Source-checkedGameplay & overhauls

Critters and Companions

by Joo5h · for Minecraft

Adds a few new friends to your world!

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About Critters and Companions

From Modrinth

Adds a few new friends to your world!

Critters and Companions




Critters and Companions is a vanilla-style creature mod that will fill the overworld with new animals!


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Current mobs:

  • Otter: Spawns in rivers. Otters will open clams to find pearls - clams can be obtained by fishing in rivers. Pearls are used to craft the pearl necklace!
  • Ferret: Spawns in plains and forests and can be tamed with raw rabbit to help you hunt chickens and rabbits. Tamed ferrets can dig for loot after being fed raw chicken - 5 minute cooldown.
  • Koi fish: Spawns in rivers and can be picked up with a bucket. Groups of koi fish will give the player luck.
  • Dumbo octopus: Spawns in deep oceans and can be picked up with a bucket. When a player is drowning, nearby dumbo octopuses will help by giving them a bubble helmet.
  • Sea bunny: Spawns in oceans and can be picked up with a bucket. Sea bunny slime can be obtained with glass bottles and used to craft sea bunny slime blocks.
  • Dragonfly: Spawns over rivers, can be tamed with spider eyes. When tamed, dragonflies can be given dragonfly armour, crafted with ingots in a diagonal line of 3.
  • Leaf insect: Spawns in forests and dances to music :)
  • Red panda: Spawns in jungles and sleeps through the day. Breedable with bamboo, and tameable with sweet berries. When tamed, red pandas will scare away most aggressive neutral mobs!
  • Shima enaga: Spawns in snowy biomes, tameable with seeds.
  • Jumping spider: Tamed with dragonfly wings and will protect the player. Drops jumping spider silk, which can be used to craft the silk leash and silk grappling hook.
  • Stick bug: Does nothing at all, but it dances, all the bugs do!
  • Acorn weevil: Tameable with acorns, and will attack mobs by throwing clumps of dirt at enemies!
  • Stag beetle: Tameable with berries, and will defend the player with high damage and knockback!
  • Rolypoly: Tameable with mushrooms, and can be equipped with a chest.
  • Snail: Tameable with leaves, and will produce snail slime when right clicked with a bottle. Snail slime is used to brew resistance potions.
  • Ladybug: Tameable with mushrooms, and will heal nearby pets


Credits

Josh/Joosh - Art
EterDelta - Coding the mod
Scratchy - Sound effects
Lytho_ - Fabric port


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Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 7 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Critters and Companions 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
Fabric, 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
2.7.1, released 2026-08-19

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Fabric1.20.11.20.1
Forge1.20.11.20.1
NeoForge1.21.11.21.1

From 5 recorded builds of Critters and Companions.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
2.7.12026-08-191.20.1Forge
2.7.12026-08-191.20.1Fabric
2.7.02026-08-141.20.1Forge
2.7.02026-08-141.20.1Fabric
2.7.02026-08-141.21.1NeoForge

Run Critters and Companions 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 catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Gameplay & overhauls

New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Critters and Companions as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForgeNeoForge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.21.1 and 6 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorJoo5h, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree

Critters and Companions, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Critters and Companions?

Modrinth lists Critters and Companions as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Is it free?

Yes. Critters and Companions is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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