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Saddle me Naturalist

by oliistar

Saddle me Naturalist gives the animals added by Naturalist saddles and riding controls, so players can mount boars, deer, lions, giraffes, hippos, rhinos and elephants.

FabricClient and serverAll rights reserved1.20.1 – 1.20.6

What it does

Tamed animals from Naturalist can be saddled, and the saddle is shown on the model. Riding uses a horse-style inventory opened with the inventory key while sneaking and right-clicking the animal. Elephants can carry cargo in their saddle slot, and shears remove saddles and chests from an animal.

Only tamed animals change. Owners are never attacked by their own tamed animals, while untamed animals keep their natural behavior: elephants still defend calves, boars still hold grudges, deer still bolt and hippos still dislike swimmers. Tamed animals do not despawn, and a saddle drops when its animal dies. Mounted riding slows mining. A maned lion can be tamed as a pride leader, and the pride follows the leader, which is kept near the player's bed. Saddle me Naturalist requires Fabric API and Naturalist, with the optional Jade for block information. GeckoLib is pulled in with Naturalist. The mod runs on Fabric 1.20.1 with Naturalist 5.0pre3 and is published for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6.

Files are published for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, with 1.4.8 for 1.20.6 as the latest build. The license is All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.

Key features

  1. Visible saddles

    Saddles appear on the animal model and remain visible while the animal is ridden or carries cargo.

  2. Horse-style riding inventory

    The riding inventory opens with the inventory key, with the saddle slot used for elephant cargo.

  3. Jump and dash controls

    A jump bar lets riders leap with deer and lions and dash on heavy animals in the camel style.

  4. Pride leadership

    A maned lion tamed as pride leader can be followed by tamed pride members, and the pride hunts and sleeps near the leader's bed.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.61.4.8
1.20.51.4.8
1.20.41.4.8
1.20.31.4.8
1.20.21.4.8
1.20.11.4.8
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 2

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required
NaturalistAdds 47 animals *(and 66 variants)* to your world with immersive behaviors and drops.
Required

Optional 1

Jade 🔍Shows information about what you are looking at. (Hwyla/Waila fork for Minecraft 1.16+)
Optional

Questions

Does Saddle me Naturalist need Naturalist?

Yes. Naturalist is a required dependency and supplies the animals that this mod makes rideable.

Do servers and players both need the mod?

Yes. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too.

What happens to tamed animals that die?

When a tamed animal dies, its saddle falls to the ground, and if the pride leader dies with no tamed heir, the pride leaves its owner.

In the catalog

Saddle me Naturalist is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.

Transportation mods3,932Fabric modsMods for 1.20.611,154

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What the author says

Ever chased a Naturalist deer through the forest and thought "I should be riding that"? Now you can. Saddle Up: Naturalist turns the wildlife from Naturalist into proper mounts - each tamed its own way, each with its own riding feel. Tame the maned pride leader and the whole pride half-tames with it: they'll let…
oliistar, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
oliistar
Published
2026-07-05
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-06
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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