Silly Critters
Silly Critters adds a set of new creatures to the Minecraft overworld, including a giant dodo, a sea dog, a biped salamander and walking jellyfish, each with its own traits and drops.
What it does
Each creature is based on an odd idea: a giant bird that went extinct in the world's past and once lived in warm biomes, a fish whose scales are rare in gold, a predator that shares traits with wolves, and a jellyfish that moved onto land after years of evolution. Several of them can be tamed, and tamed creatures take on roles such as carrying items or joining battles.
Taming and breeding are central. Eggs can be found in nests and hatched, and some creatures are attracted by food such as sweet meat, donuts or fried oddnanas. Items are also dropped by creatures and found in structures spread through the world, and the mod adds a guide crafted from a dodo feather and a hyraceum book that collects information on the content.
Silly Critters needs Forge for Minecraft 1.20.1 and requires GeckoLib to run. The server and every player need the mod installed. The mod is still in development, and the author is still finishing the guide, so some information is not complete yet.
Key features
Giant dodo
A larger relative of a recently extinct bird, tamable from nests, that can give a freeze treat and dig up treasures.
Walking jellyfish
Jellyfish that have adapted to land, and a sweet living jelly that can be collected in jars for recipes.
Sea dog and biped salamander
A sea hunter whose scales make custom armor, and a salamander that is tamed with fried oddnanas.
Odd larva and living potato
A larva that can be used for a parasitation potion, and a potato creature tamed with bone meal for battle.
New food source
A bucket-based food source and items that can be given to tamed creatures, plus a turret built from an oddnana jar.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want more creatures in the overworld and a set of tamable mobs with food and armor recipes. Server owners adding the mod should install GeckoLib alongside it on both sides.
How it compares
More Critters is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is client and server and released under the MIT License. Bountiful Critters is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is also client and server, and it is released under All rights reserved. Silly Critters follows the same environment and version, and it is released under All rights reserved as well.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silly Critters | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-27 |
| More Critters | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-08 |
| Bountiful Critters | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-08 |
Questions
Does Silly Critters need GeckoLib?
Does the server need Silly Critters?
Which Forge version does Silly Critters target?
In the catalog
Silly Critters 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
Silly critters are been appaering around the overworld having each one something caracteristic and there will be more creatures to be discovered Some creatures being real animals or just fantastic animals to improved minecraft atmosphere (The mod is still in development REQUIRES Geckolib to function) This giant bird…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sillycritters
- Owner
- Criswithcheese
- Published
- 2025-07-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15