Star Worm Equestrian (Upgrading Horses)
I don't know my version or loader
We are Star Worm Equestrian Mod (SWEM)!
Upgrading everything Minecraft Equestrian. Model, tack, animations, armor, decor- all of it and soon to be more!
--------- THIS MOD REQUIRES GECKOLIB & PLAYERANIMATOR ---------
DOWNLOAD A LITE VERSION OF THE MOD
(minimised features, survival and modpack-friendly)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD SWEM LITE
Our ★ additions to the game:
✮ Custom model and animations
✮ Separate gaits!
✮ Training and bonding
✮ Colored variants and full sets of functional English, Western and Adventure Tack!
✧ Bridles, Saddles, Girths, Blankets, Leg Wraps, Earnets, Breastcollars! Complete with Saddle, Bridle, and Armor Racks.
✮ Pasture Blankets and Armored Pasture Blankets in 16 colors!
✮ 112 Coats in game!
✧ From bays to grays to splashes and more... and secrets?
✮ Functional armor with wings + extra cosmetic horse armors. (Flight only available in 1.20.1)
✮ Foals
✮ Food and Water Systems!
✧ Functional feeders, buckets and troughs
✮ Stall Doors
✮ And more...
Here is a showcase of some (not all) of our custom animated horse model and player!
Walk
Trot
Canter
Gallop
One of our 5 levels of jump!
A trailer for our recreation of Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron, created by Redzeal. Find more content on our official youtube channel!
Check out Peachy's '10 reasons why I love SWEM' video! It showcases our in-game items, tack, and jumps + how to use them!
An episode of Redzeal's SWEM-based RRP series!
Brooke's short and sweet guide on looking after your SWEM ponies <3
Q: Please can I have a custom coat?
A: We will not be making custom coats. You are free to make your own coat for a texturepack or commission someone to make one for you.
Q: I have a suggestion for the mod! Where may I contact you?
A: In our discord, we have a channel dedicated to our suggestions named #suggestions-faq. There you may also search for previous suggestions and our plans to instate said suggestions.
Q: What are the phases and what are we on?
A: Originally, Phase One was our Adventure Release, focused on upgrading everything horse for survival mode. Horse model, coats, animations, skill levelling, stable care, training equipment, horse armor, and equestrian decor were worked on for this.
Phase Two was our planned English/Western Release. Focused on fluffing equestrian servers with all those pleasantries and upgrades. More saddles, more tack, more horse models, more animations, more decorations, more coats, breeding and genetics, illnesses, and options.
Phase Three was our planned Alight (magic) Release. The biggest and last release would be completely based on adventure, including a prebuilt dimension with lore, layers of exploration, new blocks, new mobs and mythical equines, and new things to discover.
We are currently in a sort of a "Phase one-and-a-half," where Phase One is completed and some features of Phase Two are present, however development will not majorly continue to finish everything we had planned; instead, we will be working on devving features the community votes for and focusing on bug fixes. More information is available on our discord.
Q: How may I donate?
A: Donations to support development can be made through our Ko-fi. More information on these and their purposes/perks can be found in our discord's how-to-help channel <3
Q: How do I download mods? What are this mod's dependencies?
A: Please use Google or Youtube to find out how to download forge and mods. This mod requires geckolib and playeranimator.
Q: Will you update/backport to [version]?
A: No. Development is entirely focused on 1.18.2 and 1.20.1, and we will likely only be taking on a new version if Forge was to offer Long Term Support for it.
Q: Will you make the mod available for Fabric?
A: No. We do not have the developmental resources to manage updating for two separate modloaders.
Q: I found a bug, where should I report it?
A: You can report bugs in our discord's bug-reports forum. Bugs for 1.16.5 will not be fixed, and your bug will not be addressed without a formal report.
Credits:
Owner and Production Lead || AlaharranHonor
Dev || Quarris (Primary), Legenden (Legacy)
Resources and Textures || SWE/M Texture and Model Art Team
See website for full credits list.
Rights:
Under SWE/M || All Rights Reserved
Code || Private unless asked.
Modpacks, Add-ons and Videos:
Can I use this in my modpack(s)? || Yes! Please let us know so we can play too!
Can I make a video using SWEM? || Yes! Let us know so we can show our dedicated community!
Can I make an add-on for SWEM? || Yes! While we require your work be original in it's majority, we do allow and encourage add-ons!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.18.2
- 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 CurseForge — 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.
- Ships as swem-1.20.1-1.6.6.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 11.0 MB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.