Marked Goats
Marked Goats changes which horn a goat drops by giving each goat one of eight textures, and it is a Fabric client mod for 1.21.9 – 26.2.
What it does
Goats in the world get one of eight textures, and the horn they drop follows the texture. The choice comes from a pseudo-random number generated from each goat's UUID, using the same process the game uses to pick a horn, so the same goat always shows the same texture. Screaming goats and grey goats keep most of the vanilla look, and a resource pack can replace the built-in textures with custom ones that follow the structure of the original goat texture.
Because the mod runs on the client alone, singleplayer and multiplayer players can use it without the server knowing about it, unless the server changes entity UUIDs. The mod is published for Fabric with files for 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 26.1.2 and 26.2, and the latest file is 2.0.0-alpha.0+1.21.10 for 1.21.10, released on 2026-08-14 on the alpha channel. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the project has public links for its source code and issue tracker, where the author collects requests for new texture collections.
Key features
Eight goat textures
Each goat is shown with one of eight textures, and the horn it drops is matched to that texture.
Stable texture choice
The texture is derived from the goat's UUID, so a goat keeps the same look and horn across sessions.
Resource pack support
Built-in textures can be swapped with a resource pack that follows the original goat texture layout.
Optional overlay
With WTHIT installed, its tooltip shows which texture a goat uses, and the overlay can be toggled in its plugin settings.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who collect goat horns, and resource pack makers who want to replace the default goat textures.
How it compares
Golden Horn Goat is a client-side only Fabric mod for 1.21.11 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, so its code is not open source. Happy Ghast Whistle is a client and server Fabric mod for 1.21.6 – 26.3 under the MIT License, so it has to be installed on the server as well as on every player's client. Goat Horn Noise Mod is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.19 alone.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marked Goats | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-14 |
| Golden Horn Goat | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-29 |
| Happy Ghast Whistle | Fabric | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-17 |
| Goat Horn Noise Mod | Fabric | 1.19 | Server-side only | 2022-06-30 |
Questions
Does Marked Goats need to be installed on the server?
Which Fabric version does Marked Goats support?
Does Marked Goats work with resource packs?
In the catalog
Marked Goats is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Bashing your head against a wall trying to work out which "random" goat horn will drop? Worry not, for now you can leave the head-bashing to the goats! This mod adds a different texture for each of the 8 variants. For the built-in textures, screaming goats are grey while normal goats retain most of the vanilla…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/marked-goats
- Owner
- AllanTaylor314
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15