Ever lost your pet to some random mob, fire, an explosion or lava? While you would still lose them in such cases, you'll have the option to resurrect your pets and bring them back, good as new! (Just make sure you don't get them near cactuses).
When a named and tamed pet (currently includes cats, dogs, parrots and horses) gets killed (by external sources not related to their owner), they will drop their spirit. Using that spirit and some endgame materials, you can bring the pet back to life.
To make a Totem of Persistence, you'll need to use one netherite upgrade smithing template, one netherite ingot and one totem of undying in a smithing table. The only thing you can do with a Totem of Persistence is combine it with another netherite smithing template and a Spirit to get a Persistent Spirit. If you click on the ground while holding the Persistent Spirit, your pet will be spawned back!
May be added next:
- Support for llamas and pigs
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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.
- Ships as petessence-1.1.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 67 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.