Variant Brush
by Clickism
With Variant Brush, a player holding a brush can right-click a pig, cow or chicken on a farm to change its variant.
What it does
Variant Brush lets players switch the variant of farm animals. Holding a brush in the hand and right-clicking a pig, cow or chicken cycles the animal through the variants available to it. Each click moves to the next one, so a single brush can be used to set any animal to the variant a player wants.
The mod is a Fabric server mod. The server must run it, while a client can add the optional client-side part for its own use. Players who join a server that runs Variant Brush do not need the mod to see the changed animals. It requires Fabric API, which must be installed next to it.
Files are published for Fabric across 11 release versions, 1.21.5 – 26.2, under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and the project is open source. Snapshot builds are published too, and the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Variant switching for farm animals
Pigs, cows and chickens can each be set to another variant by right-clicking them with a brush.
Brush cycling
Each right-click moves the animal to the next variant it has, so the brush cycles through the full set.
Server-side handling
Changes are applied on the server, so the variant a player sets is the one every connected player sees.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Farm presentation
Builders on a survival or creative world can set livestock to a chosen look so a farm matches a build theme.
Server hubs
Server owners running a shared world can offer variant changes to every player without each player installing a client mod.
Who it’s for: The mod suits players who want to control the look of farm animals, and server owners who want variant changes available to all connected players.
How it compares
No Animal Variants is server-side with a client option and covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.5 – 1.21.11, under All rights reserved. Useful Brush is a client and server mod for Fabric alone, open source under the MIT License, covering 1.20.1 – 1.21.11. Brush Client is client-side only, open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variant Brush | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-28 |
| No Animal Variants | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2025-08-07 |
| Useful Brush | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-07 |
| Brush Client | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-08-28 |
Questions
Does Variant Brush need Fabric API?
Does a player need the mod to join a server running it?
Which versions does Variant Brush support?
In the catalog
Variant Brush is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/variant-brush
- Owner
- Clickism
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15