Naturalist

Naturalist

Adds 24 animals *(not including variants!)* to your world with immersive behaviors and drops.

7.7M downloads
Created Apr 9, 2026
by crispytwig

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v5.0pre3-fabricLatest
1.20.1fabricMay 8, 2025

# Changelog : 5.0pre3  - Vultures now fly between 8-20 blocks above the ground - Giraffe leg UV is now appropriately mirrored - Butterflies no longer spawn in Ocean biomes - Tortoise loot tables have been fixed to be "scute" instead of "turtle_scute" - Boars and Ducks now drop raw versions of their loot instead of cooked - Added Cooked Bushmeat recipes - Bug Nets now have custom recipes for interacting with mobs - see "catch_bee.json" in the recipes for an example that turns Bees into Dirt items. - Loot tables and mob interactions now use Shear tags. - Fixed Bear eating textures

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v5.0pre3-forge
1.20.1forgeMay 8, 2025

# Changelog : 5.0pre3  - Vultures now fly between 8-20 blocks above the ground - Giraffe leg UV is now appropriately mirrored - Butterflies no longer spawn in Ocean biomes - Tortoise loot tables have been fixed to be "scute" instead of "turtle_scute" - Boars and Ducks now drop raw versions of their loot instead of cooked - Added Cooked Bushmeat recipes - Bug Nets now have custom recipes for interacting with mobs - see "catch_bee.json" in the recipes for an example that turns Bees into Dirt items. - Loot tables and mob interactions now use Shear tags. - Fixed Bear eating textures

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v5.0pre2
1.20.1forgeMar 19, 2025

# CHANGELOG - ### Removed world generation - Things like Cattails, Duckweed, and Savanna Lakes are no longer in Naturalist. We plan on making a biome mod, and are aiming for more parity with our Bedrock add-on. - These were removed in pre1 but should now properly be removed and not break worldgen mods. - ### Fixed items missing from Fabric's creative tab - ### Deer now drop Raw Venison instead of Cooked Venison when killed without Fire Aspect / being on fire - ### Fixed Alligator, Elephant, and Bear attack animations. - ### Tweaked some mob aggro speeds, follow ranges, etc. - ### Made Snails not spawn white from Creative "Snail Bucket" items - ### Added lang file for "entity.naturalist.robin" - should show properly now - ### Added the _**start**_ of Xaero's compat - ### Removed some misc. files and such

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Minecraft: 1.20.1

Loaders: fabric

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