EasyPets 🐾

Never lose your pets again!
EasyPets is a lightweight, server-side Fabric mod that makes pets smarter, faster, and easier to manage.

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✨ Features at a Glance

• 🚀 Smart Chunk Loading – Keeps pets’ chunks active so they never get stuck in unloaded areas
• 🧭 Pet Tracking & Recovery – Locate and recover pets with simple commands
• 🐾 Dynamic Movement – Pets run faster to catch up and match your speed naturally
• ❤️ Natural Regeneration – Pets slowly heal over time (like horses)
• ⚙️ Powerful Config – Fully tweakable settings for every feature
• 🔗 IndyPets Integration – Works seamlessly with IndyPets and other pet mods

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🔍 Details

🚀 Smart Chunk Loading

• Loads chunks only for pets that are following you
• Prevents them from getting stuck in unloaded areas
• Optimized for minimal server impact (similar to Ender Pearl mechanics)

🧭 Pet Tracking & Recovery

• /petlocator – Shows coordinates of all your pets across all dimensions
• /petrecovery – Scans & reloads pets stuck in unloaded chunks, and automatically runs when you install this mod on an existing world
• Supports pets in vehicles and integrates with IndyPets

📸 /petlocator Example

!/petlocator command output showing pets’ coordinates

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🐾 Dynamic Pet Movement

• Pets automatically adjust speed based on how fast you’re moving
• Sprinting pets catch up quickly without constant teleporting
• Fully configurable multipliers & distances
• You can also adjust the distance before pets teliport back to you

📸 Dynamic Speed Comparison

!Vanilla vs EasyPets following behavior comparison

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❤️ Natural Regeneration

• Pets passively regenerate health over time (like horses)
• Configurable delay, rate, and maximum percentage
• Keeps balance while reducing tedious healing

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⚙️ Powerful Config

Every feature can be toggled or fine-tuned with /petconfig <setting> <value>

⚙️ Show Config Options

Core Features

• enableChunkLoading - Enable/disable the entire chunk loading system
• teleportDistance - Distance in blocks before pets try to teleport to owner (default: 48)
• maxChunkDistance - Radius of chunks to keep loaded around each pet (default: 2)
• navigationScanningRange - Maximum pathfinding range in blocks before pets teleport (default: 64)
• autoRecoverOnFirstJoin - Automatically run pet recovery when joining world for first time

Dynamic Pet Running

• enableDynamicRunning - Enable/disable dynamic pet speed adjustment system
• runningTargetDistance - Distance where pets start running faster to catch up (default: 6.0)
• maxRunningMultiplier - Maximum speed boost when pets are far behind (default: 1.6x)
• playerMovementThreshold - Minimum player movement to trigger speed changes (default: 0.1)

Natural Regeneration

• enableNaturalRegen - Enable/disable automatic health regeneration for pets
• regenDelayTicks - Delay in ticks before regen starts after taking damage (default: 300)
• regenAmountPerSecond - Amount of health regenerated per second (default: 0.05)
• regenMaxHealthPercent - Maximum health percentage to regenerate to (default: 1.0 = 100%)

Save & Debug Options

• saveOnLocate - Trigger world save when /petlocator is used for accuracy
• saveOnRecovery - Trigger world save before /petrecovery runs for better results
• enableDebugLogging - Enable detailed console logging for troubleshooting

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🔗 IndyPets & Mod Support

• Won’t load chunks for independent pets
• Works seamlessly with IndyPets out of the box
• Compatible with most other pet-related mods

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🐛 Support

Found a bug or have a suggestion?
👉 Report it on GitHub Issues
💬 Join the Discord to chat, get support, or share ideas

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