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Zoo and Wild Animals: Evolved

by ZAWA: Evolved

Players who want animals in their world can add Zoo and Wild Animals: Evolved, a Forge mod from ZAWA: Evolved that adds tamable wild animal mobs with care needs.

ForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.16.5 – 1.20.1

What it does

ZAWA: Evolved adds tamable animal mobs with behavior, animations and care needs. Tamed animals are fed kibble and need access to food, water and enrichment to stay healthy. Each animal has a gender, favorite foods and an individual breeding success rate, and some are ambient animals that cannot be tamed. Information drawn from real-life animal conservation science appears in a data book that players can use to learn about each species.

The mod is aimed at zoo builders and exhibit designers. It adds decorative blocks such as animal plush blocks, acrylic fencing, plaques and enclosure parts, plus a capture system for gathering animals. Beef Beta builds from earlier releases are listed on the project wiki, which covers the species and blocks in detail. The mod is listed under world generation, decoration, mobs and adventure, and works in both solo and multiplayer worlds.

Installation requires Forge, and the mod is released for 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2 and 1.20.1, with 1.20.1-1.1.0-IA3-alpha5 as the latest Forge file for 1.20.1. Both the server and every player need it, and the code is all rights reserved, not open source. Wonders of the World: A ZAWA Addon and Exhibit Additons: A ZAWA Addon build on the same base.

Key features

  1. Tamable wild animals

    Animals can be captured, tamed with kibble and bred, with success rates that differ between individuals.

  2. Care and enrichment

    Tamed animals depend on food, water and enrichment blocks, so an enclosure needs ongoing upkeep.

  3. Data book

    A data book holds information on each species, drawn from real-life animal conservation science.

  4. Exhibit blocks

    Animal plush blocks, acrylic fences, slabs, doors, trapdoors and plaques help build an exhibit.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.20.11.20.1-1.1.0-IA3-alpha5
1.19.21.19.2-1.1.0-IA3-alpha1
1.18.21.18.2-1.1.0-IA3-alpha1
1.16.51.16.5-1.1.0-IntelligentAnimals3
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Required by 2 mods

Questions

Does Zoo and Wild Animals: Evolved need to be installed on the server?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which Minecraft versions does the mod support?

Files cover 1.16.5, 1.18.2, 1.19.2 and 1.20.1. The latest Forge file, 1.20.1-1.1.0-IA3-alpha5, is published for 1.20.1 on the alpha channel.

Which mods require Zoo and Wild Animals: Evolved?

Lil' Critters - A ZAWA Addon and Essentials - A ZAWA Addon both require it.

In the catalog

Zoo and Wild Animals: Evolved is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.

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What the author says

ZAWA is a mod that adds tamable animal mobs with realistic behavior, animations and care needs, with real-life animal conservation and science information so players - young and old - can learn while they play. The animal catching, caring and conservation mod from 1.12 is back - in the new Evolved version, building…
ZAWA: Evolved, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
ZAWA: Evolved
Published
2024-01-07
Updated on Modrinth
2026-05-02
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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