This is a simple, lightweight datapack that simply gives each adult villager a chance to have a pet dog or cat.
The datapack is set up in a way that baby villagers who have been loaded near the player will not have pets after growing up, allowing you to afk near villager breeders without problem.
Villager wolves will have a variant based on the biome, while cats are random. The wolves will protect their owner just like a player.
Villager pets cannot be tamed by players even after the villager dies.
UninstallationTo uninstall the pack, type /function igvp:uninstall Then, remove the datapack from the world in the world folder
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.10
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- 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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as Villager-Pets.zip
- Download size: 16 KB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.