Animal Garden - Hippopotamus
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. File opened and checked on 30 Sep 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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This mod adds hippos to your world.
You can find them only in the savanna biome.
(You can change this and other spawn settings
by editing the json files in the data -> biome tags and biome modifier folders
or via resource pack,
but in fabric some spawn settings like the weight, min, max mob number have to be edited in the config file)
They are easily agitated.
If there is a someone nearby that does not go away from them, then after a while they will go on a rampage and attack that creature.
You can tame and breed them with items like wheat, grass, apple, melon slice and other vegetables. (10% chance per tries, custom item tag json file added for this so you can change it)
But even if its tamed it can still attack you sometimes and by feeding it it will calm down and stop attacking you.
You change the config option "can_attack_randomly" to false if you dont want them to attack randomly anymore after taming
or by increasing the "random_attack_chance" value, it will attack less often.
Also breeding can only happen in the water and they can only breed with the opposite gender!
You can find males less often and are larger.
On daytime they will try to search for water and cool themselves down in there
and at nighttime they will set out to search for food. (eat grass, like sheep)
Resting or staying in water will restore its health a little bit too.
They have 3 type of behaviors (aquarius libs 1.0.1+ shows message when their owner is changing their behavior)
-wandering (wanders around, if tamed then it will wander around the block you put it into wandering mode)
-resting(stays in place)
-following (follows owner)
Forge 26.x | 1.21.x | 1.20.1
Neoforge 26.x | 1.21.x
Fabric 26.x | 1.21.x | 1.20.1
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THIS MOD REQUIRES AQUARIUSLIBS TO BE INSTALLED
credits: Earth's echo hippo sounds
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 1.21.9, 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 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.
- Ships as animalgarden-hippopotamus-1.0.2-forge-26.2-65.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 302 KB
- Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.