Respawning Animals

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.

🌟 Thanks to B3spectacled for inspiring the idea behind this project with their Custom Spawns mod.

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