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!

Links

• Issues & Bugs: GitHub Issues
• Source Code: GitHub Repository

License

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

Made with love by DennisTheGamer