About Backported Animal Variants
From ModrinthAdds new animal variants from 1.21.5 to older versions
Adds farm animal variants and updated cow model introduced in 1.21.5:
- Cold Chicken (and its Blue Egg)
- Cold Pig
- Cold Cow
- Warm Chicken (and its Brown Egg)
- Warm Pig
- Warm Cow
- Cow, Mooshroom model update
- Sheep texture update
You can report bugs or share your suggestions on my Discord server.
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.
Backported Animal Variants 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
- 0.2-1.21.1, released 2025-05-01
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1.20.1 | 1.20.1 |
| NeoForge | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of Backported Animal Variants.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2-1.21.1 | 2025-05-01 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 0.1-1.21.1 | 2025-04-25 | 1.21.1 | NeoForge |
| 0.3-1.20.1 | 2025-04-25 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 0.2-1.20.1 | 2025-04-21 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
| 0.1-1.20.1 | 2025-03-02 | 1.20.1 | Forge |
Run Backported Animal Variants 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 catalogListed on Modrinth as “Mods”
Creatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Backported Animal Variants 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 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorAkacioBahno, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
