My Favorite Pet
by Hyrlost
My Favorite Pet adds new abilities to pets, and players improve them by throwing a ball, feeding the pet its favorite food, and playing with it.
What it does
Throwing a ball makes a tamed pet run to fetch it and bring it back, and each return can give the player a bonus. Feeding a pet its favorite food grants bonuses in the same way. The mod reworks wolves in particular, giving them new abilities and status effects that improve their combat and support roles.
Servers that run it need every player to install it too. It is released under CC0 1.0 Universal and is open source, and only one build exists, for Fabric on 1.18.2, dated 2022-06-03. Public links cover the source code.
Key features
Ball fetching
A thrown ball sends the pet after it, and the pet returns it to the player for a bonus.
Favorite food bonuses
Feeding a pet its favorite food gives the player bonuses, and the food is what triggers them.
New pet abilities
The mod adds abilities to pets, with wolves receiving new status effects that improve their behavior.
Play with pets
Players can play with their pets, a simple interaction that adds to the bonus system.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Pet-focused survival
Players who keep wolves as companions can use balls and favorite food to build up bonuses over a run.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners who want pet interactions to be shared among players can install the mod on the server and on each client.
Who it’s for: Players who keep tamed pets and want to interact with them more directly, and server owners who want pet interactions available to everyone on a 1.18.2 server.
How it compares
Overflow Pet Levels is a client-side only mod, open source under CC0 1.0 Universal, with files for 1.21.5 – 26.1.2, so it does not change what happens on a server. Pet Transfer is a client and server mod under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only, open source, and published for 1.18.1 – 1.21.4, covering pet movement between worlds rather than abilities. Favorite Slots is client-side only, not open source, and licensed as All rights reserved, with files for 1.20.1 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Favorite Pet | Fabric | 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2022-06-03 |
| Overflow Pet Levels | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-03-25 |
| Pet Transfer | Fabric | 1.18.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-01-02 |
| Favorite Slots | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-09 |
Questions
Does My Favorite Pet need Fabric API?
Does the server need My Favorite Pet?
Which game version does My Favorite Pet support?
Can pets be used with other mods that change pets?
In the catalog
My Favorite Pet is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.
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What the author says
Hi! I'm Hyrlost. I just want to let you know what the mod is. It is a mod where we add new abilities to our pets! Like throw a ball and our dear pet will follow it and give it back to us! Also, if we feed our pet with their favorite food, they will give us some bonuses! In this mod I worked with new goals to the wolf…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/myfavoritepet
- Owner
- Hyrlost
- Published
- 2022-06-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-06-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15