Sniffer
Sniffer is a Fabric and Forge mob mod that brings the Sniffer from the 2022 mob vote into the game, with a rideable mount and a seed-finding mob.
What it does
Sniffers are tempted with flowers, and a pair of them can be bred with seeds in roughly 10 to 15 minutes. After mating, a Sniffer lays eggs and then digs a burrow in which it searches the ground for seeds, which takes about 5 minutes. Sniffer eggs can also be found in chests inside underwater ruins. Natural spawning is turned off by default, and the spawn biomes can be changed through the Fabric config or a biome modifier JSON file with a biome tag JSON on Forge.
Once a saddle is placed on a Sniffer and a flower is held in hand, a player can ride it. The mount is described as the fastest rideable animal in the mod and can carry up to six players, though it uses water as well. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. Files are published for Fabric and Forge, across four game versions: 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.3 and 1.19.4, with the 1.19.4 builds as the latest.
Key features
Sniffer mob from the 2022 vote
The mod adds the Sniffer mob that was shown in the 2022 Minecraft mob vote, with its digging and seed-finding behavior.
Flower breeding and seed digging
Sniffers are tempted with flowers and bred with seeds, then search for seeds in the ground after laying eggs.
Rideable with a saddle
A saddle and a held flower let a player ride a Sniffer, which carries up to six players.
Configurable spawns
Spawn biomes can be set in the config on Fabric or with a biome modifier and biome tag on Forge, since natural spawning is off by default.
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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
Themed survival builds
Players who want a farm-like companion can use Sniffers to hunt for seeds and gather eggs from underwater ruins.
Multiplayer transport
Servers can give groups a fast mount that seats several players, with spawns placed where the owner chooses.
Who it’s for: Players who want the 2022 mob vote Sniffer in their survival or multiplayer world, and server owners who want to control where the mob spawns.
Questions
Does Sniffer need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Sniffer support?
Why do Sniffers not appear in new worlds?
In the catalog
Sniffer is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 9,374 mods support Minecraft 1.19.4.
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What the author says
This mod contains the Sniffer from the Minecraft mob vote 2022. It will go sniffing around, will lay eggs after mating and will burrow its head and dig out some seeds. It can be tempted with flowers. You can bred them only every 10-15 minutes with seeds. They can sniff out seeds from the ground every 5 minutes.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sniffer
- Owner
- YourDailyModder
- Published
- 2023-09-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-10-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15