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Protect Animals

by Kim-Lan

Protect Animals keeps named animals from taking damage, and it can be set to leave some animal types and fish unprotected.

FabricServer-side onlyAll rights reserved1.20.4 – 26.3

What it does

Protect Animals is a Fabric mod that removes some damage sources for animals. Named animals never take damage, and the mod leaves a number of animal types covered, including allays, striders, bats, hoglins and villagers. Naming an animal is a player action, so the protection follows the name tag rather than the creature type.

The mod runs on the server only, so players join without installing it. Fabric API is required. Files target 1.20.4 – 26.3 and cover game versions 1.20.4, 1.21, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3. Protect Animals is not open source and is released under All rights reserved, while its source code and issue tracker are public.

Key features

  1. Named animals are protected

    Animals given a name never take damage from the sources the mod removes.

  2. Water animals and bees

    Squid, axolotls and nautilus can still take damage out of water, bees take damage only from players and other mobs, and dolphins can drown.

  3. Named pigs and lightning

    Named pigs become zombified piglins when struck by lightning, except pigs that have been made killable.

  4. Killable animals

    A named animal can be made damageable again by the player, but once it is named that choice cannot be reversed.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.31.2.2+26.3
26.21.2.2+26.2
26.1.21.2.2+26.1
26.1.11.2.2+26.1
26.11.2.2+26.1
1.21.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.41.2.0+1.21.3-1.21.4
1.21.31.2.0+1.21.3-1.21.4
1.211.1.0+1.21
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.41.0.0+1.20.4
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 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

ZombifiedPiglinXp is a Fabric mod for 1.21.5 – 26.2 that a server needs while clients may skip it, and it is not open source under All rights reserved. BlackPigs is a client-side only Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21, released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and open source. Animals Run From You is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and built for 1.20.1, so the server can run it alone.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Protect AnimalsFabric1.20.4 – 26.3Server-side only2026-09-15
ZombifiedPiglinXpFabric1.21.5 – 26.2Server required, client optional2026-06-20
BlackPigsFabric1.20.1 – 1.21Client-side only2024-06-14
Animals Run From YouFabric1.20.1Server-side only2023-11-03

Questions

Does Protect Animals need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency and must be installed next to Protect Animals on a Fabric server.

Do players need Protect Animals installed?

No. It runs on the server alone, so players need nothing extra to join.

Can a named animal lose its protection?

Only if it is made killable before it is named. Once an animal is named, it cannot be made damageable again.

In the catalog

Protect Animals is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

Named animals never take damage. Also removes some damage sources to animals (listed below). Includes allays and striders, but not bats, hoglins, or villagers. VERSION 1.21.4 AND EARLIER: - Fish are not protected. (Fish are protected in later versions.) - Bees ONLY take damage from players and other mobs. - Named…
Kim-Lan, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Kim-Lan
Published
2024-05-20
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-15
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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