Customize your Minecraft experience with new pets, offering unique abilities and companionship during your adventures.

Experience the ultimate companionship in Minecraft with pets at your side that you can find by exploring new areas. Each pet is unique in its own way and can help you in certain situations with their perks and abilities. Gather more pets to get all the perks or just let them exist by your side and be your companion forever.
Explore the seamless functionality in both single-player and multiplayer modes.
Better Pets v3+ does not have multiplayer support.
Better Pets v4.0.1+ does have multiplayer support.
Better Pets v4.2.0 does not have multiplayer support.
Better Pets v4.2.4+ does have multiplayer support.
• Pets that can be found in buried treasure chests and shipwreck treasure.
• Pets that follow you when activated.
• Pets can be leveled when the player gains exp.
• Pets that give their owner abilities that get stronger, the higher level they are.
• Works in all dimensions.
• In-game wiki for easy information gathering about certain pets.
• 99.9% Multiplayer supported.
Better Pets is heavily inspired by Hypixel Skyblock.
Find Pets in Buried Treasure or Sunken Treasure
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Terms for using, modifying and redistributing this product.
17.08.2026 · Modrinth
Patch Notes:
- Backported Better Pets v4.3.4 to Minecraft 1.21.1.`
- Fixed Phoenix pet totem 24 hour count not giving totem.
- Fixed Herobrine and Turtle pet not being the correct item.
- Added extra check when switching dimension.
Screenshots and images from the original Modrinth page.








Published versions and original Modrinth files.
17.08.2026 · 300 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Backported Better Pets v4.3.4 to Minecraft 1.21.1.`
- Fixed Phoenix pet totem 24 hour count not giving totem.
- Fixed Herobrine and Turtle pet not being the correct item.
- Added extra check when switching dimension.
17.08.2026 · 32 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Backported Better Pets v4.3.4 to Minecraft 1.21.1.`
- Fixed Phoenix pet totem 24 hour count not giving totem.
- Fixed Herobrine and Turtle pet not being the correct item.
- Added extra check when switching dimension.
12.07.2026 · 1 986 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed pets copying levels from other pets when switching active pets too fast.
- Fixed pets copying levels from other pets when switching active pets when gaining experience.
- Fixed a bug where pets could be tied to multiple players.
- Fixed a bug where multiple players could have their active pet incorrectly despawned.
- Fixed a bug where more than one pet could receive experience from a single event.
- Fixed a bug where the player would be recognised as the owner while not having any pet active.
- Removed in-game developer note.
- Changed phoenix lore.
12.07.2026 · 255 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed pets copying levels from other pets when switching active pets too fast.
- Fixed pets copying levels from other pets when switching active pets when gaining experience.
- Fixed a bug where pets could be tied to multiple players.
- Fixed a bug where multiple players could have their active pet incorrectly despawned.
- Fixed a bug where more than one pet could receive experience from a single event.
- Fixed a bug where the player would be recognised as the owner while not having any pet active.
- Removed in-game developer note.
- Changed phoenix lore.
12.07.2026 · 1 340 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed pets copying levels from other pets when switching active pets too fast.
- Fixed pets copying levels from other pets when switching active pets when gaining experience.
- Fixed a bug where pets could be tied to multiple players.
- Fixed a bug where multiple players could have their active pet incorrectly despawned.
- Fixed a bug where more than one pet could receive experience from a single event.
- Fixed a bug where the player would be recognised as the owner while not having any pet active.
- Removed in-game developer note.
- Changed phoenix lore.
12.07.2026 · 143 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed pets copying levels from other pets when switching active pets too fast.
- Fixed pets copying levels from other pets when switching active pets when gaining experience.
- Fixed a bug where pets could be tied to multiple players.
- Fixed a bug where multiple players could have their active pet incorrectly despawned.
- Fixed a bug where more than one pet could receive experience from a single event.
- Fixed a bug where the player would be recognised as the owner while not having any pet active.
- Removed in-game developer note.
- Changed phoenix lore.
26.06.2026 · 512 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 26.2.
Note:
- Switching pets while gaining xp could swap levels between pets.
25.06.2026 · 123 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 26.2.
Note:
- Switching pets while gaining xp could swap levels between pets.
27.04.2026 · 3 153 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 26.1 - 26.1.2.
- Fixed a timer issue.
27.04.2026 · 484 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 26.1 - 26.1.2.
- Fixed a timer issue.
09.12.2025 · 6 130 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.11.
09.12.2025 · 704 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.11.
22.11.2025 · 630 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Changed invisible pet menu method to the one from Vxl68. This should no longer make all minecarts have command blocks in them.
22.11.2025 · 121 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Changed invisible pet menu method to the one from Vxl68. This should no longer make all minecarts have command blocks in them.
15.11.2025 · 261 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed pets not being invisible when spawning them when their status is set to 'hidden'.
- Fixed level 1 Hamster pet lore.
15.11.2025 · 56 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed pets not being invisible when spawning them when their status is set to 'hidden'.
- Fixed level 1 Hamster pet lore.
14.11.2025 · 90 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed TPS increase when having pets in your inventory or hotbar.
- Reduced vertical movement for idle pet animation.
- Increased maximum pets to 36.
- Added second pet menu page when having more than 18 pets.
- Increased performance when opening / interacting with the pet menu.
- Added pet visibility setting where you can toggle your own pets' visibility.
- Increase overall performance.
- Fixed being able to take the Pet Level Display from the menu.
- Updated the in-game wiki.
Website Note:
- Added the official Better Pets wiki page on my website:
14.11.2025 · 31 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed TPS increase when having pets in your inventory or hotbar.
- Reduced vertical movement for idle pet animation.
- Increased maximum pets to 36.
- Added second pet menu page when having more than 18 pets.
- Increased performance when opening / interacting with the pet menu.
- Added pet visibility setting where you can toggle your own pets' visibility.
- Increase overall performance.
- Fixed being able to take the Pet Level Display from the menu.
- Updated the in-game wiki.
Website Note:
- Added the official Better Pets wiki page on my website:
09.11.2025 · 4 400 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.1.
09.11.2025 · 119 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.1.
09.11.2025 · 280 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed new installations of Better Pets v4.2.6+ not assigning the player a new unique ID. Players were previously sharing the same ID meaning that all players would share the same pets.
09.11.2025 · 79 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed new installations of Better Pets v4.2.6+ not assigning the player a new unique ID. Players were previously sharing the same ID meaning that all players would share the same pets.
07.11.2025 · 118 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed active pet not respawning when rejoining the server.
07.11.2025 · 35 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed active pet not respawning when rejoining the server.
07.11.2025 · 63 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Pet Menus are now invisible when using the included resource pack.
- Pet Menus now despawn when the player disconnects. (multiplayer only)
- Active pets now go invisible when the owner disconnects. (multiplayer only)
Note:
- Added an optional resource pack that makes the pet menu invisible.
07.11.2025 · 34 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Pet Menus are now invisible when using the included resource pack.
- Pet Menus now despawn when the player disconnects. (multiplayer only)
- Active pets now go invisible when the owner disconnects. (multiplayer only)
Note:
- Added an optional resource pack that makes the pet menu invisible.
06.11.2025 · 55 downloads
Patch Notes:
- All active pets that were left behind because the player disconnected will now despawn automatically. (Works only for multiplayer)
Work In Progress:
- Invisible pet menu.
06.11.2025 · 35 downloads
Patch Notes:
- All active pets that were left behind because the player disconnected will now despawn automatically. (Works only for multiplayer)
Work In Progress:
- Invisible pet menu.
05.11.2025 · 66 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Pets outside the player's range of 60 blocks will instantly teleport to the player.
- Pets now teleport with the player when changing dimensions. (previously, it would just despawn)
- Active pet and menu will both despawn when the player dies.
- Fixed multiple active pets and/or menus breaking all other pets.
- Added multiple safety checks for certain systems.
- Fixed multiple logic issues.
05.11.2025 · 27 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Pets outside the player's range of 60 blocks will instantly teleport to the player.
- Pets now teleport with the player when changing dimensions. (previously, it would just despawn)
- Active pet and menu will both despawn when the player dies.
- Fixed multiple active pets and/or menus breaking all other pets.
- Added multiple safety checks for certain systems.
- Fixed multiple logic issues.
01.10.2025 · 2 388 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.9.
01.10.2025 · 464 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.9.
21.08.2025 · 1 314 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed worm pet not working and loading.
21.08.2025 · 123 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Fixed worm pet not working and loading.
12.08.2025 · 481 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added 'Pet Menu' recipe.
- Removed 'Pet Menu' from the wandering trader.
12.08.2025 · 44 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added 'Pet Menu' recipe.
- Removed 'Pet Menu' from the wandering trader.
12.08.2025 · 2 931 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added 'Pet Menu' recipe.
- Removed 'Pet Menu' from the wandering trader.
12.08.2025 · 400 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added 'Pet Menu' recipe.
- Removed 'Pet Menu' from the wandering trader.
08.08.2025 · 210 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Removed in-game developer note.
- Small code optimization.
08.08.2025 · 64 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Removed in-game developer note.
- Small code optimization.
07.08.2025 · 212 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Ported all features from v4.2.0 from 1.21.8 back to 1.21.1.
- Fixed multiple bugs.
- Optimized datapack for better performance.
Important Note:
- Multiplayer still has some bugs, but is actively being worked on.
07.08.2025 · 44 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Ported all features from v4.2.0 from 1.21.8 back to 1.21.1.
- Fixed multiple bugs.
- Optimized datapack for better performance.
Important Note:
- Multiplayer still has some bugs, but is actively being worked on.
24.07.2025 · 654 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.8.
- Pets now have abilities that scale with their level.
- Fixed pets not being able to level up to 100.
- Fixed pets not spawning when changing dimension.
- Pet menu can now be opened when in crawling and swimming mode.
- Added a command /trigger BetterPets to open the in-game Better Pets Wiki. (more information on the Modrinth website)
- Fixed missing pet name in the level-up message.
- Fixed leveling problem where it would skip levels when leveling up.
- Fixed incorrect exp count when gaining exp.
- Added a level display in the 'Pet Menu' where it shows the active pet, exp, and exp needed to level up.
- Fixed being able to place the pet menu on a block.
- Fixed being able to place any pet on a block.
- Fixed being able to obtain the Beast Tamer achievement more than once.
- Added an uninstall command /function pets:uninstall.
- Added idle animation for pets when standing still.
- Improved overall in-game performance.
- Pet drop rates have been changed and can be viewed in the in-game wiki.
Important Notes:
- Sometimes a pet carries its level over to another pet when swapping pets.
- Sometimes a pet won't spawn when summoned by the player after switching dimensions.
- Multiplayer is still not bug-free, so use it at your own risk.
24.07.2025 · 124 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.8.
- Pets now have abilities that scale with their level.
- Fixed pets not being able to level up to 100.
- Fixed pets not spawning when changing dimension.
- Pet menu can now be opened when in crawling and swimming mode.
- Added a command /trigger BetterPets to open the in-game Better Pets Wiki. (more information on the Modrinth website)
- Fixed missing pet name in the level-up message.
- Fixed leveling problem where it would skip levels when leveling up.
- Fixed incorrect exp count when gaining exp.
- Added a level display in the 'Pet Menu' where it shows the active pet, exp, and exp needed to level up.
- Fixed being able to place the pet menu on a block.
- Fixed being able to place any pet on a block.
- Fixed being able to obtain the Beast Tamer achievement more than once.
- Added an uninstall command /function pets:uninstall.
- Added idle animation for pets when standing still.
- Improved overall in-game performance.
- Pet drop rates have been changed and can be viewed in the in-game wiki.
Important Notes:
- Sometimes a pet carries its level over to another pet when swapping pets.
- Sometimes a pet won't spawn when summoned by the player after switching dimensions.
- Multiplayer is still not bug-free, so use it at your own risk.
01.07.2025 · 837 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.7.
- Reworked the code for adding pets.
- Datapack should cause less lag now.
Important Note:
- Pet abilities are still being worked on and will be released soon.
01.07.2025 · 212 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.7.
- Reworked the code for adding pets.
- Datapack should cause less lag now.
Important Note:
- Pet abilities are still being worked on and will be released soon.
22.06.2025 · 316 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.6.
- Added the pet menu item as its own loot table.
Important Notes:
- Pet abilities are still being worked on.
22.06.2025 · 95 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.6.
- Added the pet menu item as its own loot table.
Important Notes:
- Pet abilities are still being worked on.
19.04.2025 · 2 901 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Removed in-game dev notes.
- Fixed leveling system.
- Fixed multiplayer problems.
19.04.2025 · 491 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Removed in-game dev notes.
- Fixed leveling system.
- Fixed multiplayer problems.
17.04.2025 · 110 downloads
Patch Notes
- Added support for 1.21.5.
- Complete rewrite (again) for better performance.
- Temporarily removed pet abilities.
- Fixed multi-dimensional pet names.
- Fixed pet leveling system.
- Fixed player adventure mode softlock.
17.04.2025 · 57 downloads
Patch Notes
- Added support for 1.21.5.
- Complete rewrite (again) for better performance.
- Temporarily removed pet abilities.
- Fixed multi-dimensional pet names.
- Fixed pet leveling system.
- Fixed player adventure mode softlock.
09.12.2024 · 4 497 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.4.
- Fixed spawning issue.
- Fixed naming issue.
- Fixed menu issue.
Known Issue:
- Multiplayer has a lot of problems.
09.12.2024 · 923 downloads
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 1.21.4.
- Fixed spawning issue.
- Fixed naming issue.
- Fixed menu issue.
Known Issue:
- Multiplayer has a lot of problems.
08.11.2024 · 4 988 downloads
02.10.2024 · 3 931 downloads
Added a new Leveling system, perks and abilities, new pet ai and much more!
This version does NOT work with Multiplayer!
This is still a BETA release, meaning there are still bugs.
Please do report them in the discord server!
01.10.2024 · 235 downloads
Added a new Leveling system, perks and abilities, new pet ai and much more!
This version does NOT work with Multiplayer!
This is still a BETA release, meaning there are still bugs.
Please do report them in the discord server!
15.06.2024 · 4 235 downloads
15.06.2024 · 600 downloads
13.06.2024 · 692 downloads
Complete rewrite and support for 1.20.6+
13.06.2024 · 195 downloads
Complete rewrite and support for 1.20.6+
24.01.2024 · 931 downloads
Fixed multiple bugs.
Added new pet lore and pet abilities.
Reworked pet menu to be faster in response.
Added advancements to make it feel vanilla-ish.
22.01.2024 · 98 downloads
Should work with 1.20.4 but I have not tested that so it might break.