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Resources / Mods / Animal Garden

Animal Garden

Adds 27 different type of butterflies to your forest and grassland biomes.

ModsFree1.20 – 26.x
by Aquarius.playz · listed from Modrinth
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What it does

Animal Garden is a mod made by Aquarius.playz. Adds 27 different type of butterflies to your forest and grassland biomes.

It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 454 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Nov 9, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.20

Release history

Animal Garden has had 29 releases on Modrinth since Nov 9, 2026. 29 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.0.0-fabric-26.3-0.165.2, released on Nov 9, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 26.3. It runs on Fabric. The download is 102 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.0.0-fabric-26.3-0.165.2Nov 9, 202626.3Release
1.0.0-fabric-26.2-0.161.0Nov 9, 202626.2Release
1.0.0-fabric-26.1.2-0.155.3Nov 9, 202626.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2Release
1.0.0-fabric-1.21.11-0.141.6Nov 9, 20261.21.11Release
1.0.0-fabric-1.21.10-0.138.4Nov 9, 20261.21.9, 1.21.10Release
Description from the author on Modrinth

Adds 27 different type of nectar hungry butterflies to your world.

You can find them in the forest and grassland biomes where flowers are more likely to appear.

You can feed these cute little nectarivores fruits, sugar or honey to tame/heal/bred them. (editable in the item tag - tame_food_items.json file)

Though they are very weak so healing wont do much. (4 hp)

Also feeding it honey through the honey bottle will remove poison the status effect.

 

They are diurnal, meaning that they are active during daylight hours and rest or sleep at night. (untamed ones are sleeping at night)

And im sure you could guess, but they will fly around and go to flowers for its daily sugar intake.

While doing so some pollens will get stuck on them.

To scrub them off they will try to go to growable blocks like the sweet berry bush or crops.

This will also make these crops grow a bit. (Their search phase happens only at every 10 second, and stay for at least 20 seconds around flowers, and can only grow a crop every 10 second)

Of course if they wont find any blocks of interest, they will just go in their way wandering around.

 

Sometimes they will follow other creatures to "taste" them, to absorb some essential minerals

And they will randomly land on the land too do some mud-puddling. If they are attacked or stepped on they will fly off though. (Only in wandering mode)

 

Not like you would attack them...right?

You might as they have a very low chance (10-50% based on loot level) to drop some butterfly wings, which can be used as a brewing ingredient with the awkward potion to create slow falling potion(s). 

The drop and the crop growing function can be disabled in the configs.

Just like in my other animal mods the mobs have 3 type of behavior that can be changed when interaction with them (a message shows up so you know which behavior it is using)

(wandering - resting - following)

If tamed they wont go naturally in their resting mode,
instead you can force them to stay at a place when put in resting mode.

They spawn in the flower forest, sunflower plains, meadow, plains, cherry grove, forest, birch forest and old growth birch forest biome.

You can change this and other spawn settings
by editing the json files in the jars data -> biome tags and biome modifier folders
or via resource pack,

but in fabric some spawn settings like the weight, min, max have to be edited in the config file

This mod currently supports:

Forge 26.x | 1.21.x | 1.20.1

Neoforge 26.x | 1.21.x

Fabric 26.x | 1.21.x | 1.20.1

PS.

PS: Unified Animal Garden versions will come later, but this will take a lot of time as some animals will get a complete code rework and they will only support the latest minecraft version at the release time!

And the single mod support will also continue!

When a new animal like this is released, that is the sign that a new system is being worked on in the aquarius libs.

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THIS MOD REQUIRES AQUARIUSLIBS ⚠️V1.2.0+⚠️ TO BE INSTALLED

Written by Aquarius.playz. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Animal Garden

  1. This mod is needed on both the server and every player who joins.

  2. Install Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for Minecraft 1.20 – 26.x.

  3. Add the mods it needs: Aquarius Libs.

  4. Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the mods folder of your .minecraft directory.

  5. Start Minecraft with the Fabric profile.

  6. Easier: in Prism Launcher or the Modrinth App, search for Animal Garden in your instance's mods and click Install. It adds the loader and the mods it needs for you.

Full guide: How to install Minecraft mods

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20
Runs on
Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
Where it runs
Client and server
Edition
Java
Needs
Aquarius Libs
License
Free to use
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 14, 2026)

Animal Garden compared with similar ones Compare all alternatives

ResourceDownloadsVersionsLast updatePrice
Animal Gardenthe one you looked at4541.20 – 26.x5 days agoFree
Biomes O' PlentyForstride38.8M1.8 – 26.x11 days agoFree
ComfortsTheIllusiveC424.3M1.12 – 26.xJun 23, 2026Free
Fabric SeasonsD4rkness_King10M1.16 – 1.21Oct 7, 2024Free

Questions

Does Animal Garden work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Animal Garden supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20.

Is Animal Garden free?

Yes. Animal Garden is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Animal Garden client-side or server-side?

Both. The server and every player need Animal Garden installed.

Does Animal Garden need anything else?

Yes: Aquarius Libs. Install it before Animal Garden.

Is Animal Garden still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to Animal Garden?

The closest ones are Biomes O' Plenty, Comforts and Fabric Seasons. Compare all alternatives

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