Pet Overhaul
by exoenrgy
Pet Overhaul changes how tamed wolves, cats, horses and llamas work in combat, travel and protection, and adds four wolf armor pieces.
What it does
Tamed wolves can be equipped with wolf armor by right-clicking them with an armor piece. The armor absorbs incoming damage before the wolf takes harm, and its durability drops by the rounded-up damage amount. Shears removed by a right-click take the armor off again, and the piece breaks when its durability runs out. The mod covers damage types that vanilla wolf armor does not, including indirect magic, void damage, world border damage, entity cramming and generic kill damage.
The mod mainly upgrades wolves, cats, horses and llamas, with extra changes for other tamed creatures. Wolves can receive a Totem of Undying, which activates when the dog would die and grants totem effects, and the owner receives a message when that happens. A Dog Rage mechanic makes a wolf faster and stronger in danger. Cats become more agile, and horses and llamas are improved for travel, so llamas can carry villagers. Installation requires Forge, and the mod is published for 1.20.1 as the 1.0 file, released 2026-05-27, under the MIT License. It is not open source.
Key features
Four wolf armor pieces
Iron and gold wolf armor, plus two further tiers, are rendered on the wolf and show their durability.
Armor absorbs damage
Wolf armor takes hits before the pet does, covering several damage types that vanilla armor leaves out.
Totem Undying for dogs
A wolf can carry a Totem of Undying that activates when it is about to die, and the owner is told when it does.
Dog Rage mechanic
In danger a tamed wolf becomes faster and stronger, which makes it more useful in combat.
Gallery
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 keep tamed wolves, cats, horses or llamas and want them to be more useful in combat, travel and protection. Players on a server need the mod too, since the environment is client and server.
How it compares
Armored Paws Backport covers the same 1.20.1 version and is client and server under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, but it adds only wolf armor. Wolf Armor and Storage Enhanced is client and server under the MIT License for 1.20.1 and adds wolf armor with storage.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Overhaul | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-27 |
| Armored Paws Backport (Wolf Armor) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-11 |
| Wolf Armor and Storage Enhanced (MuddyPort) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-12 |
Questions
Does Pet Overhaul need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Pet Overhaul use?
Can wolf armor be removed once equipped?
In the catalog
Pet Overhaul is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Pet Overhaul is a mod focused on making Minecraft pets and mounts more useful in combat, travel, protection, and utility. It mainly upgrades wolves, cats, horses, llamas and more! This mod deeply improves wolves, cats, horses, llamas, and other tamed creatures, adding new combat, defense, travel, and utility…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pet-overhaul
- Owner
- exoenrgy
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15