Animal Wellness
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Animal Wellness is a Minecraft mod that adds a complete animal wellness management system, with genetics, breeding, and new structures to take care of…
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.


Animal Wellness

Animal Wellness
Animal Wellness is a Minecraft mod that adds a complete animal wellness management system, with genetics, breeding, and new structures to take care of your animals.
🌟 Key Features
Animal Wellness System
Each animal has a tracking system that includes:
- Affinity: Increases when you care for animals
- Age: Animals grow as time passes
- Sex: Male and female for the breeding system
- Food and Water: Animals must eat and drink regularly
- Brushing: Animals need to be brushed
Genetic System
- 4 Genetic Traits: Productivity, Efficiency, Temperament, Resistance
- Inheritance: Offspring inherit traits from parents
- Mutations: Possibility of genetic mutations in offspring
- Selection: Create your perfect animal line!
Items
🥄 Animal Food
- Special food to fill feed racks
🪥 Animal Brush
- Brush your animals
- Shows particles on near unbrushed animals
🔍 Animal Inspector
- Opens a GUI interface to view all animal statistics
Blocks
💩 Manure
- Animals produce manure naturally
- Accumulates up to 5 levels
- Can be collected and placed
- Animated fly particles
🌾 Manured Farmland
- Fertilizes soil to improve crop growth
- Created with manure
🥚 Nest
- Block where chickens can lay eggs
- Collects up to 5 eggs
🪵 Feed Rack
- 2-block structure
- Fillable with animal food
- Animals automatically seek the feed rack when hungry
- Right click to displays food level
💧 Water Rack
- 2-block structure
- Fillable with water buckets
- Animals automatically seek the water rack when thirsty
- Right click to displays water level
Advanced Breeding System
- Male animals seek female partners
- Realistic pregnancy with gestation times
- Offspring inherit parent genetics
Drop System
- Animals with high affinity drop more resources
- Genetic productivity influences drops
- Configurable drop threshold
🎮 How to Play
1. Build Your Farm
1. Place feed racks and water racks
2. Fill them with food and water
3. Build nests for chickens
4. Add enclosures for animals
2. Care for Your Animals
1. Use the brush on animals
2. Ensure they eat and drink regularly
3. Collect manure to fertilize
4. Use the inspector to check statistics
3. Selective Breeding
1. Use the inspector to see genetics
2. Select the best breeders
3. Let them reproduce naturally
4. Offspring will inherit and improve traits
⚙️ Configuration
The mod generates an animal_wellness-server.json file in the config folder:
{
"entityList": {
"whitelist": true,
"entities": [
"minecraft:cow",
"minecraft:pig",
"minecraft:sheep",
"minecraft:chicken"
]
},
"affinity": {
"affinityRate": 0.1,
"dropTime": 6000
},
"age": {
"maxAge": 1728000,
"babyAgeThreshold": 0.04,
"adultAgeThreshold": 0.8
},
"feed": {
"maxFeed": 12000,
"maxWater": 12000,
"searchRange": 10,
"eatTime": 100
},
"manure": {
"enabled": true,
"manureTimeMin": 4800,
"manureTimeMax": 6000
},
"brush": {
"brushTime": 24000
},
"breeding": {
"enabled": true,
"pregnantTime": 18000,
"breedingTime": 6000,
"searchRange": 10,
"loveTick": 200,
"affinityThreshold": 0.4
},
"drop": {
"affinityDrop": true,
"affinityThreshold": 0.3,
"maxDrop": 10
},
"genetics": {
"enabled": true,
"mutationAmount": 0.005
},
"egg": {
"eggTime": 18000,
"searchRange": 10,
"layTime": 200
},
"milk": {
"milkTime": 18000
},
"wool": {
"woolTime": 18000
}
}
Main Options
- entityList: Configure which animals are managed by the mod (whitelist/blacklist)
- genetics.enabled: Enable/disable genetic system
- breeding.enabled: Enable/disable breeding system
- manure.enabled: Enable/disable manure production
- drop.affinityDrop: Enable/disable affinity-based drops
🛠️ Commands (Admin)
/wellness setAge <entity> <baby|adult|old>
/wellness setGenetic <entity> <trait> <value>
/wellness setSex <entity> <male|female>
⚠️ Bugs
For bugs, suggestions, or questions:
- Open an issue on GitHub
🤝 Support
If you wanto to support me, you can offer me a coffee
📄 License
All Rights Reserved
📝 Changelog
Version 0.0.1
- Initial release
- Animal wellness system
- Genetic system with inheritance
- New blocks: Manure, Manured Farmland, Nest, Feed Rack, Water Rack
- New items: Food, Brush, Inspector
- Advanced breeding system
- Full configuration
- Admin commands
Enjoy your farm! 🐄🐷🐑🐔
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 animal_wellness-0.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 2.0 MB
- Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.