Caracal Remaster and New Variant (1.17)
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #42 of 182 Animals - Modified mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod includes improvements for Male, Female and Juvenile Caracal, aswell as adding a new variant to it, being a dark orange coat with green eyes, pink nose and more subtle markings which can also have its own variation going from a colorful orange to a dark brown or a pale orange. Base texture is the usual tan orange colors but with the addition of darker black markings, a black nose and yellow eyes. You could think of this as dividing it into a more desertic Caracal, being the yellow eyed base variant, and a more jungle/dense scrub environment green eyed variant. Improvements include making longer tufts on male, dimorphism (female is thinner), added the little spot on the cheek whiskers, elongated the tail so its more realistic, also gave it a black tip on the default variant, and overall eyes and cheekbones have more realistic proportions, reducing the head size to make it look less like a lynx and more like a caracal. This mod requires ACSE to work, it includes UI.
Gabboi: Models and textures, UI, base coding.
GiornoPizza: Localization coding.
Robustus: Zoopedia and showcase pics.
Special thanks to MikeyNJ for supporting me to make this mod.
It's recommended to use the Planet Zoo Plus mod for a better experience.
Installation
To install this remaster extract and place the folder in ovldata like a New Species mod, no file replacement needed! Requires ACSE.
Variant Translations:
English: GiornoPizza
Spanish: Gabboi
Russian: Tanooki_Leaf
Swedish: Stalagmite
Portuguese: Masora157
French: Gnath
Simplified Chinese: 黑太子
Polish: evil
Dutch: zoomaster1994
German: Dacki1990
This mod enhances the Caracal in Minecraft by giving it a longer tail and tufts, a smaller head, and splitting default textures into multiple variants for added variation. It's a cosmetic overhaul for players who want more realistic and diverse caracals. With 257 endorsements and recent updates, it's a community favorite.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 257 endorsements and over 11k downloads
- Adds visual variety to caracals, making them less samey
- Recently updated (December 2024), so it's likely compatible with current versions
⚠️ Cons
- Purely cosmetic – no gameplay changes, so if you want new behaviors, this isn't it
- Only affects caracals, so it's a niche mod for players who care about that specific mob
- May conflict with other animal texture overhauls that touch caracals
For Minecraft players who love wildlife and want more realistic, varied caracals in their world. If you're a builder or explorer who appreciates subtle visual upgrades, this is a nice touch. Skip if you're looking for gameplay mechanics or new mobs.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a resource pack, make sure to place it in the resourcepacks folder and activate it in the game's options.
- If you use OptiFine, you can enable custom model support for better results, but it's not required.
- Check for conflicts with other animal texture packs – load this one after them to ensure it takes priority.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Planetzoo Mods
- Author
- Gabboi
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 11,683
- Endorsements
- 257
- Category
- Animals - Modified
- Created
- 4/14/2023
- Updated
- 12/18/2024
🧩 Commonly Used Together
Users add these mods to the same collections — a real compatibility signal, not an AI guess.
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