About Wild Animals
From ModrinthThis datapack adds elephants, jellyfishes, sharks and more, without causing lag to the server! No resource pack required
Wild Animals
_This datapack is mostly designed for server usage (less tasks for the player), but works well in singleplayer._
No resource pack required, fully server side.
All the new animals are spawning naturally in their respective biomes, and are animated. They despawn if no one is around.
This datapack can be used in singleplayer, but it may lag depending on your computer. Manually use /function animals:kill if it lags!
List of animals
- Elephant (savanna, jungle)
- Jellyfish (ocean, deep ocean, warm ocean, cold ocean, deep warm ocean, deep cold ocean)
- Shark (deep warm ocean, deep cold ocean)
- Crab (beach)
- Ostrich (savanna)
Performance impact
- Player/Client (rendering the textures of the animals)
- Elephant ---> Very Low
- Jellyfish ---> High
- Shark ---> Very Low
- Crab ---> Very Low
- Ostrich ---> Very Low
- Server (functions, spawn rate and so on)
- Elephant ---> Low
- Jellyfish ---> Very Low
- Shark ---> Very Low
- Crab ---> Very Low
- Ostrich ---> Very Low
Uninstalling
Run /function animals:kill before uninstalling!
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 18 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Wild Animals as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Data packFabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 17 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorThirtyFangs, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree
