Animal Pens Expansion - Naturalist
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📋 About This Mod
# Animal Pen Expansion - Naturalist Lite This mod is a compatibility addon that allows mobs from Naturalist Lite to work with the pens from Animal Pens, making animal management easier and more consistent. ## Features Animal Cage can pick up: - Snail - can be picked up with bucket - Bear - can be fed with bear tempt items and sheared - Snake - can be fed with snake tempt items - Coral Snake - can be fed with snake tempt items - Rattlesnake - can be fed with snake tempt items - Deer - can be fed with apple - Caterpillar - can be fed with flowers - Rhino - no extra interactions - Lion - no extra interactions - Elephant - no extra interactions - Zebra - can be fed with wheat, sugar, hay block, apple, golden carrot and golden apple - Giraffe - can be fed with giraffe food items - Hippo - can be fed with melon - Boar - can be fed with boar food items - (Nat4+) Alligator - can be fed with alligator food items and produce eggs - (Nat4+) Lizard - can be fed with lizard tempt items - (Nat4+) Tortoise - can be fed with tortoise tempt items and produce eggs - (Nat1.0+) Duck - can be fed with duck food items and produce eggs Bird Catcher Pickable: - Butterfly - can be fed with flowers - Firefly - no extra interactions - Bluejay - can be fed with bird food items - Canary - can be fed with bird food items - Cardinal - can be fed with bird food items - Robin - can be fed with bird food items - Vulture - can be fed with rotten flesh - (Nat4+) Dragonfly - no extra interactions - (Nat4+) Duck - can be fed with duck food items and produce eggs - (Nat1.0+) Finch - can be fed with bird food items - (Nat1.0+) Sparrow - can be fed with bird food items Water Container Pickable: - (Nat4+) Catfish - can be picked up with water bucket - (Nat4+) Bass - can be picked up with water bucket ## Sides: Server side adds all interactions. ## 🛠️ Requirements: 📌 **(https://modrinth.com/mod/animalpens)** (Required). 📖 **(https://modrinth.com/mod/naturalist)** (Required).
# Animal Pen Expansion - Naturalist Lite
This mod is a compatibility addon that allows mobs from Naturalist Lite to work with the pens from Animal Pens, making animal management easier and more consistent.
## Features
Animal Cage can pick up: - Snail - can be picked up with bucket - Bear - can be fed with bear tempt items and sheared - Snake - can be fed with snake tempt items - Coral Snake - can be fed with snake tempt items - Rattlesnake - can be fed with snake tempt items - Deer - can be fed with apple - Caterpillar - can be fed with flowers - Rhino - no extra interactions - Lion - no extra interactions - Elephant - no extra interactions - Zebra - can be fed with wheat, sugar, hay block, apple, golden carrot and golden apple - Giraffe - can be fed with giraffe food items - Hippo - can be fed with melon - Boar - can be fed with boar food items - (Nat4+) Alligator - can be fed with alligator food items and produce eggs - (Nat4+) Lizard - can be fed with lizard tempt items - (Nat4+) Tortoise - can be fed with tortoise tempt items and produce eggs - (Nat1. 0+) Duck - can be fed with duck food items and produce eggs
Bird Catcher Pickable: - Butterfly - can be fed with flowers - Firefly - no extra interactions - Bluejay - can be fed with bird food items - Canary - can be fed with bird food items - Cardinal - can be fed with bird food items - Robin - can be fed with bird food items - Vulture - can be fed with rotten flesh - (Nat4+) Dragonfly - no extra interactions - (Nat4+) Duck - can be fed with duck food items and produce eggs - (Nat1. 0+) Finch - can be fed with bird food items - (Nat1. 0+) Sparrow - can be fed with bird food items
Water Container Pickable: - (Nat4+) Catfish - can be picked up with water bucket - (Nat4+) Bass - can be picked up with water bucket
Server side adds all interactions.
## 🛠️ Requirements:
📌 (https://modrinth.com/mod/animalpens)** (Required). 📖 (https://modrinth.com/mod/naturalist)** (Required).
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- BONNe
- Version
- 6.0.0
- Downloads
- 1,891
- Endorsements
- 3
- Category
- fabric
- Created
- 4/29/2026
- Updated
- 5/29/2026
- Game Versions
- 1.21.1
- Tags
- game-mechanics, utility
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Animal Pens Expansion - Naturalist support?
The author lists 1.21.1. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Animal Pens Expansion - Naturalist?
Version 6.0.0, published 2026-05-29 with 1,891 downloads recorded at the source.
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