ModsJava
Backpets
The author built this one for Minecraft 1.20–1.20.6 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Bring companionship and utility to your adventures with the Backpets mod!
Adventure is better with companions who carry your load! Backpets introduces creatures that act as living backpacks, following their owner faithfully across the world.
Features:
- Find backpet in the pillagers' cage in the world
- Feed backpets with chests
- Color them in any of the 16 vanilla colors
- Craft armor from phantom membranes to protect backpets
- They can catch some players' projectiles
- Put on a record near them so they start dancing
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.2, 1.20.1, 1.20
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as backpets-1.0-1.20.1-forge.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 137 KB
- Download link checked 13 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.