How do I install Backported Cows?

Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. Enable it in Options → Resource Packs. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Backported Cows work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.8.9, 1.9, 1.9.2, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Backported Cows

by Sloosh · on Modrinth

Which Minecraft do you have?

Every version of the game needs its own build. Pick yours, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game. This mod is built for Resource pack only.

Minecraft 1.11.2–1.21.4Newest
Minecraft 1.11
Minecraft 1.9–1.10.2

⬇ Download for 1.11.2–1.21.4 ⬇ Download for 1.11 ⬇ Download for 1.9–1.10.2

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Backported Cows

A simple but effective resource pack which backports the new warm and cold cow variants! Also updates the default cow to include the new retextured temperate cow, and gives cows the snouts and horns they deserve! Each cow variant now spawns in their respective biome, including support for outdated biome IDs in older versions.

Requires Optifine or both EMF + ETF installed to work.

Please use the latest version of this resource pack!!

Download Links

Optifine: https://optifine.net/home

Entity Model Features: https://modrinth.com/mod/entity-model-features

Entity Texture Features https://modrinth.com/mod/entitytexturefeatures

Also check out:

Backported Chickens https://modrinth.com/resourcepack/backportedchickens

Backported Piggies https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/backported-piggies

All assets within this resource pack are owned by Mojang and do not belong to me

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .zip (resource pack)
Minecraft versions listed: 1.8.9, 1.9, 1.9.2
How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java resource packs walks through it step by step.

Verified by MCModsHub

Downloads as Backported Cows.zip
Download size: 28 KB
Download link checked 28 Aug 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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