Pocket Legion
by Jackiecrazy
Pocket Legion lets players summon a group of tamed or friendly companions, then send them off, dismiss them or bring them back, and it keeps them safe across logouts and dimension changes.
What it does
Summoned squad members stay with their owner after a logout or a trip to another dimension and are dismissed automatically when the player leaves, so they do not get stranded. A squad can be controlled with banners, which reduces the micromanagement of ordering each pet around one at a time. Summon works on wolves, cats, parrots and villagers, and the mod is built on the same ownership interface vanilla entities use. Squad members do not become loyal by summoning; they behave as they normally would, and friendly villagers can trade on the go while in a squad.
Pocket Legion depends on Footwork, which must be installed alongside it. Because the mod is built on ownership rules that vanilla entities already follow, adding other mob types takes little extra work, and a pet that dies can respawn, so a lost wolf does not have to be grieved for long. The mod runs on the client and on the server, so both need it, and the source code is public under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, which makes it open source. Files are published for Forge only, for 1.20.1, with the 1.4.1 file dated 2026-02-01.
Key features
Squad summoning
Summon a group of wolves, cats, parrots or villagers and keep them together as one squad.
Persistent companions
Squad members stay with the owner across logging off and changing dimensions, and dismissed members wait without fighting.
Banner commands
Banners give orders to the whole squad, which cuts down on issuing separate commands to each pet.
Respawning pets
A killed pet can respawn, so the squad is not permanently reduced by one loss.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who keep several tamed wolves, cats or parrots, and server owners who want villagers or pets to follow players across sessions.
How it compares
Friendly Pets is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License that runs on client and server and is not open source. Team Pets is also for Forge 1.20.1 and the MIT License, but it is server-side only, so players join without installing it. Lucky Pocket is a Forge 1.20.1 mod that runs on client and server, is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket Legion | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-01 |
| Friendly Pets | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-06 |
| Team Pets | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-03-09 |
| Lucky Pocket | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-16 |
Questions
Does Pocket Legion need another mod?
Must the server install Pocket Legion?
What happens to pets when a player logs off?
In the catalog
Pocket Legion 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
This mod allows you to use banners to control your pets and minimize their micromanagement! This idea is greatly influenced by several mods (most now very outdated), including Shincolle, Kindred Legacy, Lovely Robot, Tactical Frame (this one isn't even on curse), Lycanites Mobs, and Callable Horses.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pocket-legion
- Owner
- Jackiecrazy
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15