Respawn Animals
by Bizebis
Respawn Animals makes naturally spawned animals return to their location after they are killed, for Forge.
What it does
Animals that spawned naturally in the world come back at the place where they died after a set number of in-game days. A blacklist lets a server owner exclude specific mobs from respawning. Animals that a player brings back through an Amulet of Souls are not returned, so the mod does not interfere with tamed or captured creatures in the inventory. The mod runs on client and server, so both need it. Files are published for Forge for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1, and version 2.0.0 for 1.20.1 is the latest. The code is released under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
Key features
Animal respawn
Naturally spawned animals reappear at the location where they were killed.
Day-based timing
The respawn delay is counted in in-game days, so animals return on a schedule rather than instantly.
Mob blacklist
Specific mobs can be listed so they never respawn after being killed.
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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
Explosive Animals! is a server-side only mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, covering 1.19.2 – 1.21.1, and is released under All rights reserved. Soul linked mobs is a Forge mod for 1.18.2 that is open source under the MIT License and can be on either side.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respawn Animals | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-11-22 |
| Explosive Animals! | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-09-04 |
| Soul linked mobs | Forge | 1.18.2 | Client or server, optional | 2023-01-16 |
Questions
Does Respawn Animals need to be on the server?
Which versions does Respawn Animals support?
In the catalog
Respawn Animals is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
This Mod works simply. Whenever a world-spawned animal is killed, it will respawn after a while in a location close to its death. If you don't want the animal to return, have the Amulet of Souls in your inventory.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/respawn-animals
- Owner
- Bizebis
- Published
- 2023-11-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-11-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15