About Alshanex's Familiars
From ModrinthAn Iron's Spells & Spellbooks addon for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 that introduces new creatures around the world called Familiars.
Description
Alshanex's Familiars mod is an addon for the Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks mod for minecraft Forge 1.20.1 and NeoForge 1.21, which adds new mobs called "Familiars", which can be found scattered around the world. These familiars can be tamed using Arcane Essence, which will make them follow you in your adventures and fight at your side using powerful spells.
These familiars can also be transported by using a Familiar Tome, and these tomes can be put in a Familiar Bed to recover the health of the pet contained in the tome.
Check the wiki section to know about everything this mod adds!
Support and troubleshooting
Disclaimer
Item sprites made by PixelMine:
https://mcmodels.net/vendors/2/pixelmine
Familiar models and Sound School assets were made by SamusDev and were bought in:
https://mcmodels.net/products/9249/rpg-pet-pack-giga-bundle
https://mcmodels.net/products/10220/rpg-class-series-bard
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Forge and NeoForge.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Alshanex's Familiars on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Forge, NeoForge
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 1.21.1_v5.0, released 2026-10-21
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 6 recorded builds of Alshanex's Familiars.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.21.1_v5.0 | 2026-10-21 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.21.1_v4.0.3 | 2026-08-31 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.21.1_v4.0 | 2026-04-17 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.21.1_v2.0_HotFix | 2025-05-14 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.21.1_v1.1.2_HotFix | 2025-03-05 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 1.20.1_v1.1.2_HotFix | 2025-03-05 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
Dependencies
- Required: modrinth project s4OWxYQQ (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.
Run Alshanex's Familiars on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Alshanex's Familiars as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- ForgeNeoForge
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 1 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-22Open ↗
- ✓AuthorAlshanex, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree
