallow water, like the Sea Otter, while aerial pets such as the Woodpecker will strike even at creepers. Tamed pets stay beside the player and join the battle from the player's side, so the mod is built around companions rather than passive decoration.
Pets can be personalized with scarves and necklaces, dyed in primary and secondary colors. Seven pet treats grant buffs or cure a pet, and each treat's effect is set out with the pets' locations and diets on the wiki. Geckolib is required and must be installed next to the mod. The environment is client and server, so the server and every player need the mod, and the code is not open source: the mod is released under All rights reserved. Files are published for Forge only, for the single version 1.16.5, with 0.0.0 as the latest file.
Key features
Ten tameable animals
Ten animals can be tamed, and each has its own combat behavior and natural defenses.
Power-up items
Items strengthen tamed pets, and seven pet treats grant buffs or cure a pet when given.
Pet customization
Scarves and necklaces can be colored with a primary and a secondary color to personalize each pet.
Wiki reference
The wiki lists each pet's location and diet along with the effects of every new pet treat.
Gallery
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.
Required 1
Use cases
Companion combat
Players who fight mobs on land or in water can bring a pet that matches the terrain, such as an aquatic pet near rivers.
Who it’s for: Players who want tamed companions for combat on Forge 1.16.5, and server owners who run the mod for multiplayer with pets that need both sides installed.
How it compares
Just Pets is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 that is client and server, under the MIT License. Starter Pat Name is a Forge mod for 1.16.5 that is client-side only and under All rights reserved, so servers run without it. Pet Compass is under the MIT License and works on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20 – 1.21.1, where only the client is required and the server may skip it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Guardian Pets | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2026-05-08 |
| Just Pets | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-07-12 |
| Starter Pat Name | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client-side only | 2026-04-21 |
| Pet Compass | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client required, server optional | 2026-02-10 |
Questions
Does Friendly Guardian Pets need Geckolib?
Does the server need Friendly Guardian Pets?
Which loader and version does the mod support?
Where can players find pet diets and treat effects?
In the catalog
Friendly Guardian Pets is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 5,992 mods support Minecraft 1.16.5.
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What the author says
Even though they have a similar function to the Wolf, these animals are quite different from each other; for example, some pets serve as mini-tanks to protect you, taking quite a bit of damage thanks to their natural armor, like the Snail. Or hybrid pets that can fight on land as well as in shallow water, like the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/friendly-guardian-pets
- Owner
- KingKitochiki
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15