Saddle me Naturalist
this mod is an addon for nautralist that adds saddles to, boar, deer, lion, giraffe, hippo, rhino, and elephants.
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Saddle Me: Naturalist
Ever chased a Naturalist deer through the forest and thought "I should be riding that"? Now you can. Saddle Up: Naturalist turns the wildlife from Naturalist into proper mounts - each tamed its own way, each with its own riding feel.
The Stable
| Animal | How to tame | How it rides |
|---|---|---|
| Deer | Sneak up feed it an apple and saddle it - the saddler becomes its owner | Fast and nimble, with a charged leap on the jump key |
| Boar | No taming - just saddle it | Pig-style: steer with a carrot on a stick, right-click to boost |
| Lion | Raw meat or fish (they're big cats - cod and salmon work) | Fast, with a powerful pounce |
| Hippo | Melon slices | Swims with you aboard - but only ferries you through shallower water |
| Rhino | Wheat | Camel-style, with a devastating charge dash |
| Elephant | Hay blocks (or wheat, if you're patient) | Slow, mighty, steps up 1.5 blocks - and hauls two chests (30 slots, visibly strapped to its flanks) |
Lion Prides
Tame the maned pride leader and the whole pride half-tames with it: they'll let players ride along, they'll never hurt your owner, and they still follow their leader. Fully tame a follower and it leaves the pride to be yours alone. Keep a leader and three tamed followers near your bed, and the pride hunts while you sleep - wake up every ~3-4 days to a gift of meat... or occasionally a bone or a toy. If the leader dies without a tamed heir, the pride abandons you.
How it works
- Visible saddles on every mount, painted onto the animated models
- Horse-style inventory - press your inventory key while riding (or sneak + right-click): saddle slot, elephant cargo, the works
- Owners are sacred - tamed animals never attack whoever tamed them, but keep their natural tempers with everyone else. Elephants still defend their calves; boars still hold grudges
- Wild stays wild - untamed animals keep 100% of their natural behavior. Deer still bolt (sneak up on them), hippos still hate swimmers, rhinos still charge
- Jump-bar leaps for deer and lions, camel-style dashes for the heavyweights
- Saddles drop on death; shears remove saddles and chests; tamed animals never despawn
- No mining slowdown while mounted
Compatibility
- Requires Fabric API and Naturalist 5.0pre3 (Fabric, 1.20.1) - GeckoLib comes along with Naturalist
- Jade (optional): look at any mount to see its owner, speed, and jump height - same format as horses
- Plays nice with HorseBuff, lassos, and pick-up mods (zebras aren't touched - base Naturalist already makes them rideable horses)
- Install on both client and server - No new items or world gen - safe to add to existing worlds
Built for the NeoCraft SMP. Feedback and bug reports welcome! HI Oliistar here I am not the one who coded this mod in fact I know nothing about coding and could have gotten a few things wrong in this description, the coder wishes to remain anonmous. however they hope you like it. I asked for this mod to be made in hopes it's added to the neocraft server but I haven't asked yet, regardless of weither its added or not I hope you guys like this mod. its a coin flip if any bugs or requests or updates happen unless its added to neocraft and someone on that server asks for it.
- Ships as saddle-up-naturalist-1.4.8.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 73 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.