🐕 Better Dogs

No Backports: This mod targets Minecraft 26.1+. Older versions are unsupported.

Make Wolves Worthy Companions. Smarter, Safer, Livelier.

Every Minecraft player knows the pain: you spend hours finding a wolf, tame it, and five minutes later it jumps into lava or walks off a cliff. Better Dogs overhauls wolf AI to make them effective partners. Powered by a high-performance Event-Driven AI Scheduler, they act efficiently without sacrificing performance.

Part of the Vanilla Outsider Collection — mods that refine the vanilla experience with modern standards.

✨ Features

🧠 Personality Intelligence

When tamed, wolves develop one of three permanent personalities, visible via custom particles:

• 💢 Aggressive: The Guardian. Proactively attacks hostile mobs and scouts ahead.
• ❤️ Pacifist: The Healer. Avoids combat unless you are hurt. High health, low damage.
• ✨ Normal: The Classic. Balanced stats and standard vanilla-plus behavior.

🤝 Advanced Social AI

• Social Bonding (Affinity): Dogs form relationships within their pack. Socializing builds trust and reduces accidental infighting.
• Adult Correction: Aggressive adults discipline misbehaving puppies, preventing death loops.
• Pack Genetics: Puppies inherit personality traits and stats from their parents.

🛡️ Smart Survival AI

• Cliff Safety: Wolves detect fatal drops and airborne targets, stopping dangerous chases.
• Hazard Awareness: Improved pathfinding around lava, fire, and drowning hazards.
• Creeper Awareness: Wolves flee from hissing Creepers!

📡 Behavioral Specialization

• Scouting: Aggressive dogs proactively range ahead to clear your path.
• Silent Alarm: Pacifist dogs emit a high-pitched whine when they detect nearby monsters.
• Gift System: Loyal dogs bring you treasures based on their personality.
• Debug Tools: Use /betterdogs debug territory to test pack interactions.

🏰 Wild Wolf Territoriality

Wild wolf packs are now dynamic, territorial entities led by a dominant leader:

• Territorial Disputes (The Handshake): When rival packs meet, leaders negotiate. If both want war, they engage in a Territorial War. If only one wants war, the other may Yield & Merge immediately or retreat based on a configurable chance.
• 1v1 Leader Duels: During a war, rival leaders engage in a cinematic 1v1 duel to settle dominance, while pack members participate in a secondary brawl.
• Yield & Merge: Defeated packs are not lost; they yield and merge with the winning pack, allowing for the natural formation of massive wolf colonies.
• Wild Personality AI (New Default): Out of the box, wild pack members exhibit unique behaviors (like Aggressive hunting or Pack Retreats) while anchored to their leader.
• Performance Hardened: All AI logic is performance-optimized using DasikLibrary 1.7.0, ensuring zero console spam and smooth server TPS even with massive packs.

⚙️ Configuration (Native Game Rules)

No messy config files. Better Dogs uses the Native Minecraft Game Rules system. All 40+ mod parameters are grouped into a dedicated "Better Dogs" category in the official UI.

☕ Support

If you enjoy the Vanilla Outsider collection, consider fueling the next update!

[!NOTE] Indonesian Users: SocioBuzz and Saweria support local payment methods (Gopay, OVO, Dana, etc.) if you want to support me without using PayPal/Ko-fi!

📜 Credits