This mod changes sheep to have a natural color that is set during birth (or when installing this mod). This color can not be changed.
Sheep can still be colored using dye items, but after shearing the color is reset to the natural color again.
Multiple things can be configured in the server config:
- Enable/disable natural colors (if only the other changes are desired).
- The initial colors of spawned sheep (and the chances of the colors).
- Initial color variants tied to a biome tag.
- The chances for a baby sheep to inherit one of their parents colors.
- The chances for a baby sheep to inherit a blend of their parents colors. This is by default one of the parents colors, but exceptions can be defined.
- The chances for a baby sheep to have a random color (and the chances of the colors).
The default settings allow for gameplay where acquiring sheep in all 16 variations turns into a quest of finding sheep in the wild, breeding the correct colors together and a little luck.
The config provides all values that simulate vanilla behaviour. Note that not all colors can be permanently acquired using those values.
Important!
As always, make back-ups of your worlds when using mods!
This mod was inspired by the Hardcore Sheep feature of the legendary Better Than Wolves mod.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.10
- 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 custom-sheep-breeding-4.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 63 KB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.