TioBreeding

Features

• Breeding workflow — Activate two parents with a breeding item; they breed when close enough or after both enter breeding mode.
• Vanilla-style hearts — Love-heart particles appear above parent mobs when breeding mode is activated (same style as feeding animals in vanilla).
• Baby growth — Babies spawn as domesticated (Tamed_*) and automatically grow into adults after a configurable time.
• Domestication support — Optionally require parents to be tamed via vanilla Hytale domestication (Tamed_Cow, Tamed_Sheep, etc.).
• Configurable mob registry — Define which parent mobs can breed and which baby mob ID they produce.
• Breeding cooldown — Per-mob cooldown after a successful breed.
• Custom chat messages — Fully editable messages with legacy color codes (&a, &c, &l, etc.) and hex colors (&#55FF55).
• Bundled breeding item — Includes Concentrated Life Essence (Ingredient_Life_Essence_Concentrated) with a crafting recipe.
• Admin tools — Reload config without restarting the server; optional debug command for troubleshooting.

Installation

1. Download TioBreeding-1.2.0.jar (or the latest release).
2. Place the JAR in your Hytale server's mods folder (next to other server plugins/mods).
3. Start the server once. The mod will create its configuration folder automatically.
4. Edit TioBreeding/config.json if you want custom settings (see below).
5. Restart the server, or run /breed reload (admin) to apply config changes without a full restart.

Note: This mod ships with IncludesAssetPack: true, so the breeding item and its assets are bundled inside the JAR. No separate resource pack install is required on the server.

How Breeding Works

Requirements

1. Both animals must be listed in allowedMobsRegistry.
2. If requireDomestication is true (default), both parents must be domesticated in vanilla Hytale (their role must be Tamed_*, e.g. Tamed_Cow).
3. Neither parent may be on breeding cooldown.
4. You must hold the configured breeding item in your hand.

Steps

1. Hold the breeding item (default: Ingredient_Life_Essence_Concentrated).
2. Look at the first parent and activate breeding:
   • Press F (Use interaction), or
   • Right-click the mob while holding the item.
3. Hearts appear above the mob. It enters breeding mode for breedingWindowSeconds.
4. Use the breeding item on the second parent of the same species.
5. Breeding completes when:
   • Both parents are in breeding mode and within maxBreedingDistance blocks, or
   • Both are in breeding mode and move close enough (automatic pairing via server ticker).
6. A baby spawns between the two parents, already domesticated, and begins its growth timer.
7. One breeding item is consumed per successful activation.

Default Breeding Item

You can change breedingItemId in the config to any vanilla or mod item ID if you prefer a different item.

Baby Growth

• Babies spawned by the mod are tracked and grow into their adult parentMobId after babyGrowthTimeGameMinutes (in-game minutes).
• Growth is checked every growthCheckIntervalSeconds.
• Naturally spawned domesticated babies (already Tamed_* in the world) are also detected and tracked for growth once domesticated.
• When growth completes, the baby entity is replaced with the adult version at the same position.

Commands

Server Configuration

Config file location

After the first server start:

<server>/mods/TioBreeding/config.json

On first launch, the mod copies defaults from the bundled config.json inside the JAR. The file is also saved when the server shuts down.

Use /breed reload to apply edits without restarting.

Full config reference

{
  "breedingItemId": "Ingredient_Life_Essence_Concentrated",
  "maxBreedingDistance": 5,
  "breedingWindowSeconds": 15,
  "breedingCooldownMinutes": 10,
  "babyGrowthTimeGameMinutes": 40,
  "growthCheckIntervalSeconds": 30,
  "requireDomestication": true,
  "allowedMobsRegistry": [ ... ],
  "messages": { ... }
}

General settings

Mob registry (allowedMobsRegistry)

Each entry maps a parent species to its baby mob ID:

{
  "parentMobId": "Cow",
  "babyMobId": "Cow_Calf"
}

• parentMobId — Adult mob role/type ID (e.g. Cow, Sheep, Pig). Matching is case-insensitive and also works with Tamed_* roles.
• babyMobId — NPC ID spawned as the offspring.

Default supported species (16):

To add a custom mob, append a new entry with the correct Hytale NPC role IDs. Both parents must share the same parentMobId entry.

Chat messages (messages)

Message color codes

Messages support Minecraft-style formatting:

Example:

"breedingCompleted": "&b&l[TioBreeding] &r&aBaby spawned successfully!"

Tip: Use & directly in your config file. The mod writes configs without escaping & as \u0026.

Example: Minimal custom config

{
  "breedingItemId": "Ingredient_Hay",
  "maxBreedingDistance": 8,
  "breedingWindowSeconds": 30,
  "breedingCooldownMinutes": 5,
  "babyGrowthTimeGameMinutes": 20,
  "growthCheckIntervalSeconds": 15,
  "requireDomestication": true,
  "allowedMobsRegistry": [
    { "parentMobId": "Cow", "babyMobId": "Cow_Calf" },
    { "parentMobId": "Sheep", "babyMobId": "Sheep_Lamb" },
    { "parentMobId": "Pig", "babyMobId": "Pig_Piglet" }
  ],
  "messages": {
    "enabled": true,
    "defaultColor": "#AAAAAA",
    "breedingActivated": "&a[Farm] &fBreeding mode ON! Use the item on the second animal within {windowSeconds}s.",
    "breedingCompleted": "&a[Farm] &fA baby was born!",
    "notTamed": "&c[Farm] &fTame this animal first."
  }
}

After saving, run /breed reload or restart the server.

Troubleshooting

Technical notes

• Server-only: Players do not need to install anything; the server loads the mod and asset pack.
• Thread safety: Breeding activation and spawning run on the world thread to avoid desync issues.
• Pairing ticker: Ready breeding pairs are evaluated on the same interval as baby growth checks (growthCheckIntervalSeconds).
• Dependencies: None required. Works with ServerVersion:*.

Support

For issues, feature requests, or updated builds, refer to the mod page or project repository linked on CurseForge.

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