Thief Monkey
by Proskey
Thief Monkey adds sneaky monkeys to the Jungle biome that steal items from players, and bananas that let players win the loot back.
What it does
Thief Monkeys are a mob that players find in the Jungle biome. Their chief behavior is to sneak up on a player and take items out of the inventory. After a theft, the player can give the monkey a banana to defeat it and reclaim the stolen loot. The mod is built on the GeckoLib library, which must be installed alongside it.
Breeding works on Thief Monkeys with bananas, just as it does for other animals, so a group can be kept on a farm. Because the mod changes both the world and the inventory, it runs on client and server and must be installed on both sides. Files are published for Fabric only, for seven game versions 1.21 – 1.21.8, with 1.4.3 for 1.21.8 as the latest build. The mod is all rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Sneaky item theft
Thief Monkeys approach players unnoticed and take items from the inventory during a chase.
Jungle spawns
The monkeys generate in the Jungle biome, where players must travel to find them.
Banana recovery
Feeding a banana to a monkey defeats it and returns the stolen items to the player.
Breeding with bananas
Thief Monkeys breed when fed bananas, following the same rules as other animals.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Jungle exploration
Players travelling through jungle terrain meet the monkeys and must guard their belongings.
Monkey farms
Players who breed Thief Monkeys can keep a group of them as livestock.
Who it’s for: Players who want a thieving mob in their Fabric world, and server owners who run the mod for multiplayer play on 1.21 – 1.21.8.
How it compares
Monkeys and Others is the closest alternative: it runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and is all rights reserved. J's Banana Mod is open source under the MIT License and targets 1.21.1 only on Fabric. Simple Bananas is all rights reserved and covers 1.21.5 – 1.21.8 on Fabric. Each of these is a client and server mod, the same environment as Thief Monkey.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thief Monkey | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-09-27 |
| Monkeys and Others | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-14 |
| J's Banana Mod | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-04 |
| Simple Bananas | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-08-11 |
Questions
Does Thief Monkey need Geckolib?
Does Thief Monkey have to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Thief Monkey support?
In the catalog
Thief Monkey is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/thief-monkey
- Owner
- Proskey
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15