Pigs Plus
by XAV_Digital
Pigs Plus restores riding pigs for players who want a faster ride, with a Golden Carrot Stick that steers them and a golden carrot breeding and healing option.
What it does
The Golden Carrot Stick steers a pig at higher speed than the standard tool, and it lasts far longer before it breaks. Holding it while riding sets the pig's transportation speed above the default. A rider can also take a pig into water and swim with it, a ability the author describes as long forgotten in the vanilla game.
Golden carrots can be used to breed pigs and to heal them. The mod is published only for Fabric and only for game version 26.1.2, with a single file, 1.0.0, dated 2026-05-08. It runs on the server side alone, so players join without installing anything. The mod is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source, with the source code publicly available. Pig Armor is listed by the author as coming soon and is not part of the current release, so the card covers only what the current file provides.
Key features
Golden Carrot Stick
A stick that steers a pig at higher speed than the standard carrot on a stick and lasts far longer before it breaks.
Swimming while riding
A rider with the Golden Carrot Stick can swim with the pig through water instead of being stopped by it.
Breeding and healing
Golden carrots breed pigs and restore their health, so pigs can be kept as mounts without vanilla carrot use.
Faster pig transport
Pigs can cover ground faster while ridden, closing the gap with horses as a mount for long trips.
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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: The mod suits server owners and players who keep pigs as mounts on Fabric servers running Minecraft 26.1.2. Only the server needs it, so clients can join without installing anything.
How it compares
WhenThePigsFly is a Fabric mod for 26.2 that runs on client and server and is under the MIT License, without open source status. Pigs Might Fly is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that runs on client and server and is released under CC0 1.0 Universal, which is open source. Chicharrones covers 1.21.1 – 26.2 on Fabric, runs on client and server, and is open source under the MIT License. BlackPigs is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21 that is client-side only and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, the same license as Pigs Plus.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigs Plus | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-08 |
| WhenThePigsFly | Fabric | 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-10 |
| Pigs Might Fly | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-14 |
| Chicharrones | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-03 |
| BlackPigs | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21 | Client-side only | 2024-06-14 |
Questions
Does Pigs Plus need to be installed on the client?
Which game version does Pigs Plus support?
Is Pigs Plus open source?
In the catalog
Pigs Plus is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Before horses, there were pigs. Pigs Plus updates the long-forgotten ability to ride pigs by adding a Golden Carrot on a Stick for faster pig transportation, the ability to swim while riding a pig, and more.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pigs-plus
- Owner
- XAV_Digital
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15