Vanilla Capybaras
by PhoenixTails
Vanilla Capybaras adds capybara mobs to Fabric worlds, which players tame with tangerines and breed with bark.
What it does
Capybaras are added as tameable mobs, fed with tangerines, which are a new food item. Taming does not make them happy on its own, so players breed them with bark. Tangerines also give a slightly better nutrition value than apples. Bark is obtained by stripping logs or wood, and a log or wood block can be crafted back from bark with sticks.
Tangerines can be equipped in the helmet slot by left clicking, which places a tangerine head on the player. The author lists further features as upcoming, including copper tools and saddling in a later update, and a 3D tangerine hat. The author notes that most features were built with the Fabric generator in MCreator, and that updates may change them.
The mod is built for 1.21.8 with Fabric API as its required dependency. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Tameable capybara mobs
Capybaras appear as tameable mobs that players can feed, make happy and breed.
Tangerine food item
Tangerines are a new food source with slightly better nutrition than apples.
Bark from stripped wood
Stripping logs or wood yields bark, which is used to breed capybaras and to craft wood blocks back from sticks.
Tangerine helmet
A tangerine can be placed in the helmet slot by left clicking, as a cosmetic head item.
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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
How it compares
CA Capybaras is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. [FABRIC] Capybara is a Fabric mod for 1.20 – 1.21.6 under the MIT License and is open source. Trees Rebarked is a Fabric mod for 1.21 under the MIT License and is not open source, and it changes trees rather than adding capybaras.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Capybaras | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-09-28 |
| CA Capybaras | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-06-22 |
| [FABRIC] Capybara | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.6 | Client and server | 2026-01-29 |
| Trees Rebarked | Fabric | 1.21 | Client and server | 2025-02-01 |
Questions
Does Vanilla Capybaras need Fabric API?
Does the server need Vanilla Capybaras?
How are capybaras bred?
In the catalog
Vanilla Capybaras 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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What the author says
Capybaras! They can be fed using tangerines to tame (doesnt do much but make them happy!) and you can use bark to breed them! Tangerines are a new food source you get from brutaling ending the existance of a capybara, providing slightly better nutrition than apples! Tangerines can also be equiped to your helmet slot…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vanilla-capybaras
- Owner
- PhoenixTails
- Published
- 2025-09-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15