BreedTimer

Always know when your animals and villagers are ready to breed!

This lightweight client-side Fabric mod displays floating timers above breedable animals and villagers, showing exactly when they can breed again and how long babies take to grow up.

Features

Breed Cooldown Timers

Floating labels — Clear countdown timers displayed directly above each animal or villager
Baby growth timers — See exactly when baby animals and villagers will grow up
Love mode indicator — Visual feedback when animals are in love mode
Ready indicator — Instantly see which animals and villagers are ready to breed

Villager Support

Adult villagers show ✓ Ready by default
Breed cooldown starts after villagers stop showing heart particles — 5-minute timer identical to animals
Baby villager growth countdown — 20 minutes until adult
Compact HUD shows a dedicated villager line: Villagers X ready Y cooldown Z babies

Turtle Egg Tracking

Floating labels above turtle egg blocks showing the current hatch stage — Fresh (cyan), Cracking (orange), Hatching! (green)
Compact HUD shows a dedicated egg line when eggs are nearby: Turtle Eggs X fresh Y cracking Z hatching

Smart Rendering

Distance-based fading — Timers fade out smoothly at longer distances
FOV culling — Only renders timers for entities within your field of view
Line-of-sight check — No timers through walls
Configurable scan radius — Control how far the mod looks for animals and villagers
Background opacity — Adjustable background for better readability

Player-Friendly

Compact mode — Minimal two-line HUD display (Animals / Villagers) for less screen clutter
Sound notifications — Optional audio alert when an animal or villager becomes ready to breed again
Separate toggles — Enable or disable animals and villagers independently
Timer sync — Timers speed up correctly when using /tick sprint
In-game config — Full YACL config screen via ModMenu
Keybinds — Dedicated "Breed Timer" category in controls
Client-side only — No server installation required

Supported Animals

All breedable animals in MC 26.1 are covered:

Cow, Mooshroom, Sheep, Pig, Chicken, Rabbit, Horse, Donkey, Mule, Llama, Wolf, Cat, Ocelot, Fox, Panda, Goat, Camel, Sniffer, Bee, Turtle, Axolotl, Frog, Strider, Hoglin, Armadillo, Nautilus

Plus Villagers with full breed cooldown and baby tracking.

Customization

Configure everything in-game via ModMenu:

General

Toggle mod on/off
Show Animals (toggle independently)
Show Villagers (toggle independently)
Show/hide baby growth timers
Enable compact mode

Keybinds (Controls > Breed Timer)

N — Toggle mod on/off
B — Toggle compact mode

Rendering

Scan radius (4–32 blocks)
Fade start/end distance
Field of view angle
Background opacity

Notifications

Play sound when an animal or villager becomes ready to breed

Requirements

Minecraft: 26.1+
Fabric Loader: 0.18.4 or higher
Fabric API: Required
Java: 25 or higher
ModMenu + YACL: Optional (for in-game config screen)

Perfect For

Breeders — Efficiently manage large animal farms and villager trading halls
Farmers — Track breeding cooldowns across multiple pens at a glance
Speedrunners — Know exactly when animals are ready without guessing
Everyone — Anyone who breeds animals or villagers in Minecraft!

License

This mod is open-source and licensed under the MIT License.

Made with love by DennisTheGamer