About Backported Animal Variants
From ModrinthAdds new animal variants from 1.21.5 to older versions
Adds farm animal variants and updated cow model introduced in 1.21.5:
- Cold Chicken (and its Blue Egg)
- Cold Pig
- Cold Cow
- Warm Chicken (and its Brown Egg)
- Warm Pig
- Warm Cow
- Cow, Mooshroom model update
- Sheep texture update
You can report bugs or share your suggestions on my Discord server.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogListed on Modrinth as “Mods”
Creatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Backported Animal Variants as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- ForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 1 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorAkacioBahno, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
