Rats
ModTame rats that gather resources, cook food, and fight beside you.
Why gradeC
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 23 months−5 points
- Releases in only 1 of the last 24 months−5 points
- Some modpacks removed it−3 points
All 11 criteria
Maintenance
8 points lost19 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.23 months ago (15 Nov 2024). 284 modpacks released in the last 6 months still include it, so it keeps 73% of these points. 9 / 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 and NeoForge. 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 1 of the last 24 months 1 / 6Stability
3 points lost12 / 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.69 of the 373 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (18%) See the 69 modpacks7 / 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
Full points10 / 10Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.GitHub · Alex-the-666/Rats 7 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.GitHub issues · AlexModGuy/Rats 3 / 3Popularity
Full points4 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.24,370,457 4 / 4Track record
2 points lost6 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.7.4 years, 72 releases 6 / 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
50.5 of the 64 points that apply = 79 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Rats adds wild rodents to the Overworld that can sneak through doors and fences, raid chests for food and seeds, and damage crops, giving players a reason to use defenses such as traps, stone buildings, or cats. Players can tame wild rats with cheese, then manage them through an inventory and commands, equip them with helmets or banners, and craft upgrades that improve their health, speed, strength, and armor or grant new abilities. Trained rats can follow or stay put, hunt selected mobs, gather dropped items, harvest crops, perform jobs such as chopping trees or breeding animals, and transport items between designated inventories; patrol commands send them along a set route to fight monsters they encounter. Specialized upgrades extend their work to tasks such as cooking, carrying full stacks, bottling honey or water, fishing, and accelerating nearby block ticks, with upgrade visuals optionally toggled separately from their functions. A Crafting Upgrade and Rat Crafting Table let a tamed rat automate recipes using materials placed in its input slots. Rats can be bred in cages with a Rat Breeding Lantern, and pups may develop color mutations unlike either parent; cages can also be decorated. The mod also includes hostile diseased rats with glowing red eyes and green fur, as well as the Pied Piper, an Illager who uses a flute to command attacking rats. Ratlantis is an optional data pack featuring a hostile distant land and powerful rat upgrades, reached through a rare magical token dropped by a rat. Cheese, made by pouring milk into a cauldron by default, serves as both food and a key ingredient for taming and rat-related crafting, and the cheesemaking process can be configured or replaced with cheese from another mod.
Written from Modrinth and CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
Changes the game's code in 1 area: Mobs and their behaviorChanges 2 game code files in this area: mobs, animals, villagers, projectiles and how they move and act..
Adds 89 blocks, 269 items, 49 entities, 1 biome, 212 recipes, 37 advancements, 18 loot tables and 90 sounds.
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
See all 30Details
- Creators
- AlexModGuy and GizmoTheMoonPig
- License
- GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
- Downloads
- 24.4M
- Created
- 5 Jun 2019
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
- Links
- Source code , Issues , Discord
Security
No harmful code found
We checked its files and read their code, without running it.
What it can do on your computer
- Creates settings files
- The mod keeps its settings in the config folder of your game, where you can change or delete them.
Why we show this: a mod runs on your computer like any program, so harmful code in it can take your accounts or files. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade, and a Warning in a latest file for a recent Minecraft version lowers it.
How we checked
- 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.10 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
- Their codeWe turn the code of the files back into readable code and follow what it does, without running it. This shows what it downloads, what it sends and where your login goes.Read without running it
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
- 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.
Why we show this: a mod can send things about you over the internet, like your player name or your login. Contacting an address to check for updates or download files sends nothing about you. Not in the grade: sending data can be normal for what a mod does.
How we checked
- 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
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares crash reports, usage data and advertisements. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a project collects data on its users or shows advertisements.Nothing declared about crash reports, usage data or advertisements.
AI
No sign that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files, images, sounds and code history and found none.
No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI, and AI in the game can send what you write to an online service. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.No AI content or AI features declared.
- Code historyThe public code on GitHub: who made each change, credit lines such as "Co-authored-by", and its files.Nothing found
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found2 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 found550 images read
- Sounds in its filesThe tags of the sound files in the files you download, where some AI music tools write their name.Nothing found40 of 92 sounds 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 file738 code files read
Compatibility
See all 72 filesPoint at or tap a version to see its loaders.
Related projects
Projects that need Rats to work.
Modpacks using this project
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Fewer modpacks put it in their new versions than a year ago: 69 a month now, 129 a year agoThe average of the last 6 months, compared with the same 6 months a year before. We say it only when the change is large..
5,467 modpacks include Rats in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons7.6M downloadslast version with it 24 Jul 2019
All the Mods 6 - ATM66.5M downloadslast version with it 23 Aug 2021
MC Eternal4.9M downloadslast version with it 16 Dec 2024
Roguelike Adventures and Dungeons 24.8M downloadslast version with it 1 Oct 2026
Lucky World Invasion2.2M downloadslast version with it 26 Jul 2025
Mineshafts & Monsters2.1M downloadslast version with it 24 Oct 2021
MC Eternal 21.9M downloadslast version with it 16 Sep 2026
Medieval MC [FORGE] MMC11.8M downloadslast version with it 28 Feb 2022
Life in the village1.6M downloadslast version with it 20 Jun 2019
Enigmatica 6 - E6 - 1.16.51.6M downloadslast version with it 2 Aug 2020Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with Rats. Share: how many of the modpacks with Rats also have that mod.
BotaniaAModin 53% of the modpacks with Rats
Ice and FireCModin 51% of the modpacks with Rats
Cooking for BlockheadsAModin 44% of the modpacks with Rats
BlueprintAModin 43% of the modpacks with Rats
Mekanism GeneratorsBModin 42% of the modpacks with Rats
ApotheosisAModin 42% of the modpacks with Rats
FastWorkbenchBModin 41% of the modpacks with Rats
Ars NouveauAModin 40% of the modpacks with Rats
AttributeFixAModin 40% of the modpacks with Rats
ElevatorModAModin 38% of the modpacks with RatsLatest 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.