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Faunus

by cybercat5555 · for Minecraft

Adds a large variety of new exotic animals to Minecraft!

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Fabric · QuiltLoaders

About Faunus

From Modrinth

Adds a large variety of new exotic animals to Minecraft!

Faunus

Faunus is an animal mod for Fabric, bringing many exotic and facinating animals from the Americas to Minecraft! As of now, Faunus adds about a dozen animals, ranging from ravenous piranhas in swamps to playful capuchin monkeys in jungles, but more will be added!

CONTENT

JUNGLE

  • Quetzals, lovely birds found in jungles. Their feathers can be used to create a unique trinket that increases speed and attracts villagers
  • Hoatzin, smelly birds that feed on leaves. Attacking them will coat you with their smell, which repells entities. Their feathers can also be used to create potions with the same effect
  • Tapirs, large animals that fill the roll of cattle or pigs in jungles. They drop a rich meat and leather, but may recoil by attacking you and afflicting you with an effect that attracts monsters! They may also be bred with potatoes or fruit. You can "milk" them with a bottle to collect a Bottle of Stink, for potion brewing
  • Piranha, voracious fish that live water in swamps as well as jungles. They can strip a horse to bones in seconds, what makes you any different?
  • Capuchins, neutral monkeys that may be tamed with any fruit. Tamed ones can be picked up and will gather items for you, but wild ones may attack if threatened and if enough are present. On top of scrathing and biting threats... they might use other means to defend themselves... Tamed ones may also be bred with fruit.

SWAMP

  • Yacares, large crocodillians. They drop meat and can be bred with any fish. Its said if they can eat a human, their size grows exponentially... be careful
  • Arapiama, a huge fish. They may be bred with spider eyes and will produce spawn, but these large fish can still do some damage
  • Leech, a small parasite with medicinal benefits. Leeches will attach to prey and feed on their blood, then drop off when full. Leeches may be captured in bottles, and then brewed into potions of Leeching, which grants lifesteal, or if brewed into splash or linging potions, will spawn leeches on the target
  • Crayfish, in both a common green and rare blue. They can be picked up by hand if you're fast enough, but they may escape first. Both types can be cooked, though blue ones can be brewed into Potions of the Swamp Crawler
  • Snapping Turtle, nature's beartrap. They bury theselves in mud or dirt, with their head stuck out. If something gets too close, they will snap down on them
  • Songbirds, ambiance birds with many variants like tropical fish

CONTENT

  • Arapiama are not as active as they should be
  • Iguanas do not spawn and do not drop anything
  • Songbird appearance is a bit weird

KNOWN ISSUES

Faunus is currently for Fabric 1.20.1 and requires the following:

  • Fabric API
  • Geckolib
  • Smartbrain Lib

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric and Quilt.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Faunus 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, Quilt
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
1.0.5 (beta), released 2026-03-16

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Fabric1.20.1 to 1.21.1 (2 versions)1.21.1
Quilt1.20.11.20.1

From 4 recorded builds of Faunus.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.0.5 beta2026-03-161.21.1Fabric
1.0.12024-12-131.20.1Fabric, Quilt
1.0.12024-12-131.20.1Fabric
1.0.02024-11-281.20.1Fabric

Dependencies

  • Required: modrinth project P7dR8mSH (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
  • Required: modrinth project 8BmcQJ2H (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
  • Required: modrinth project PuyPazRT (modrinth, not in our catalogue)

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run Faunus 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”

Creatures & NPCs

Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.

Runs on your server

From source side support

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

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricQuilt
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.21.1 and 1 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
  • ✓Authorcybercat5555, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0Free

Faunus, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Faunus?

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

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric and Quilt.

Is it free?

Yes. Faunus is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0.

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.

NxLabs

Run Faunus on a Minecraft server.

Deploy in about a minute from $4.99 a month, then add Faunus in one click.