SBC FluidCows

⚠ Actively under development — updates ship frequently

Cows that produce any fluid in the game. Milk them with buckets, breed them for new types, and capture them with the Cow Snatcher.
Every cow displays its fluid texture directly on the model — no flat colors.
Works automatically with any mod that has a bucket variant of their fluid(s).

✦ Features

🐄 Fluid Cows

Fluid Cows spawn naturally throughout the world. Each cow produces a specific fluid — right-click with an empty bucket to collect it. Cows have a configurable cooldown between milkings, so plan your farms accordingly.

🎨 Textured Overlays

The actual fluid texture is mapped directly onto each cow's spots. These textures generate automatically for every registered fluid in the game. Resource packs can override them for custom looks.

💕 Breeding System

Combine two cow types to create offspring. Configure which parents produce which child, the breeding item required, success chance, and how long babies take to grow up. By default, breeding is blank (random parent selected) — customize it to create progression paths.

🔧 Cow Snatcher

A craftable tool that picks up adult cows as items. Captured cows keep their cooldowns, which tick down while sitting in your inventory. The tooltip shows time remaining until the cow is ready to milk again.

💧 Particle Effects

Cows ready to be milked drip fluid particles underneath them — a visual indicator that they're full. Particle intensity can be reduced with vanilla particle settings.

⚙️ In-Game Config (F7)

Operators can edit everything without restarting the game. Enable or disable cows, adjust spawn weights, set cooldowns, configure breeding recipes. Changes apply immediately — no server restart required.

✦ Mod Support

JEI — Browse all fluid cows and their breeding recipes
Jade — See fluid type and cooldown timers when looking at a cow

✦ Configuration

JSON configs generate automatically for every fluid on first launch. Each file controls:

Spawn weight
Bucket cooldown
Breeding cooldown
Growth time
Breeding parents
Breeding item
Success chance

Edit through the F7 menu or directly in the config files.

🧱 Items

Cow Snatcher — Picks up adult fluid cows as items. Captured cows retain their cooldown timers.

✦ Planned Features

Auto-Milking Methods — Native support coming. For now, use mods like Industrial Foregoing or others that support modded fluids.
Cow Breeding Tiers — Basic → Rare → Legendary fluid progression
Achievements/Advancements — Rewards for collecting cow types

📚 Dependencies

Required: NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1
Optional: JEI for recipe browsing
Optional: Jade for cow tooltips

Part of the SBC mod family. Questions? Suggestions? Leave a comment!