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Don't Kill Friends!
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–26.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Protect your tamed animals from damage, even when you're offline! Lightweight plugin with HEX color support and full configurability for Minecraft…
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DontKillFriends
Protect your tamed animals from damage, even when you're offline!
DontKillFriends is a lightweight Minecraft plugin that prevents other players from harming your beloved pets. Whether you're online or offline, your tamed animals stay safe from both player attacks and environmental damage.
What it does
- Blocks player damage to tamed animals (wolves, cats, horses, parrots, and more)
- Protects offline players' pets — griefers can't touch them while the owner is away
- Shields pets from environmental damage: fire, lava, drowning, explosions, void, Warden sonic boom, and more
- Stops hostile mobs from targeting or attacking tamed pets
- Prevents tamed pets from fighting each other
- Intercepts
/killcommands that would destroy named tamed mobs - Notifies pet owners on login when someone tried to attack their animals
Features
- Offline protection — pets stay safe when the owner is offline
- Bypass permission —
dontkillfriends.bypassfor admins - 8 languages — English, Russian, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese
- HEX colors — full
&#RRGGBBcolor support in messages - Folia support — works on regionized servers out of the box
- Configurable — toggle every damage type individually
- Lightweight — no database, minimal overhead
- bStats opt-out — disable metrics with
bstats: false
Commands
/dontkillfriends version— show plugin version (dontkillfriends.version)/dontkillfriends reload— reload config and language (dontkillfriends.reload)/dkf— alias for/dontkillfriends
Permissions
dontkillfriends.version(op) — view plugin versiondontkillfriends.reload(op) — reload configurationdontkillfriends.bypass(op) — bypass all pet protection
Compatibility
- Minecraft: 1.16.5 – 1.21.11
- Platforms: Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Purpur, Folia
- Java: 8+
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16, 1.16.1, 1.16.2
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
File checked by MCModsHub
- Ships as DontKillFriends-1.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 73 KB
- Download link checked 31 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.