How do I install Jockey API?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Jockey API work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.4, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Jockey API

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by AvatarKage · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge2 builds
Mod loader Forge2 builds

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.4–1.21.8Newest
Minecraft 1.21–1.21.1

Minecraft 1.21–1.21.1Newest
Minecraft 1.20–1.20.4

⬇ Download for 1.21.4–1.21.8 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.20–1.20.4 · Forge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Jockey is a lightweight API designed to simplify the implementation of custom entity jockeys using data tags. On valid match, the entity will pathfind to the target then mount it.

FOR DEVELOPERS

The API dynamically loads entity_type tags from datapacks. For it to work, both tags must contain the same identifier. An identifier can be anything you want, but try to make them unique to your pack to prevent cross-matches with other mods unless that is your intention. Optionally, adding baby_ or adult_ at the start of the ID will force the jockey entity to be either a baby or an adult to ride. Below is an example!

jockey_api:<ID>_jockeys (the entities who will ride)
jockey_api:<ID>_targets (the entities who will be ridden)

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.4
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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as jockey-api-1.0.0-forge-1.21-1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 9 KB
Download link checked 2 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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