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Faunus
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. File opened and checked on 14 Oct 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Faunus is an animal mod for Fabric, bringing many exotic and facinating animals from the Americas to Minecraft! As of now, Faunus adds about a dozen animals, ranging from ravenous piranhas in swamps to playful capuchin monkeys in jungles, but more will be added!
CONTENT
JUNGLE
- Quetzals, lovely birds found in jungles. Their feathers can be used to create a unique trinket that increases speed and attracts villagers
- Hoatzin, smelly birds that feed on leaves. Attacking them will coat you with their smell, which repells entities. Their feathers can also be used to create potions with the same effect
- Tapirs, large animals that fill the roll of cattle or pigs in jungles. They drop a rich meat and leather, but may recoil by attacking you and afflicting you with an effect that attracts monsters! They may also be bred with potatoes or fruit. You can "milk" them with a bottle to collect a Bottle of Stink, for potion brewing
- Piranha, voracious fish that live water in swamps as well as jungles. They can strip a horse to bones in seconds, what makes you any different?
- Capuchins, neutral monkeys that may be tamed with any fruit. Tamed ones can be picked up and will gather items for you, but wild ones may attack if threatened and if enough are present. On top of scrathing and biting threats... they might use other means to defend themselves... Tamed ones may also be bred with fruit.
SWAMP
- Yacares, large crocodillians. They drop meat and can be bred with any fish. Its said if they can eat a human, their size grows exponentially... be careful
- Arapiama, a huge fish. They may be bred with spider eyes and will produce spawn, but these large fish can still do some damage
- Leech, a small parasite with medicinal benefits. Leeches will attach to prey and feed on their blood, then drop off when full. Leeches may be captured in bottles, and then brewed into potions of Leeching, which grants lifesteal, or if brewed into splash or linging potions, will spawn leeches on the target
- Crayfish, in both a common green and rare blue. They can be picked up by hand if you're fast enough, but they may escape first. Both types can be cooked, though blue ones can be brewed into Potions of the Swamp Crawler
- Snapping Turtle, nature's beartrap. They bury theselves in mud or dirt, with their head stuck out. If something gets too close, they will snap down on them
- Songbirds, ambiance birds with many variants like tropical fish
- Arapiama are not as active as they should be
- Iguanas do not spawn and do not drop anything
- Songbird appearance is a bit weird
Faunus is currently for Fabric 1.20.1 and requires the following:
- Fabric API
- Geckolib
- Smartbrain Lib
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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.
File checked by MCModsHub
- Ships as faunus-1.0.5.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.7 MB
- Download link checked 10 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.