Critters and Companions (Unofficial Fabric Port)

Unofficial Fabric port of Critters and Companions for Minecraft 26.1.2, bringing back its charming wildlife, pets, items, and interactions.

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Critters and Companions 26.1.2.jar

modImplementation "curse.maven:critters-and-companions-unofficial-fabric-port-1547290:8110745"

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🧩 Updated the project for Minecraft 26.1.2, Java 25, and current Fabric tooling.
🦎 Migrated GeckoLib entity model/animation/resource paths for GeckoLib 5.5.1.
🛠️ Fixed startup crashes caused by outdated mixins, invokers, accessors, and changed Minecraft internals.
🎨 Restored item rendering by adding/updating modern item model definitions.
🥚 Fixed spawn egg model references for the new resource format.
📜 Updated recipe JSON files to the newer Minecraft 26.1.2 format.
🎁 Fixed Fabric loot modifier behavior that caused crashes during world/resource reloads.
🧬 Added missing entity attributes needed by newer vanilla AI goals, including tempt behavior.
🖼️ Updated pack.mcmeta metadata for Minecraft 26.1.2 resource/data pack compatibility.
🕷️ Fixed the built-in arachnophobia-friendly resource pack, including the simplified jumping spider GeckoLib model path.
🌎 Added and expanded Spanish localization variants, including es_cl, es_mx, es_ar, es_ec, es_uy, es_ve, and esan.
💎 Verified selected gameplay interactions such as dragonfly armor, pearl necklaces, sea bunny slime collection, and selected mob rendering/animation behavior.

🧣 Restored the ferret collar overlay render layer, matching the original mod behavior for tamed ferrets.
🦎 Updated the ferret overlay layer for the current GeckoLib 5 render-state API.
🧹 Removed unused NeoForge/Forge port leftovers from the Fabric-focused source tree.
🧪 Confirmed in-game by Axl: tamed ferret collar rendering works correctly.