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Real Pet Guard

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Real Pet Guard

By Jahus

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Easily customisable mod that guards pets from damage from players and players from damage from pets.

Mod Loaders
Minecraft
26.3
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Description

Real Pet Guard

Server-side mod for Minecraft. Simple and crystal-clear rules for player/pet combat.

Works on dedicated server and singleplayer (logic runs on the server side only).

Does not touch environmental damage, mob damage and pet (im)mortality. Aimed at survival / outdoor combat, not "cosy immortal pets".

Config (config/realpetguard.json)

{
  "prevent_player_attacking_pets": "own",
  "allow_crouch_bypass": "owner",
  "prevent_pets_attacking_players": "no"
}
Key Values Default Meaning
prevent_player_attacking_pets no own all own no: vanilla;
own: each player cannot hurt their pets;
all: no player can hurt any tamed pet.
allow_crouch_bypass owner all owner Who may still kill a protected pet while sneaking.
Ignored if prevent is no.
prevent_pets_attacking_players yes no no yes: pets never target players (assist / retaliate are off)

Guardrail

If you set prevent_player_attacking_pets=all, allow_crouch_bypass=owner and prevent_pets_attacking_players=no,
a random player could be bitten without any way to defend himself (hit the pet).
On load, the mod forces prevent_pets_attacking_players to yes and logs a warning.

Recommended defaults

Outdoor combat, simple

{
  "prevent_player_attacking_pets": "own",
  "allow_crouch_bypass": "owner",
  "prevent_pets_attacking_players": "no"
}
  • You do not one-shot your own dog in a fight
  • Crouch + hit still lets the owner put a pet down
  • Other players can kill your pets
  • Pets still fight for you and retaliate

No PvP on pets, but…

{
  "prevent_player_attacking_pets": "all",
  "allow_crouch_bypass": "all",
  "prevent_pets_attacking_players": "no"
}

Anyone can still crouch-kill a pet if needed; pets may still attack players who hurt their owner or hurt them.

License

Apache-2.0