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Fauna Unleashed

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Fauna Unleashed

By Leonardoblabla

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Fauna Unleashed adds 21 wild animals plus a rare wounded deer you can heal, with herds, hunting, babies, breeding, unique drops and sounds across savannas, jungles, forests, snow and swamps.

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Minecraft
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Description

Fauna Unleashed

Bring the wild back to Minecraft. Fauna Unleashed adds 21 fully animated animals (plus a rare wounded deer you can nurse back to health), each with its own habitat, behaviour, food, drops and sounds. Lions hunt zebras at dusk, elephant herds defend each other, hippos guard their rivers and raccoons raid your chests at night.

Features

  • 21 new animals with smooth GeckoLib animations
  • Herds, packs and loners: every species lives the way it should
  • Predators and prey: lions, snow leopards and crocodiles actually hunt
  • Babies and breeding with species specific foods
  • New drops: venison, game meat, crab meat, cookable in furnace, smoker or campfire
  • Warning behaviours: gorillas beat their chests, brown bears stand and roar, snakes rear up
  • Tameable toucan that can ride on your shoulder
  • Shearable Andean llama with decorative woven tassels
  • Heal the wounded deer with a craftable Herbal Salve and earn experience
  • All spawn eggs in their own creative tab
  • Sneak tip: skittish animals and warning animals stay calm if you approach crouching

The Animals

Animal Habitat Behaviour
Deer Forests, taigas Herds; stags have antlers, fawns are spotted. Flees predators and sleeps at night.
Wounded Deer Forests, taigas (very rare) Lies injured. Heal it and it bows to thank you before returning to the woods.
Giraffe Savannas Herds; browses high leaves and kicks when attacked.
Lion Savannas Prides with maned males. Sleeps by day, hunts at dusk. Only attacks if provoked.
Elephant Savannas Herds with a moving trunk; the whole herd charges if one is hurt.
Zebra Savannas Large herds; the lion's favourite prey, gallops away from danger.
Bison Plains, savannas Herds paw the ground; attack one and the whole herd charges.
Moose Taigas, cold forests Solitary or paired, palmate antlers, defends itself.
Crocodile Swamps, mangroves Basks with open jaws and ambushes swimmers.
Flamingo Swamps, mangroves Flocks that stand on one leg and dip their heads to feed.
Capybara Rivers, jungles, swamps Very calm, sits a lot and loves to swim.
Crab Beaches Walks sideways and pinches if bothered.
Penguin Snowy beaches, frozen rivers Colonies that waddle, belly slide and swim fast.
Snow Leopard Snowy peaks, mountains Solitary hunter of goats and rabbits; sleeps curled in its tail.
Snake Deserts, badlands, jungles Slithers, coils and rears up to warn. Mildly venomous bite.
Andean Llama Mountains, meadows, plateaus Woolly herds you can shear and decorate. Spits if hit.
Kangaroo Savannas, badlands Hops in groups; mothers carry a joey; double kick when attacked.
Hippo Warm rivers, swamps Walks the riverbed, huge threat yawn, very territorial in water.
Gorilla Jungles Family groups led by a silverback that beats its chest as a warning.
Toucan Jungles Flies between trees. Tame it with fruit and carry it on your shoulder.
Raccoon Forests Nocturnal thief that steals one food item from chests and "washes" it. Respects mobGriefing.
Brown Bear Forests, taigas Fishes salmon from rivers, stands and roars as a warning. Protective mothers.

Healing the Wounded Deer

  1. Craft a Herbal Salve: 1 bowl + 2 small flowers + 1 wheat seeds (shapeless).
  2. Find a wounded deer and right click it with the salve.
  3. Enjoy the green glow, hearts, a little melody and some experience. You get your bowl back.

Compatibility

Loader Minecraft Requires
Forge 1.20.1 GeckoLib
NeoForge 1.21.1 GeckoLib
Fabric 1.21.1 GeckoLib, Fabric API
Fabric 1.20.1 GeckoLib, Fabric API

Optional biome mods supported: Biomes O' Plenty and Oh The Biomes We've Gone. Animals spawn in their matching biomes automatically.

Modpacks

Yes! Feel free to include Fauna Unleashed in any modpack.

Feedback Welcome

We're always open to feedback! I'm happy to read your comments, so feel free to share ideas, bug reports or suggestions in the comments section.