Mooshrooms Aren't Cows
by ryankshah
Mooshrooms Aren't Cows changes how red and brown mooshrooms behave, so they keep their identity, drop mushrooms when sheared, and grow their mushrooms back over time.
What it does
Shearing a mooshroom drops mushrooms and leaves the animal a mooshroom, instead of turning it into a plain cow. Mushrooms regrow on their own over time, as wool does on a sheep. Mooshrooms eat mycelium, the way sheep eat grass, to restore their mushrooms. Red and brown variants keep their color, and killing one drops beef, leather and mushrooms.
Red mooshrooms also differ from other mobs in combat. When a player hurts one, it turns aggressive, chases the attacker and inflicts poison and nausea on hits. The aggression wears off after 10 seconds. The mod runs on Forge and NeoForge and is needed on both client and server, so every player and the server must install it. Files cover 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, with 1.0.1 for 1.20.6 as the latest release.
Key features
Mooshrooms stay mooshrooms
Shearing a mooshroom yields mushrooms while the animal keeps its form, so the shear never converts it into a cow.
Mushroom regrowth
Sheared mooshrooms grow their mushrooms back over time, similar to how sheep regrow wool.
Mycelium diet
Mooshrooms eat mycelium to restore their mushrooms, mirroring how sheep eat grass.
Aggressive red mooshrooms
Attacking a red mooshroom makes it chase the player and land poison and nausea hits for 10 seconds.
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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.
How it compares
No Mooshroom is a server-required mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Sheared Cows is a client-and-server Forge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1, released under the Apache License 2.0. Fungi Delight is an open source Forge and NeoForge add-on for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 under the MIT License, so it covers a different part of the game.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooshrooms Aren't Cows | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-03-09 |
| No Mooshroom ❌ | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.13 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2025-11-28 |
| Sheared Cows | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-07 |
| Fungi Delight (A Farmer's Delight Add-on) | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-12 |
Questions
Does Mooshrooms Aren't Cows need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does the mod support?
Do mooshrooms still produce mushrooms after shearing?
In the catalog
Mooshrooms Aren't Cows is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Mooshrooms are NOT cows! When you shear a mooshroom, it stays a mooshroom - just without its mushrooms for a while. Like sheep, the mushrooms will grow back - but only if they eat mycelium! The config file is located at config/mooshroomsarentcows-common.toml
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mooshrooms-arent-cows
- Owner
- ryankshah
- Published
- 2026-02-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15