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Ethological!

Ethological aims to make vanilla animals feel like real animals, with dynamic living herds, hunger & thirst systems, sleep cycles and unique behaviors for each species!
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ethological-0.1.2.jar

File nameethological-0.1.45.jar
Uploader
Charybdis180Charybdis180
Uploaded
Aug 29, 2026
Downloads
363
Size
585.1 KB
Mod Loaders
NeoForge
File ID
8758223
Type
R
Release
Supported game versions
  • 1.21.1

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implementation "curse.maven:ethological-1641376:8758223"

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What's new

  • Refactored all previous code to shrink the jar size by ~15%
  • Added compatibility (with config options) for Resource Packs; including specifc compats for Fresh Animations & the Better Days mod
  • Starving/Dehydrating animals will wake and break from the herd to drink/eat and return after
  • Fixed pen detection so animal now ACTUALLY recognize when in a player-made pen and change behavior accordingly (Stops migrating animals, herds join together)
  • Fixed herd alphas being crowded by large herds.
  • Fixed herds spawning/sleeping on cliffs
  • Fixed swimming animals getting stuck on blocks trying to escape water
  • Animals will no longer try to sleep in water
  • Animals swim faster in water
  • General herd spacing tweaks to make herds feel more uniform

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