Private Horses
by somyk
Private Horses lets a tamed horse, donkey or mule be owned, shared and protected, and it adds a sneak-and-sugar control for owners.
What it does
Only the owner of a horse, donkey or mule can ride, leash, equip or interact with it by default, and the mod adds a sneak right-click with sugar to change who may use the animal. Owners can make a mount public, or share and reclaim access for specific players. The mod also lets an owner transfer a tamed animal to another player, which was inspired by the Transferable Pets mod.
A gamerule named private-horses.disable damage stops horses, donkeys and mules from taking damage, with the exceptions of fall damage and damage dealt by their owner, and it is turned off by default. The mod is published for Fabric only, across 8 release versions 1.21 – 1.21.11, and it is server-side only, so players join without installing it. It is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 and is open source, with public source code.
Key features
Owner-only interaction
Only the owner can ride, leash or interact with a tamed animal, which keeps random riders off a mount.
Sneak and sugar access control
Sneak right-clicking an animal with sugar opens the sharing control, so owners can freely switch a mount between public and private.
Damage prevention gamerule
A gamerule stops damage to horses, donkeys and mules, except fall damage and damage from the owner, for servers that want extra protection.
Ownership transfer
An owner can give a tamed animal to another player, who becomes the new owner.
Armor stays in inventory
Armor a player tries to equip on someone else's horse stays in the player's inventory, so a client-side display glitch does not leave a visual copy on the animal.
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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.
How it compares
Leash Villager is a Fabric mod for 1.21.9 – 26.3 that is also server-side only, under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Equus is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that needs both client and server and is released under the MIT License as open source. Horse Buff is a Fabric option for 1.16.5 – 1.21.4 that can run on either side, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 and not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Horses | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-03-25 |
| Leash Villager | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-19 |
| Equus | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-07 |
| Horse Buff | Fabric | 1.16.5 – 1.21.4 | Client or server, optional | 2025-03-25 |
Questions
Does Private Horses need to be installed on the client?
Which Minecraft versions does Private Horses support?
Who can ride a horse protected by Private Horses?
In the catalog
Private Horses is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
This mod ensures that only the owner can interact with their horse, donkey, or mule — no more random riders jumping on your beloved steed! Exceptions apply only to server operators and players with the private-horses.interact permission. Want extra protection for your tamed animals? Enable the new gamerule…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/private-horses
- Owner
- somyk
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15