Critters and Companions

2.7.0 (2026-08-14)

✨ Features

• add config option to prevent hostiles from spawning in lush caves (e611c37)
• add custom spawning logic for critters in lush caves (1500c04)
• add migration strategy to new config defaults (a58359a)
• add new baby variants (4509047)
• add recipe to turn clams into bone meal (6042037)
• add recipe to turn snail slime bottles into slime balls (455d20e)
• dragonfly: add netherite armor (cdf24d1)
• grappling-hook: add config option for disabling durability (7736280)
• leaf-insect: will search and eat dropped leaf block items, dropping an item from the block's loot table (d11f587)
• new sitting and sleeping behaviours for ferrets and red pandas (9f8487d)
• shima-enaga: add wing flapping sounds (e320b5b)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• correctly separate client logic in networking code (e5e6521), closes #172 #173
• don't generate silk cocoons in water (5af0464)
• dumbo-octopus: correctly play bubble pop sound (97269d5)
• dumbo-octopus: resolve bubble not being visible (dd41720)
• ferret: don't attack tamed animals (f3fd7d7), closes #179
• make netherite dragonfly armor smithable (dd5e796)
• otter: resolve baby floating animation glitch (f4498d4)
• otter: resolve infinite eating fish without food component glitch (e809af4), closes #175
• red-panda: resolve animation head rotation issues (3244bac)
• red-panda: resolve scaring animation glitch (8c56d27)
• remove untamed/unnamed animals when far away (c8e6f92), closes #174
• resolve potential issue with custom loot modifiers (de22451)
• resolve potential network issues (eb9c55d)
• roly-poly: resolve potential animation controller error (1b25fe6)
• sea-bunny: correctly spawn on ocean floor instead of floating in water (bfef365)
• silk-lead: resolve visual issues (d720413)
• snail: lower move speed threshold to display walking animation (de6b8d1)
• stag-beetle: prevent knockback on death so the animation looks good (9834a6e)
• trinkets compatibility (5d6d3cb)
• weevil: make sitting animation snap (67fb255)

⚙️ Tweaks

• acorn: change drop rate to match saplings (cd569e1)
• acorn: make compostable with 30% chance (71ab13d)
• adjust mobs' panicking behaviour to match vanilla's (7d63920)
• dragonfly: make float in water (67cb6d7)
• dragonfly: make netherite armor grant +16 armor (5de29b5)
• dumbo-octopus: add particles when bubbling players (0c77797)
• grappling-hook: adjust grappling behaviour (00f9da0)
• grappling-hook: change config default max speed to 2 (d7b600d)
• grappling-hook: increase base durability to 256 (a2073c6)
• grappling-hook: make item enchantable with unbreakable and mending (6d26746)
• grappling-hook: reduce fall damage according to y-velocity (5ce3337)
• jumping-spider: add up to 2 spider eye drops on death (2a16dff)
• jumping-spider: change mob category to ambient (6315409)
• jumping-spider: improve leaping mechanics (93b31d3)
• jumping-spider: reduce taken fall damage (7b38f4a)
• leaf-insect: overlay eating animation instead of replacing others outright (d22fafa)
• make crafting silk to string yield 2 string (76a3b1f)
• make mobs avoid dangers (37d1141)
• prevent behaviours from healing dying mobs (4b1e654)
• prevent silk cocoon generation below y60, except in lush cave biomes (1349227)
• red-panda: update scaring animation (b420d12)
• reduce probability for jockeys by half (a9aedea)
• roly-poly: increase health slightly (159f3dc)
• roly-poly: update textures for variants 3 and 6 (da0babe)
• round up to full hearts when max health of babies is penalized (8ad5be5)
• snail: adjust following and teleporting ranges (556bc65)
• snail: increase health slightly (d3f1b93)
• stag-beetle: make babies also attack enemies (c274689)
• stick-bug: increase movement speed for babies (2a53726)
• update textures (feb01af)
• weevil: rename to "Acorn Weevil" (e50b46d)