Rats
by AlexModGuy
Players who want tamed companions can add Rats, a Forge and NeoForge mod that introduces rats as creatures that can be tamed with cheese.
What it does
Rats spawn at night in the Overworld and usually keep away from players. Left alone they can dig through wooden walls, take food and seeds from chests and destroy crops. Rat Traps, stone houses and cats are the traditional defenses against these infestations. The mod requires Citadel on every loader, and the files cover 1.12.2 – 1.20.1 across five release versions.
Cheese is central to the mod. It is made by pouring milk into a cauldron and serves as food, as the taming item and as an ingredient in many rat-related recipes. The cheese process and rat behavior are configurable, and cheese from other mods can replace it. Taming starts by cornering a wild rat and dropping cheese near it; after 10 to 15 feedings the rat trusts the player. Tamed rats can be set to wander, stay in place or follow their owner, and can be given a Crafting Upgrade to automate crafting. The code is under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and the mod is open source.
Key features
Wild and tamed rats
Rats roam like wild animals, and a tamed rat can wander, stay in place or follow its owner.
Cheese taming
Cheese made from milk in a cauldron is used to win the trust of a wild rat over repeated feedings.
Rat cages and breeding
A rat cage with a Rat Breeding Lantern lets rats of opposing genders breed, and pups can show new color mutations.
Automated crafting
A tamed rat with a Crafting Upgrade can be placed on a Rat block to take part in automatic crafting.
Cage decorations
Rat cages can be decorated with several rat cage decoration blocks.
Gallery
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
How it compares
Rat Attack is a Forge and NeoForge option for 1.19.2 – 1.20.6, client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source. The OP Cheese also runs on Forge and NeoForge, client and server, for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, under All rights reserved and not open source. Ratty Helpers! is NeoForge only, for 1.21.8, under the MIT License and not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rats | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-15 |
| Rat Attack | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-07-24 |
| The OP Cheese | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-25 |
| Ratty Helpers! | NeoForge | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2026-06-09 |
Questions
Does Rats need Citadel?
Does Rats have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions have Rats files?
In the catalog
Rats is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,426 Cursed mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
NOTICE: This mod will NOT be backported to 1.18 or 1.19. RATS FOR 1.14.4 AND HIGHER REQUIRES CITADEL! RATS FOR 1.12.2 REQUIRES LLIBRARY!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/rats
- Owner
- AlexModGuy
- Published
- 2023-11-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-11-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15