LivingThings

Name: LivingThings
Author: Buecher_wurm

With LivingThings, a world gains more than a dozen new animal and creature types, from elephants and giraffes to sharks, penguins and a baby Ender Dragon.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.01.18.2 – 1.21.10

What it does

Players who want a busier world can add the mod's mobs to their survival, creative or adventure maps. The roster covers land animals such as elephants, giraffes, lions, koalas and monkeys, sea and shore creatures such as sharks, seahorses, crabs and mantarays, and birds such as penguins, ostriches, flamingos and owls. Several species are variants of familiar vanilla mobs, including Ancient Blaze, Nether Knight and Shroomie.

The mod needs Fabric API on Fabric. Forge and NeoForge builds run without it. LivingThings is released for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with 17 release versions covering 1.18.2 – 1.21.10. The latest files target 1.21.6 and were published on 2026-10-07. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0, so the code is not open source. Public links to the source code, issue tracker and wiki are available.

Key features

Animal additions
Elephants, giraffes, lions, koalas, raccoons, snails, monkeys and peacocks add new wildlife to land biomes.
Sea and shore creatures
Sharks, seahorses, crabs and mantarays populate water and beach areas, giving ocean travel more life.
Bird species
Penguins, ostriches, flamingos and owls join the existing birdlife with distinct appearances.
Nether and fantasy variants
Ancient Blaze, Nether Knight, Shroomie and a baby Ender Dragon add creatures that fit the nether and end themes.

Gallery

7 more screenshots on Modrinth

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

Version

1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds

1.21.101.21.10-2.3.0-Fabric1.21.10-2.3.0-Forge1.21.10-2.3.0-NeoForge

1.21.91.21.10-2.3.0-Fabric1.21.10-2.3.0-Forge1.21.10-2.3.0-NeoForge

1.21.81.21.8-2.3.0-Fabric1.21.8-2.3.0-Forge1.21.8-2.3.0-NeoForge

1.21.71.21.7-2.3.0-Fabric1.21.7-2.3.0-Forge1.21.7-2.3.0-NeoForge

1.21.61.21.6-2.3.2-Fabric1.21.6-2.3.2-Forge1.21.6-2.3.2-NeoForge

1.21.51.21.5-2.3.2-Fabric1.21.5-2.3.2-Forge1.21.5-2.3.2-NeoForge

1.21.41.21.4-2.3.1-Fabric1.21.4-2.3.1-Forge1.21.4-2.3.1-NeoForge

1.21.31.21.3-2.2.0-Fabric1.21.3-2.2.0-Forge1.21.3-2.2.0-NeoForge

1.21.11.21.1-2.3.2-Fabric1.21.1-2.3.2-Forge1.21.1-2.3.2-NeoForge

1.211.21.1-2.2.0-Fabric1.21.1-2.2.0-Forge1.21.1-2.2.0-NeoForge

1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds

1.20.61.20.6-2.3.1-Fabric1.20.6-2.3.1-Forge1.20.6-2.3.1-NeoForge

1.20.41.20.4-2.3.1-Fabric1.20.4-2.3.1-Forge1.20.4-2.3.1-NeoForge

1.20.11.20.1-2.3.1-Fabric1.20.1-2.3.1-ForgeNot available

1.201.20.1-2.0.2-Fabric1.20.1-2.0.2-ForgeNot available

1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds

1.18.x1 of 1 version 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

Use cases

Livelier survival worlds

Players who find vanilla fauna sparse can spread the new species across their survival maps.

Who it’s for: Players who want more mobs in their worlds, and server owners who want new creatures for players to encounter. Only the server and each player need the mod, so it suits multiplayer groups as well as single-player worlds.