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Menagerie: Earth Mob Variants and More!

Menagerie: Earth Mob Variants and More!

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Mob variants from around the Minecraft franchise, now on Java
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ATTENTION: This data pack also needs to be installed as a resource pack to work properly! The same file works as both.

The Menagerie

Have you ever wanted the mob variants from games such as Minecraft Earth on Java edition? Well, Menagerie is here to appease your zoological worries!

Menagerie uses Minecraft's data-driven systems to add new mob variants to your game, straight from other games from the franchise, as well as from its past. Most variants replace spawns in their respective biomes, some of them add new spawns of familiar mobs to brand new biomes!

 

The following variants are added by Menagerie:

Mottled Pig (Minecraft Earth) - A wild brown pig, found in Forests.

Piebald Pig (Minecraft Earth) - An attention-grabbing pig, found in Birch Forests.

Sooty Pig (Minecraft Earth) - A dark striped pig, found in Dark Forests.

Pink Footed Pig (Minecraft Earth) - A dual colored pig, found in all forest biomes (Forests, Birch Forests and Dark Forests).

Pale Pig (Minecraft Earth) (New Spawn!) - A slighly paler pig, found in Snowy Plains.

Spotted Pig (Minecraft Earth) - A pink pig full of spots, found in Swamps.

Muddy Pig (Minecraft Earth) (New Spawn!) - The classic muddy hog with a new coat of paint, found in Mangrove Swamps.

SECRET Pig (???) - An easter egg pig that is Creative-only as it does not naturally spawn. It likes to hang around family...

Roan Wolf (Minecraft) (New Spawn!) - A very old wolf, found in Snowy Plains. It is based on the oldest wolf development screenshot, taken in the middle of changing its color.

Tuxedo Wolf (Minecraft: Story Mode) (New Spawn!) - A black and white wolf, found in Dark Forests. It is based on the "dog" variant that is solely represented by Blocco in Minecraft: Story Mode.

SECRET Wolf (???) - An easter egg wolf that is Creative-only as it does not naturally spawn. It plays on the soil of the lost...

Gray Tabby Cat (Minecraft / Minecraft Dungeons) - A charming gray cat, found in Villages. It is an unused cat from vanilla and a pet in Minecraft Dungeons.

Ashen Cow (Minecraft Earth) - An ash-colored cow with splayed horns, found in Forests and Dark Forests.

Cookie Cow (Minecraft Earth) - A hornless cow with an iconic white stripe, found in Forests and Birch Forests.

Cream Cow (Minecraft Earth) - A yellowish cow with an forward-pointing horns, found in Jungles.

Dairy Cow (Minecraft Earth) - A classic cow with a black and white coat, found in Swamps.

Pinto Cow (Minecraft Earth) - A spotted cow with long horns, found in Savannas and in Windswept Savannas, sharing the latter with Warm Cows.

Sunset Cow (Minecraft Earth) (New Spawn!) - An attention-grabbing orange cow with long horns, found alone in Cherry Groves.

Wooly Cow (Minecraft Earth) - A beloved and fluffy cow with forward-pointing horns, found in hilly and mountainous regions.

Albino Cow (Minecraft Earth) - An enchanting white cow, found during full moons.

Umbra Cow (Minecraft Earth) - A mysterious black cow, found during new moons.

Amber Chicken (Minecraft Earth) - A red and orange chicken that lays Orange Eggs, found in Forests.

Bronzed Chicken (Minecraft Earth) - A junglefowl-looking chicken that lays Red Eggs, found in Jungles.

Fancy Chicken (Minecraft Earth) - A really fancy and colorful chicken that lays Lime Eggs, found in Flower Forests.

Gold Crested Chicken (Minecraft Earth) (New Spawn!) - A shiny chicken that lays Yellow Eggs, found uncommonly in Meadows and Cherry Groves.

Skewbald Chicken (Minecraft Earth) - A white-headed black chicken that lays Pink Eggs, found in Dark Forests.

Stormy Chicken (Minecraft Earth) - A black-headed white chicken that lays Gray Eggs, found in Birch Forests.

Midnight Chicken (Minecraft Earth) - A sneaky black chicken that lays Black Eggs, found during new moons.

ᓵꖎ⚍ᓵꖌᓭ⍑∷𝙹𝙹ᒲ (ᒲ╎リᒷᓵ∷ᔑ⎓ℸ ̣  ᒷᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⍑) An easter egg chicken that you might want to breed for "eggs" which is available in Survival as it does naturally spawn, albeit very rarely, coming in two variants. It smells like rotting pork...

Menagerie 2.5.2
MC 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.7, 1.21.6
Release 2025-10-26 Get
Menagerie 2.5.1
MC 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.7, 1.21.6
Release 2025-03-18 Get
Menagerie 2.5
MC 1.21.5-Snapshot
Release 2025-02-17 Get
Menagerie 2.4: The Wild Wings Update
MC 1.21.5-Snapshot
Release 2025-02-06 Get
Menagerie 2.3: The Cattle Craze Update
MC 1.21.5-Snapshot
Release 2025-01-29 Get
Menagerie 2.2
MC 1.21.5-Snapshot
Release 2025-01-28 Get
Menagerie 2.1
MC 1.21.5-Snapshot
Release 2025-01-23 Get
Menagerie 2.0: The Past Pups Update
MC 1.21.5-Snapshot
Release 2025-01-14 Get
Menagerie 1.0
MC 1.21.5-Snapshot
Release 2025-01-09 Get

Requirements & install

How to use this data pack in Minecraft
Mods needed
None, works in vanilla
Minecraft
1.21.5-Snapshot – 1.21.10
Install folder
saves/<world>/datapacks

How to install data packs

  1. Download the data pack .zip file (do not extract it).
  2. New world: click Data Packs on the world creation screen and drop the .zip in. Existing world: open .minecraft/saves/<world>/datapacks.
  3. Put the .zip into the datapacks folder of the world (servers: world/datapacks).
  4. Run /reload in game (or rejoin the world) and check it with /datapack list.
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