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Pickable Pets

by ShiftTheDev

Pickable Pets lets a player pick up a tamed pet, keep it as an item and place it back wherever it is wanted, with Pickable Pets set up on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.16.5 – 1.21.5

What it does

A pet can be picked up into an item form and placed again later. The mod restricts pickup: sleeping or dead pets cannot be taken, and neither can pets farther than a configurable distance, which defaults to 40. Picking up a pet costs levels, two by default, and baby pets are excluded unless the config allows them. A blacklist can name pets that never leave the world.

Revive Altar is a block in the mod that acts as a safeguard for pets. A player right-clicks while holding a pet in item form to store it in the altar. Every feature, including the level cost and the distance limit, can be changed in the config file, or in Mod Menu on Fabric. The author invites reports of incompatible mods.

Pickable Pets requires Alexandria Lib, Architectury API, Cloth Config API and Fabric API on Fabric, and Mod Menu is optional. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. Builds cover 1.16.5 – 1.21.5 on 18 release versions, and the license is All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source.

Key features

  1. Pet pickup into items

    A tamed pet is turned into an item that can be carried and set down at another location.

  2. Pickup restrictions

    Sleeping, dead and distant pets cannot be taken, and the distance limit defaults to 40 blocks.

  3. Level cost

    Each pickup costs levels, with two levels as the default amount, so the feature has a price.

  4. Revive Altar storage

    A block stores pets in item form, so a pet can be kept safe until it is needed again.

  5. Configurable blacklist

    Selected pet types can be excluded from pickup, and no pets are blacklisted by default.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.21.51.3.4Not available1.3.4
1.21.41.3.4Not available1.3.4
1.21.31.3.4Not available1.3.4
1.21.21.3.4Not available1.3.4
1.21.12.0.3.2Not available2.0.3.2
1.211.3.3Not available1.3.3
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.20.61.3.3Not available1.3.3
1.20.41.3.31.3.31.3.3
1.20.21.2.3+1.20.21.2.3+1.20.2Not available
1.20.11.3.41.3.4.2Not available
1.201.2.3+1.201.2.3+1.20Not available
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.19.41.2.3+1.19.41.2.3+1.19.4Not available
1.19.31.2.3+1.19.31.2.3+1.19.3Not available
1.19.21.3.01.3.0Not available
1.191.2.3+1.191.2.3+1.19Not available
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 4

Architectury APIAn intermediary api aimed to ease developing multiplatform mods.
Required
Cloth Config APIConfiguration Library for Minecraft Mods
Required
Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required
Alexandria LibAlexandria is a lightweight Minecraft library mod that provides shared utilities and a common foundation for other mods. It doesn’t add gameplay on its own but serves as a core dependency to make mods easier to build and maintain.
Required

Optional 1

Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Optional

How it compares

Full comparison

Pet Pass: Trade Your Pets! is a Forge-only mod for 1.16.5 – 1.21.8, with client and server environment and All rights reserved license. Safe Pets is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.19.1 – 1.21.11, released under the MIT License, so the license differs from Pickable Pets. Pets Not Friendly Fire runs on Fabric alone, server-side only, and is open source under CC0 1.0 Universal.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Pickable PetsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.16.5 – 1.21.5Client and server2026-02-25
Pet Pass: Trade Your Pets!Forge1.16.5 – 1.21.8Client and server2025-09-15
Safe PetsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.19.1 – 1.21.11Client and server2026-05-24
Pets Not Friendly FireFabric1.21 – 1.21.1Server-side only2024-09-15

Questions

Does Pickable Pets need Fabric API on Forge?

No. Fabric API is required only on Fabric. On Forge and NeoForge, the required dependencies are Alexandria Lib, Architectury API and Cloth Config API.

Must the server run Pickable Pets?

Yes. Servers that run it need every player to install it too.

Can baby pets be picked up?

Not by default. The config allows baby pets to be picked up if the server owner changes that setting.

In the catalog

Pickable Pets is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.

Game mechanics mods29,952Fabric modsMods for 1.21.515,307

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What the author says

This mod gives you the ability to pick up pets, keep them as Items and place them back where you want. All features can be disable/changed in the config file (or in the Mod Menu on Fabric).
ShiftTheDev, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
ShiftTheDev
Published
2023-10-22
Updated on Modrinth
2026-02-25
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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