Living Fauna
by uokik
Living Fauna brings real-world animals into Minecraft, each with behaviors and interactions of its own, so forests and open land feel more alive.
What it does
Living Fauna spawns animals in forests, in dark areas below the surface and in taiga, meadow and snowy biomes. Its mice gather together in groups, and when one is attacked the others scatter. The predators hunt mice, rabbits and chickens, while players are chased by some animals that flee instead of approaching.
Mice can be fed and tamed with raw mouse meat, which is also dropped when a mouse dies. Some mice steal food from accessible chests, so storage is not entirely safe near their habitats. Living Fauna exists to give Minecraft's animals a livelier, more natural presence, and its creatures are built to be encountered while exploring instead of standing as scenery.
Living Fauna needs Fabric API and Geckolib, both required dependencies, and runs on Fabric only. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source. Files are built for 26.1.2 only, and the latest file is 0.4.1, published on 2026-07-06 on the alpha channel. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.
Key features
Real-world animals
Animals modeled on real species appear in the world, each with its own behavior and interactions.
Natural spawning
Animals spawn in forests, taiga, meadows and snowy biomes, and in dark areas above Y50 as well.
Mouse flocks
Nearby mice scatter when one is attacked, so a single hit changes how the whole group behaves.
Predator hunting
Predators hunt mice, rabbits and chickens, adding a food chain to the animals that live in the world.
Chest-stealing mice
Mice can steal food from accessible chests, so players need to guard their supplies.
Taming with raw mouse meat
Raw mouse meat, which mice drop, is used to tame them.
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 2
How it compares
Kind Foxes is server-side only, unlike Living Fauna, which needs both sides, and is published for 26.2 under All rights reserved, not open source. Atmospheric Fauna is also client and server and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, with files for 1.21 – 26.2. Realistic Wildlife shares the MIT License with Living Fauna, is client and server, and covers 1.21 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living Fauna | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-06 |
| Kind Foxes | Fabric | 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-11 |
| Atmospheric Fauna | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-24 |
| Realistic Wildlife | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Does Living Fauna need Fabric API and Geckolib?
Does the server need Living Fauna?
Which Minecraft versions does Living Fauna support?
In the catalog
Living Fauna is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Living Fauna adds real-world animals to Minecraft, each designed with unique behaviors and interactions to make the world feel more alive. The goal of this mod is to make Minecraft’s wildlife feel more alive, natural, and fun.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/living-fauna
- Owner
- uokik
- Published
- 2026-05-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15