Old Friends Any Mob Sanctuary
Old Friends Any Mob Sanctuary keeps most animals on a server from taking damage, so they stay alive through falls and other harm.
What it does
A player who joins a server running this Fabric mod finds that most animals can no longer be hurt, which removes the damage that would otherwise kill axolotls and other mobs that take fall damage. The change is made by hooking into the damage method of AnimalEntity, so bats, dolphins and fish are not covered. The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing anything, and it is released under the MIT License as open source. Files target 1.18 – 1.18.2 and the latest build is 0.0.1-1.18.2 for 1.18.2, published on 2023-02-23.
Key features
Animals made immortal
Most AnimalEntity mobs ignore damage, so animals on the server stay alive through falls and other harm.
Fish, bats and dolphins excluded
Bats, dolphins and fish keep taking damage because the change does not touch them.
Server-side change
Only the server needs the mod, so clients can join without installing it.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Simple Immortal Pets is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 that both the server and clients run, and it is open source under the MIT License. The Glorious Axeolotl is a Fabric mod for 1.18.2 that needs both sides and is not open source, released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Friends Any Mob Sanctuary | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.18.2 | Server-side only | 2023-02-23 |
| Simple Immortal Pets | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-09-13 |
| The Glorious Axeolotl | Fabric | 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2022-05-14 |
Questions
Does Old Friends Any Mob Sanctuary need to be installed on clients?
In the catalog
Old Friends Any Mob Sanctuary is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.
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What the author says
My wife got so mad at axolotls dying of fall damage constantly that I learned to do mixins about it. This mod prevents all AnimalEntities from taking damage from any source by causing their "damage" method to return "false" no matter what. (For your reference, because it surprised me: bats, dolphins, and fish don't…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/old-friends-any-mob-sanctuary
- Owner
- riverbanksquid
- Published
- 2023-02-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-02-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15