Wandering Pets (Updated)
by wnyyyy
Wandering Pets (Updated) lets players switch tamed mobs between following their owner and wandering off on their own with a Shift+right-click.
What it does
Tamed mobs stop sitting still and following by default once the player toggles them. A Shift+right-click on a tamed mob makes it stand up and roam around, and the same action returns it to following. The toggle works on any tamed mob, and cats also alternate between sitting, sleeping and roaming on their own, which the config can tone down.
The mod is a fork of an earlier Forge mod, reworked for Fabric and NeoForge. It runs only on the server, so players join without installing anything. It also reaches other added creatures, and the file wanderingpets-common.toml holds the settings, including the option to stop cats from getting sleepy. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge across 18 release versions, 1.20.4 – 26.1.2, and the code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
Key features
Follow and wander toggle
Shift+right-click switches a tamed mob between following its owner and wandering around the area.
Cat idle behavior
Cats rotate between sitting, sleeping and roaming, and a config option can stop the sleepiness.
Modded entity support
The mod scans for other added entities at game load and extends the toggle to those that use vanilla taming.
Editable config
Settings live in wanderingpets-common.toml, so server owners can tweak how the mod behaves.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Servers with many pets
Server owners who want tamed animals to roam their base instead of standing next to one player can enable the toggle for everyone.
Modded tamable mobs
Packs that add tamable creatures can rely on the mod to bring them into the same follow and wander behavior.
Who it’s for: Server owners and modpack authors who run tamable mobs and want them to wander, plus players on those servers who use the toggle.
How it compares
Lyngarr's Wandering Pets is a Fabric-only, server-side mod covering 1.21.4 – 26.1.2 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Tameable Ocelots is a server-required, client-optional mod for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt across 1.21.5 – 26.3, under the MIT License and not open source. Forever Pets is server-side only for Fabric and NeoForge, open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandering Pets (Updated) | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.4 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-17 |
| Lyngarr's Wandering Pets | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-05-28 |
| Tameable Ocelots | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
| Forever Pets | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-18 |
Questions
Does Wandering Pets (Updated) need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Wandering Pets (Updated) support?
Can the cat sleepiness be turned off?
In the catalog
Wandering Pets (Updated) is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Wandering Pets (Updated) is a fork of the original Minecraft 1.16 Forge mod, reimplemented for Minecraft 1.21+ NeoForge and Fabric, while also including a few tweaks and fixes. This is a very simple mod that allows players to toggle the behavior of tamable mobs between following and wandering (as they'd do when not…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/wandering-pets-updated
- Owner
- wnyyyy
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15