Critters and Companions
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📋 About This Mod
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/THxDIWa.png" width="1172" height="456" alt="Critters and Companions"> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/s2AsOQd.png" > <div> <p><br></p> <center> <br><img src="https://i.imgur.com/52LU4mv.png" alt="" width="120" height="32" alt="About"> <p><br></p> Critters and Companions is a vanilla-style creature mod that will fill the overworld with new animals!<p><br></p> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hvmnx7L8QYg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><br></p> **Current mobs:** - Otter: Spawns in rivers. Otters will open clams to find pearls - clams can be obtained by fishing in rivers. Pearls are used to craft the pearl necklace! - Ferret: Spawns in plains and forests and can be tamed with raw rabbit to help you hunt chickens and rabbits. Tamed ferrets can dig for loot after being fed raw chicken - 5 minute cooldown. - Koi fish: Spawns in rivers and can be picked up with a bucket. Groups of koi fish will give the player luck. - Dumbo octopus: Spawns in deep oceans and can be picked up with a bucket. When a player is drowning, nearby dumbo octopuses will help by giving them a bubble helmet. - Sea bunny: Spawns in oceans and can be picked up with a bucket. Sea bunny slime can be obtained with glass bottles and used to craft sea bunny slime blocks. - Dragonfly: Spawns over rivers, can be tamed with spider eyes. When tamed, dragonflies can be given dragonfly armour, crafted with ingots in a diagonal line of 3. - Leaf insect: Spawns in forests and dances to music :) - Red panda: Spawns in jungles and sleeps through the day. Breedable with bamboo, and tameable with sweet berries. When tamed, red pandas will scare away most aggressive neutral mobs! - Shima enaga: Spawns in snowy biomes, tameable with seeds. - Jumping spider: Tamed with dragonfly wings and will protect the player. Drops jumping spider silk, which can be used to craft the silk leash and silk grappling hook. - Stick bug: Does nothing at all, but it dances, all the bugs do! - Acorn weevil: Tameable with acorns, and will attack mobs by throwing clumps of dirt at enemies! - Stag beetle: Tameable with berries, and will defend the player with high damage and knockback! - Rolypoly: Tameable with mushrooms, and can be equipped with a chest. - Snail: Tameable with leaves, and will produce snail slime when right clicked with a bottle. Snail slime is used to brew resistance potions. - Ladybug: Tameable with mushrooms, and will heal nearby pets <p style="text-align:left"><br> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/mnnbI3S.png" alt="Credits"> Josh/Joosh - Art<br>EterDelta - Coding the mod<br>Scratchy - Sound effects<br>Lytho_ - Fabric port<br><br> </center> </div> <div> <p><br></p> <center> **<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZtjUq8p.png" alt="Our Other Projects">** (https://www.modrinth.com/mod/creeper-overhaul) A mod which overhauls the vanilla creepers!<br> (https://www.modrinth.com/mod/creatures-and-beasts) A mod that adds amazing creatures into Minecraft!<br> (https://www.modrinth.com/mod/ghost) A mod which adds two friendly ghost mobs to your world!<br> (https://www.modrinth.com/mod/golem-overhaul) A mod which adds 9 new golem types!<br> (https://www.modrinth.com/mod/enderman-overhaul) A mod which overhauls the vanilla endermen!<br> (https://www.modrinth.com/mod/nightlights) A mod that adds a variety of new light sources to Minecraft!<br> (https://www.modrinth.com/mod/lookin-sharp) Adding 60 new melee weapons to the game!<br> (https://www.modrinth.com/mod/ribbits) Ribbits adds new swamp villages, full of frog villagers! <div> <p><br></p> <center> <a href="https://discord.gg/sGwxnFV"> <img width="10%" src="https://i.imgur.com/T4ltmGW.png" alt="Discord"> </a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Joosh7889"> <img width="10%" src="https://i.imgur.com/ewzK3Zb.png" alt="Twitter"> </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUvb1-kBGDEA1gVtd3UhlLg/videos"> <img width="10%" src="https://i.imgur.com/EirVdtZ.png" alt="YouTube"> </a> <a href="https://ko-fi.com/bonsaistudios"> <img width="10%" src="https://i.imgur.com/AEfwGvx.png" alt="Kofi"> </a> <a href="https://mcmodels.net/vendors/29/joosh"> <img width="10%" src="https://imgur.com/pXWpwIb.png" alt="Mcmodels"> </a> </center> <br> <div>
Critters and Companions is a vanilla-style creature mod that will fill the overworld with new animals!
Current mobs:
- Otter: Spawns in rivers. Otters will open clams to find pearls - clams can be obtained by fishing in rivers. Pearls are used to craft the pearl necklace!
- Ferret: Spawns in plains and forests and can be tamed with raw rabbit to help you hunt chickens and rabbits. Tamed ferrets can dig for loot after being fed raw chicken - 5 minute cooldown.
- Koi fish: Spawns in rivers and can be picked up with a bucket. Groups of koi fish will give the player luck.
- Dumbo octopus: Spawns in deep oceans and can be picked up with a bucket. When a player is drowning, nearby dumbo octopuses will help by giving them a bubble helmet.
- Sea bunny: Spawns in oceans and can be picked up with a bucket. Sea bunny slime can be obtained with glass bottles and used to craft sea bunny slime blocks.
- Dragonfly: Spawns over rivers, can be tamed with spider eyes. When tamed, dragonflies can be given dragonfly armour, crafted with ingots in a diagonal line of 3.
- Leaf insect: Spawns in forests and dances to music :)
- Red panda: Spawns in jungles and sleeps through the day. Breedable with bamboo, and tameable with sweet berries. When tamed, red pandas will scare away most aggressive neutral mobs!
- Shima enaga: Spawns in snowy biomes, tameable with seeds.
- Jumping spider: Tamed with dragonfly wings and will protect the player. Drops jumping spider silk, which can be used to craft the silk leash and silk grappling hook.
- Stick bug: Does nothing at all, but it dances, all the bugs do!
- Acorn weevil: Tameable with acorns, and will attack mobs by throwing clumps of dirt at enemies!
- Stag beetle: Tameable with berries, and will defend the player with high damage and knockback!
- Rolypoly: Tameable with mushrooms, and can be equipped with a chest.
- Snail: Tameable with leaves, and will produce snail slime when right clicked with a bottle. Snail slime is used to brew resistance potions.
- Ladybug: Tameable with mushrooms, and will heal nearby pets

Josh/Joosh - Art EterDelta - Coding the mod Scratchy - Sound effects Lytho_ - Fabric port
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📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- Joo5h
- Version
- 2.7.1
- Downloads
- 5,783,916
- Endorsements
- 2,709
- Category
- fabric
- Created
- 3/25/2023
- Updated
- 8/19/2026
- Game Versions
- 1.20.1
- Tags
- mobs
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Critters and Companions support?
The author lists 1.20.1. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Critters and Companions?
Version 2.7.1, published 2026-08-19 with 5.8M downloads recorded at the source.
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