FaunaReborn | Nature Fights Back

A premium hostile wildlife mechanics plugin for modern Minecraft servers.

FaunaReborn transforms peaceful animals into intelligent hostile creatures with dynamic AI, social retaliation, and immersive survival pressure.

• Cows defend territory
• Pigs retaliate around resources and crops
• Chickens alert nearby allies and swarm targets

The overworld is no longer safe.

• Hostile passive mob mechanics
• Advanced animal aggression systems
• Social alert and group retaliation
• Baby protection behavior
• Territorial/resource-based aggression
• Night danger escalation
• Weather-based behavior reactions
• Per-world enable/disable filters
• Clean, readable YAML configuration
• Custom death messages
• Paper/Purpur compatible
• Folia-ready architecture
• Java 21 optimized
• Lightweight and scalable
• Stable, tested, production-ready
• Built-in i18n with runtime language switching (en, es, pt, it)

Current Hostile Animals

• Chicken
• Cow
• Pig

Dynamic Environment Reactions
Animals can react to:

• Night time
• Rain
• Thunderstorms
• Full moons
• Nearby attacks
• Crop/resource interaction

All behavior is fully configurable.

Command	Description	Permission
/fauna	Main command and help.	fauna.command.help
/fauna help [page]	Shows available commands by permission.	fauna.command.help
/fauna version	Shows plugin/runtime version info.	fauna.command.version
/fauna about	Shows plugin summary.	fauna.command.about
/fauna entities	Lists supported entities and states.	fauna.command.entities
/fauna reload	Reloads configuration and modules.	fauna.command.reload / fauna.admin
/fauna gui	Opens management GUI.	fauna.command.gui / fauna.admin
/fauna lang <en|es|pt|it>	Changes plugin language at runtime.	fauna.command.lang / fauna.admin

Aliases: /faunareborn, /fr

Permission	What it controls	Recommended for
fauna.*	Full access to all plugin commands.	Owner / Admin
fauna.admin	Administrative access bundle.	Admin / Staff
fauna.command.help	Access to help command.	Players
fauna.command.version	Access to version information.	Players
fauna.command.about	Access to plugin information.	Players
fauna.command.entities	Access to entity status list.	Players
fauna.command.reload	Reload plugin configuration/modules.	Admin / Staff
fauna.command.gui	Open management GUI.	Admin / Staff
fauna.command.lang	Change language in runtime.	Admin / Staff

Configuration
Highly customizable YAML system:

• Damage and attack cooldowns
• Detection radius and targeting behavior
• Social alerts and retaliation limits
• Environment aggression modifiers
• Performance limits and activation logic
• World filters
• Spawn and aggression conditions

No dependencies required.

Performance
Built for production servers:

• Tick-safe processing
• Optimized entity handling
• Chunk-aware safeguards
• Smart activation policies
• Folia-ready architecture

Version Compatibility

Paper version	Status	Notes
1.20.x and below	Not supported	Plugin targets the 1.21 API.
1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.3	Experimental	Compatibility path exists, but not considered production-stable yet.
1.21.4 to 1.21.7	Supported	Uses compatibility fallback for world difficulty changes (polling hook).
1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11	Fully supported	Stable operation, no known class compatibility issues.
26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2	Supported	Compatible and supported.

Notes:

• On 1.21.4 to 1.21.7, you may see a one-time startup warning indicating the compatibility fallback hook is active.
• For recommended production setup, use Paper 1.21.8+ (preferably 1.21.11).

Installation

1. Stop your server
2. Place FaunaReborn.jar in /plugins
3. Start once to generate files
4. Configure plugins/FaunaReborn/
5. Run /fauna reload or restart

• Source Code: GitHub Repository
• Bug Reports: Open an Issue
• Suggestions: GitHub Discussions
• Wiki: Documentation
• Sponsors/Donations: Ko-fi
• Discord: Join Discord

FINAL NOTE
Your review is crucial for FaunaReborn’s future.
Community feedback directly drives balancing, fixes, and new features.
If you enjoy the plugin, leave a review and join the community.