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Capybaras playing on the thermal spring

Albino capybara chilling with a geyser

Mandarin bushes on a sunny day

Thermal springs on a mangrove swamp

Features

Capybaras:

Capybaras are new mobs found in swamps, mangrove swamps, and river biomes. They will spawn anywhere on those, usually in groups of 3-4 capybaras, but will spawn way more frequently at Capybara's Paradise, also found in mangrove swamps.
Capybaras come in four different varieties. The most common are the red capybara, the brown capybara, and the choco capybara (dark brown). Besides these three variants, you can also find albino capybaras (personally my favorites) with a spawn chance of 1% (so one every 100 capybaras) and capybara towers, also with a 1% spawn chance.
Capybaras will follow you if you hold a melon slice. It also allows you to breed them.
You can place mandarins on capybaras heads. This can be purely visual, but if you tempt them with a melon slice, and they collide with an entity, this entity will ride the capybara (pretty much like a boat). To dismount it, right-click the capybara. If you want to remove the mandarin, right-click the capybara while sneaking when no entity is riding them. Other capybaras or players can't ride capybaras.
Capybaras are semiaquatic animals, so they spawn more often near water bodies. However, they do not need water to survive.
Capybaras are swift swimmers. If you grab a melon slice in front of them while swimming, they'll catch up to you in a heartbeat.

Mandarins:

Mandarin bush:
- Despite being unrealistic, mandarin bushes are the way to get the new fruit.
- You can find mandarins, mandarin leaves, flowering mandarin leaves, and mandarin flowers in these bushes.
- These bushes only spawn on the plains biome, so gather some saplings to plant them anywhere else you might want to have them.
Mandarin:
- A new food type. Eating this will give you two hunger points + the "Sweetened" status effect for 5 seconds.
- You can put a mandarin on a capybara's head by right-clicking them while holding a mandarin. Right-click the capybara while sneaking to remove it, and the mandarin will drop right off.
Mandarin leaves:
- A new decorative block that, when broken, has a chance of dropping either a mandarin, a mandarin bush sapling, or sticks. If mined with shears or silk touch, the block itself will drop.
- This block has a second variant, the flowering mandarin leaves, which drop mandarin flowers.
Mandarin flowers:
- A new decorative block that works like the glow lichen (without the glow, obviously), but with the flowering mandarin leaves' flowers as its texture.

Thermal springs:

A new decorative block. This block emits steam particles from the water blocks above it in a 5-block radius.
If there's water below it, the thermal spring becomes a geyser, shooting steam particles up. If an entity steps on it, it will be sent up at high velocities (this includes players, mobs, and projectiles). If you want to avoid the uplift, sneak while walking on it.
The only way to find this block is to find a Capybaras' Paradise or a geyser.
The particles are a bit performance intensive, so use these sparingly (spacing them ten blocks apart should give you the most use out of them).

Capybaras' Paradise:

A new structure found in mangrove swamps. Here, capybaras spawn more often than in the rest of the swamp and stay closer to these structures.
You'll find many watermelons scattered around and small ponds with thermal springs at the bottom.

Geysers:

A new structure found in swamps, mangrove swamps, and mountains. This is an alternative way to gather thermal spring blocks.

Sweetened:

A new effect. While having this effect, all food gives you 50% more hunger points (1.5x). For golden apples and enchanted golden apples, as well as the 50% more hunger points, you'll also get two more absorption hearts (4 health points).
This effect is only obtainable through eating mandarins and has only a single level.

Advancements

Oh sweetie...:
- You unlock this advancement by eating a mandarin and getting the "Sweetened" effect.
The new black:
- You unlock this advancement by stylishly placing a mandarin on a capybara's head.

FAQ

Can I include this mod in a modpack?

Yes: You can; no need for approval. However, I would love to know what mod packs use this mod, so don't hesitate to message me on Discord! (sn0wfrog).

I found a bug! What do I do?

Open an issue: Make an issue on this mod's GitHub page, and I'll try to fix it as soon as possible. Make sure to explain how to reproduce the bug as well.

Can you port this mod to X mod loader?

No: I only mod for the Fabric loader, so other mod loader versions will not happen. Sorry! (A quilt version might happen, though)

SPECIAL THANKS TO

@PadjokeJ, for volunteering to do the french translation of the mod. Thanks!

A Fabric mod that adds Capybaras, the "coconut doggies", as your companionship!

Sn0wfrog's Capybaras