Features:

Each wolf variant has its own special perk, giving the player a reason to search for a specific type (other than appearance). The only variant without a perk is the common "woods" variant.
New items are introduced that add more uses for the armadillo scutes.
"Great Wolf" - a special wolf than has a 1% chance of spawning. It can be any variant.

Great Wolf

Health: 80
Larger than standard wolf
Spawns with one of three random abilities

1. Extra Loot from kills
2. Greater General Strength
3. More Damage to Undead

Variant Buffs

Pale Wolf - Extra damage to undead
Ashen Wolf - Extra speed
Black Wolf - Stronger generally
Chestnut Wolf - Greatly reduced fall damage
Rusty Wolf - Immune to poison
Spotted Wolf - Natural looting
Striped Wolf - Immune to fire damage
Snowy Wolf - Immune to powdered snow

Items:

Armadillo Helmet - offers little protection
Rally Horn - Allows you to locate and heal pets in a 50-block radius around you.
Snow Suit - armor that can be crafted with wool - it has no base armor points, but it protects from freezing.
"Frost Walker" Wolf Armor can be found in igloo chests.
Shields can be crafted with scutes.
Wolf Armor can be crafted with turtle scutes.
Mending and Unbreaking can be added to wolf armor.
Structure Maps can be found in cartographer chests in villages.
Bastion Locator Maps are found in fortress chests.
Fortress Locator Maps are found in bastion chests.

Experimental Features:
Added new recipe to experimental 1.21 features.

Fire Mace - a mace crafted with a blaze rod, instead of breeze rod

NOTE: All features based on Snapshot 24w12a. Features subject to change in the future.

Better Wolf Variants