Vanilla Pets

Vanilla Pets

Every vanilla animal can become a real pet. Feed it, wash it, walk it, tuck it into bed, and watch it live its own little life.

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No new mobs and no new models: your wolves, cats, parrots, foxes, cows and horses stay exactly as Mojang made them. They just start behaving like pets: they get hungry and sleepy, use bowls and beds, need the toilet, and react to you.

A status panel floating above a dog

Needs at a glance

Hunger, thirst, hygiene, mood, energy and bladder. Look at your pet to see them, and a bubble pops up when something is urgent.

A dog eating from a food bowl

Bowls, beds and perches

Pets walk to their bowls to eat and drink, curl up in a pet bed, and parrots roost on a bird perch.

A cat using a litter box

Real-life habits

Cats use the litter box, dogs use a pee pad or go outside, and a dog shut indoors waits by the door to be let out.

A dog scratching the ground

Walks

Put your dog on a lead and go for a walk. It wags its tail, stops to sniff out a spot, and scratches the ground after.

Cows, sheep, pigs, a horse and a goat lying down

New animations

Dogs lie down with their chin on their paws, cats knead, farm animals fold their legs to sleep, parrots preen.

The pet screen

Pet Whistle orders

Idle, follow, stay, go there, rest here, and a rest spot of its own. Order one pet or all of them at once.

How it works in three steps

  1. Get a pet

    Tame a wolf, cat, parrot or horse the vanilla way and it becomes your pet. Any other animal can be adopted with a Pet Collar.

  2. Give it a home

    Put down a food bowl, a water bowl and a bed. Cats want a litter box, dogs a pee pad (or a garden).

  3. Look after it

    Keep its needs up, play with it, groom it, take it for walks. A well-loved pet grows loyal and learns tricks.

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