Yes. Respawning Animals is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MPL-2.0.

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.

Respawning Animals — Minecraft Mods

About Respawning Animals

From Modrinth

Animals no longer stay in the world forever, instead they spawn and disappear like monsters.

Respawnable Animals brings Bedrock Edition style animal spawning to Java Edition. Instead of animals existing forever after world generation, they can naturally disappear when far away and repopulate areas around active players, just like passive mobs do in Bedrock Edition. 🐄

This keeps the world feeling alive and prevents regions from becoming permanently depleted of animals after exploration or hunting. Whether you're gathering resources, breeding livestock, or simply traveling, wildlife can naturally return over time. 🌿

Animals that players care about remain protected. Tamed, bred, named, ridden, and other player associated animals stay where they belong, ensuring pets and livestock are never lost. 🐕

🔄 Bedrock Edition Parity: Brings Java Edition animal spawning behavior closer to Bedrock Edition.
🌎 Naturally Respawning Animals: Wild animals can despawn when far away and repopulate areas around players over time.
🌿 No Permanent Depletion: Hunting or clearing animals from an area no longer leaves it permanently empty.
🏗️ Supports Renewable Animal Populations: Creates consistent spawning behavior that can enable new farming and automation possibilities.
🐕 Protects Player Animals: Tamed, bred, named, ridden, and other interacted with animals automatically become permanent.
⚙️ Simple World Configuration: Adjust spawning behavior through a small set of world specific game rules.

⏩ INSTALLATION REQUIRED ON SERVER

⏩ REQUIRES PUZZLES LIB TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC & NEOFORGE)

⏩ REQUIRES FABRIC API TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC)

⏩ REQUIRES FORGE CONFIG API PORT TO BE INSTALLED (FABRIC)

The mod is configured through Minecraft game rules, allowing settings to be adjusted per world without editing files.

Detailed documentation, configuration examples, and a complete reference of all available options can be found in the README.md on GitHub.

Read the full description on Modrinth →

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 19 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Respawning Animals 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: 26.1.1, released 2026-09-26

Game versions by loader

Loader	Game versions	Newest
Fabric	26.1 to 26.3 (5 versions)	26.3
NeoForge	26.1 to 26.3 (4 versions)	26.3

From 5 recorded builds of Respawning Animals.

Recent builds

Build	Released	Game versions	Loaders
26.1.1	2026-09-26	26.1 to 26.1.2 (3 versions)	Fabric
26.1.1	2026-09-26	26.1 to 26.1.2 (3 versions)	NeoForge
26.3.0	2026-09-26	26.3	Fabric
26.3.0	2026-09-26	26.3	NeoForge
26.2.0	2026-06-20	26.2	Fabric

Run Respawning Animals 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 Respawning Animals 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: 26.3 and 18 earlier

Verified at the source

✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
✓AuthorFuzs, as published on Modrinth
✓LicenseMPL-2.0Free

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