Rats and Traps
by MaoBunny
Rats and Traps is a Forge food and mob mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 built around rats, cheese and a cheese dimension.
What it does
Rats are the central theme. The mod adds rats that spawn in the world, rat droppings and a meal made from them, and cheese in large quantities, including cheese blocks crafted from nine cheese placed on a crafting table. Eating cheese opens a route to a cheese dimension, which is reached through a portal built like a regular Nether portal but with cheese blocks in place of obsidian, and a light is needed to activate it. Fossilized rats can be found there.
The mod also covers farming and equipment. New foods can be grown with fertilizer made from bone, and a set of armor and a new scythe can be crafted. Tamed dogs can be put to work against rats, and rats cannot sit because they are too small. Some villages and other places contain structures tied to the rat people, where secrets can be found.
The cheese dimension is still a work in progress. Its water, molten cheese and ground cheese are part of the planned content, and the author describes the mod as one that keeps being updated and extended. Rats and Traps is released under CC0 1.0 Universal and is not open source. It runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it, and the latest Forge file is 2.5.0 for 1.20.1, published on 2023-11-16.
Key features
Rats in the world
Rats spawn naturally, and their droppings can be used in a meal.
Cheese and cheese blocks
Cheese comes in quantity, and nine cheese can be crafted into a cheese block at a crafting table.
Cheese dimension portal
A portal built like a regular Nether portal, with cheese blocks instead of obsidian, leads to a dimension that is still in progress.
Farming with bone fertilizer
New crops grow with fertilizer crafted from bone, adding foods and farming routes.
Armor and a scythe
Armor and a new scythe are crafted from the mod's materials.
Tamed dog army
Players can tame dogs and use them against rats, including ones that open and close doors during an escape.
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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
SimpleRats is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that also runs on client and server, and it is released under All rights reserved. Rats 'n' Greens is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with a client or server optional environment, so it can be added on either side, and it is also All rights reserved. THE Cheese. and Cheese stuffs! are both Forge mods for 1.20.1 with a client and server environment and All rights reserved licenses. Sai_Craft: The Cheese Dimension is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that also runs on client and server, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rats and Traps | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-11-16 |
| SimpleRats | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-02 |
| Rats 'n' Greens | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client or server, optional | 2024-08-18 |
| THE Cheese. | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-02-09 |
| Cheese stuffs! | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-11 |
| Sai_Craft: The Cheese Dimension | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-21 |
Questions
Does Rats and Traps need the server to run it?
Which loader and version does Rats and Traps support?
Is the cheese dimension finished?
In the catalog
Rats and Traps is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This mod will bring new foods and new ways to farm with fertilizer crafted with bone meal and rat droppings from attacking fellow rats. You can tame them and put them in your army of dogs, BUT be careful rats can open and close doors so they can easily escape. The rats cannot sit because they are to small.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/rats-and-traps
- Owner
- MaoBunny
- Published
- 2023-10-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-11-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15