Pets Locator
by Tomokisan
Pets Locator shows tamed wolves, cats and horses on the vanilla locator bar, so players can find their pets in the world.
What it does
Tamed wolves and cats appear on the vanilla locator bar, tinted with their collar color, and horses get an icon of their own for each coat color. Up and down arrows mark pets that are far above or below the player. The mod scans tamed pets within 64 blocks every 20 ticks and projects each one onto the bar with the same formula vanilla uses for player waypoints. Horses are included because Minecraft tracks horse ownership natively; the mod registers a horse at the moment it is tamed and remembers it locally for each world and server.
The mod runs on the client alone, so a server does not need to install anything. It works in singleplayer, where it renders the player's own bar, and in multiplayer, where pets of nearby players also show. It requires Fabric API on Fabric and can be installed on Fabric or NeoForge. Builds cover 1.21.6 – 26.1.2, with 1.0.4 for 26.1.2 as the latest file on both loaders, and the code is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Pet icons on the locator bar
Tamed wolves and cats are drawn on the vanilla locator bar alongside other players and waypoints.
Collar color tinting
Wolf and cat icons take the dye color of their collar, and the icon updates when the collar changes.
Horse icons by coat
Each horse coat color gets a distinct icon, so horses can be told apart at a glance on the bar.
Vertical position arrows
Up and down arrows indicate pets that are significantly above or below the player.
Local pet memory
Known pets are stored per world and per server, so tracking continues after the game restarts.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who keep tamed wolves, cats or horses and want to locate them without leaving the game screen. Server owners need nothing, because the mod is client-side only.
How it compares
Bannerpoint is a server-required mod with a client-optional side, published under the MIT License and open source, for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21.6 – 26.3. Custom Locator Color is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, but only for Fabric and 1.21.6 – 26.2. RPG Locator Bar is client-side only, uses the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and is not open source, for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21.6 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets Locator | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.6 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-04-26 |
| Bannerpoint | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-18 |
| Custom Locator Color | Fabric | 1.21.6 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-05 |
| RPG Locator Bar | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-11 |
Questions
Does Pets Locator need Fabric API?
Does the server need Pets Locator?
Which pets show up on the bar?
In the catalog
Pets Locator is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Shows your tamed wolves and cats on the vanilla locator bar (added in Minecraft 1.21.6), right alongside other players. Every 20 ticks, the mod scans for your tamed pets within 64 blocks. Their position is projected onto the locator bar using the same formula as vanilla player waypoints. The icon color matches the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pets-locator
- Owner
- Tomokisan
- Published
- 2026-02-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15