Living Ecosystem
Create a truly living world with realistic life cycles for animals and plants.
Features
- Animals mature over time (baby to adult)
- Natural reproduction between mature animals
- Natural death after configurable lifespan
- Species-specific lifespans (cow, sheep, pig, chicken, horse, rabbit)
- Plant life cycle phases:
BLOOM: faster crop growth, flower spread, plant revivalSTABLE: normal behaviorWITHER: crop decay and flower withering
Commands
/ecosystem status [world]/ecosystem reload
Configuration Highlights
- Animal maturity timing
- Reproduction chance, cooldown, and radius
- Per-species lifespans and death chances
- Plant cycle day lengths (bloom/stable/wither)
- Bloom and wither behavior rates
Compatibility
- Minecraft
1.16.5->1.21.11 Paper,Spigot,Bukkit,Purpur,Folia
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.17, 1.17.1
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as living-ecosystem-plugin-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 17 KB
- Download link checked 12 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.