Ratty Helpers!
by LIghtningBen
Ratty Helpers! lets players tame rats, keep them as pets and store them, and it adds a rat pouch and rat bombs for Adventure gameplay on NeoForge.
What it does
Tamed rats can be kept as pets, fight hostile mobs for their owner when fed cheese, and be stored in a rat pouch. Rats also spawn in meadow biomes. The mod runs on NeoForge for 1.21.8 only, and the latest file, 1.1.0, was published on 2026-06-09. Both the server and every player need it, and it is released under the MIT License, not as open source.
Key features
Tamed rat pets
Players tame wild rats and keep them as companions that follow and defend their owner.
Rat pouch storage
A rat pouch stores tamed rats, which can be placed back into the world when needed.
Rat bombs
Thrown rat bombs spawn four rats on explosion, adding a chaotic option to the rat system.
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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.
Questions
Does Ratty Helpers! need to be installed on the server?
In the catalog
Ratty Helpers! is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,588 Adventure mods for NeoForge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
This mod adds rats to minecraft as pets! Rats will fight the entitys at hurt you or you attack and can be tamed with cheese! Rats will spawn in pains or meadow biomes! You can store tamed rats in a rat pouch, (NOTE this will remove any name tags put on the rat!), or you can put rats in a box at when mined the rat…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ratty-helpers
- Owner
- LIghtningBen
- Published
- 2026-06-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15