Lucky Paws
by SigmaStudios
Lucky Paws makes tamed wolves and dogs search the area around them and sometimes drop an item at a player's feet.
What it does
Tamed wolves and dogs within 20 blocks of a player check on their own every 60 seconds, with a 20% chance of finding an item. The loot can be bones, sticks, rotten flesh, leather, seeds, iron or gold nuggets, coal, raw meat, slime balls, diamonds, emeralds, ender pearls or name tags. Dogs must be tamed and sitting for the search to happen, and a found item is dropped at the feet of the owner.
Each find can be announced in chat with a colored message naming the dog, and the dog barks happily and emits green particles when it turns something up. Installation needs Forge only. Lucky Paws runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need the mod. It is published for 1.16.5 only, under the MIT License, and is not open source.
Key features
Automatic finding
Tamed dogs nearby search on a timer and can return with an item without any command from the player.
Chat notifications
A colored chat message reports which dog found something, so owners know when a search succeeded.
Item drops at the owner
Found items drop at the feet of the owner, where they can be picked up right away.
Varied loot table
The pool covers common materials like bones and seeds, plus rarer finds such as diamonds, emeralds and ender pearls.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Working Dogs is a Forge mod for 1.16.5 – 1.20.1, and its environment is client and server. Panda Paws is a Forge mod for 1.21.1 with the same client and server environment, and it is licensed as All rights reserved. Tameable Fox is open source under the MIT License, runs on Forge for 1.20.1 and also needs both sides. Lucky Paws, by contrast, targets only 1.16.5 and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Paws | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2026-05-03 |
| Working Dogs | Forge | 1.16.5 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-11 |
| Panda Paws | Forge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-24 |
| Tameable Fox | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-02 |
Questions
Does Lucky Paws need any other mod?
Does the server need Lucky Paws too?
Which dogs can search for items?
In the catalog
Lucky Paws is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 5,992 mods support Minecraft 1.16.5.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/lucky-paws
- Owner
- SigmaStudios
- Published
- 2026-05-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15