Screaming Goats
by znopp
Screaming Goats is a Fabric mod that changes goat textures so that goats with the screaming trait look different from regular goats.
What it does
The mod separates screaming goats from non-screaming goats by giving the screaming variant its own texture. Players who run it on the client see the altered goats in the world, and nothing about how the goats behave is changed. The mod is client-side only, so the server and other players do not need it.
The texture is supplied as an edit point rather than a finished pack: the author describes taking a barebones resourcepack, extracting the zip, and replacing the goat texture files inside the assets folder while keeping the file names the same. The result is re-zipped and applied as a resourcepack. Installation is a single jar placed in the mods folder for Fabric, and the author notes that the mod works with Forge as well.
The project is published for 1.19 – 1.21.7 across eleven release versions, with the latest Fabric file, 1.6-1.21.7, built for 1.21.7. The code is released under the MIT License and is open source, and the source code and issue tracker are linked publicly.
Key features
Distinct screaming goats
Goats with the screaming trait receive a separate texture, so they can be told apart from regular goats at a glance.
Cursed texture swap
The mod ships a deliberately unusual goat texture for the screaming variant, which can be left as is or replaced.
Editable texture files
The goat texture lives in the assets folder of a resourcepack, so a player can swap in a different image by keeping the same file name.
Step-by-step texture guide
The author text walks through taking the barebones resourcepack, extracting it, editing the file and re-zipping it.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Cursed visual pranks
Players who want an odd appearance for screaming goats on a single-player world or a private client can set one up with the texture swap.
Custom goat art
Because the texture is meant to be replaced, a player can use their own image for the screaming goats.
Who it’s for: Players who want to change how screaming goats look on their own client and are comfortable editing a resourcepack by hand. Servers do not need the mod, since it runs on the client alone.
Questions
Does Screaming Goats need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Screaming Goats use?
How is the goat texture changed?
In the catalog
Screaming Goats is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 13,697 mods support Minecraft 1.21.7.
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What the author says
If you want to edit the texture to something more reasonable, here are step-by-step instructions as to how you could do that.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/screaming-goats
- Owner
- znopp
- Published
- 2022-06-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15