Buddies!
ModA vanilla enhancing mod with tons of pets, decor, foods, and more.
Why gradeD
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 17 months−20 points
- No source code link−7 points
- Releases in only 2 of the last 24 months−4 points
- Under 5 million downloads−1 point
All 11 criteria
Maintenance
16 points lost11 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.17 months ago (1 Jun 2025) 0 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.1.20.1 on Forge. 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.20.1. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.Releases in 2 of the last 24 months 2 / 6Stability
Full points15 / 15Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.4 of the 53 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (8%) 10 / 10Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
7 points lost0 / 7Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.No link on the project page 0 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.Does not apply. CurseForge links are not in our data.Popularity
1 point lost3 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.110,468 3 / 4Track record
8 points lost0 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.5.9 years, 25 releases 0 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in the latest file for recent Minecraft versions. See Security
28.5 of the 61 points that apply = 47 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Buddies! expands vanilla Minecraft with tameable pets and other wildlife, along with the food, care items, and habitats needed to keep and interact with them. Its creatures span reptiles and amphibians such as leopard geckos, bearded dragons, corn snakes, tortoises, and tree frogs; aquatic animals including 14 betta variants and four kinds of crab; and mammals such as rats, mice, ferrets, hedgehogs, chipmunks, squirrels, moles, boars, and bears. Their behaviors give the collection character: squirrels dig up acorns, moles dig through dirt, boars can be ridden once tamed and dig up budding truffles, and bears are neutral companions that can be leashed. Some animals have distinctive interactions, including mice serving as prey for snakes and ferrets, bettas laying eggs when fed Golden Fish Flakes, and rats accompanying the rare Rat King. Terrariums can be decorated or waterlogged, providing a way to house Buddies or use them as ornaments, while Animal Nets can capture non-tameable Buddies. The mod also enriches forest environments with fallen oak and birch logs, acorns, mushrooms, underbrush, and truffle colonies; underbrush slows passing entities and can be shaken to release insects, while truffle colonies gradually grow moss, mushrooms, and truffles. Banana trees grow naturally in jungles and provide bananas for recipes, while their bark supplies a green wood set; bananas are used in foods including honey-banana sandwiches. New foods include fangberry pie, twisted stew, and golden truffles, and the Pet Trader villager profession offers many Buddies and pet foods for sale.
Written from CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
Does not change the game's code directly.
Adds 50 blocks, 152 items, 61 entities, 80 recipes and 11 loot tables.
Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.
Keeps all of vanilla Minecraft's textures, models and sounds.
Often used with it
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- Creator
- The_InDominicRex
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 110K
- Created
- 15 Nov 2020
- Official page
- CurseForge
Security
No harmful code found
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- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.5 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The answer above is about the one for a recent version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
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- Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.The internet, folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.
Privacy
We found nothing it sends
We read its code without running it: it contacts no web address while you play.
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- Files readWe read the code without running it. We list each web address the code contacts while you play, and what it sends. Code that is never used is left out.The code of its one file, for recent Minecraft versions. See each file in Releases
AI
No sign that AI was used to make it
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No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
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How we checked
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- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found4 of 40 changelogs read
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found294 images read
- Code of the modThe code and files of the mod, read without running it: addresses of AI services, AI libraries, AI model files and a place for your own AI key.No AI service, AI library or AI model file1,073 code files read
Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
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73 modpacks include Buddies! in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
CottageCore Fantasy238K downloadslast version with it 31 Aug 2023
Sixty Six Million Years In The Making21K downloadslast version with it 5 Mar 2025
Fantasy CottageCore: [Friends United]19K downloadslast version with it 27 Nov 2025
Dinocrocs' Dinosaurs (YT Series)14K downloadslast version with it 1 Sep 2026
Fantasy CottageCore - Light7K downloadslast version with it 27 Nov 2025
Buzzycombs' Dinotopia5.8K downloadslast version with it 6 Jun 2025
Agere Rp3.8K downloadslast version with it 11 May 2022
The Banana SMP | Public Server3.3K downloadslast version with it 20 May 2026
SightSeer2.8K downloadslast version with it 22 Jun 2024
The Hobby Lobby2K downloadslast version with it 17 Jul 2023Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with Buddies!. Share: how many of the modpacks with Buddies! also have that mod.
Macaw's FurnitureBModin 63% of the modpacks with Buddies!
BlueprintAModin 60% of the modpacks with Buddies!
Macaw's TrapdoorsAModin 60% of the modpacks with Buddies!
Macaw's Lights and LampsBModin 59% of the modpacks with Buddies!
ChippedCModin 59% of the modpacks with Buddies!
Macaw's RoofsAModin 58% of the modpacks with Buddies!
Critters and CompanionsAModin 55% of the modpacks with Buddies!
Decorative BlocksCModin 51% of the modpacks with Buddies!
Serene SeasonsAModin 49% of the modpacks with Buddies!
Macaw's Paths and PavingsAModin 48% of the modpacks with Buddies!Latest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. The files for recent versions come first. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.