Cozy's Improved Wolves

📅 v1.3.1 (Current) (8/3/2025) - Parity for 1.21.8

✨ Features Added

• Stat system: Tamed wolves now have unique, randomized stats
• Class system: Tamed wolves now have their own classes (hunter/gatherer) which affect stats
• Gender system: Tamed wolves are now assigned a gender, which affects class chance, breeding, and name coloration
• Training Stick item: right-click to view your wolf's stats
• Custom sounds and visuals for polish and immersion
• Gift system: Different classes obtain gifts in different ways, with different percentages
• Trackers: Wolves now track their deaths, kills, and experience
• Full Config File: Almost everything in the mod is configurable
• Quality of Life: Heart bar when feeding wolf for health status, Wolves are tempted by meat and will follow owner holding it, etc.
• 20+ custom advancements
• Many bug fixes

🎨 Visual & Audio Polish

• Name always rendered if wolf is named
• Names are colored based on gender (non-bold)
• Growth sparkles for Ancient Bone Meal
• Visual and Audio polish when wolf teleports
• And more

🔧 Config System

• JSON config with default generation
• Live reload via /reloadcozywolvesconfig command
• Config version tracking (configVersion) and graceful migration
• Config categories: trading, wolfStats, behavior, misc

📅 v1.3.1 (Current) (8/2/2025) - Parity for 1.21

✨ Features Added

• Stat system: Tamed wolves now have unique, randomized stats
• Class system: Tamed wolves now have their own classes (hunter/gatherer) which affect stats
• Gender system: Tamed wolves are now assigned a gender, which affects class chance, breeding, and name coloration
• Training Stick item: right-click to view your wolf's stats
• Custom sounds and visuals for polish and immersion
• Gift system: Different classes obtain gifts in different ways, with different percentages
• Trackers: Wolves now track their deaths, kills, and experience
• Full Config File: Almost everything in the mod is configurable
• Quality of Life: Heart bar when feeding wolf for health status, Wolves are tempted by meat and will follow owner holding it, etc.
• 20+ custom advancements
• Many bug fixes

🎨 Visual & Audio Polish

• Name always rendered if wolf is named
• Names are colored based on gender (non-bold)
• Growth sparkles for Ancient Bone Meal
• Visual and Audio polish when wolf teleports
• And more

🔧 Config System

• JSON config with default generation
• Live reload via /reloadcozywolvesconfig command
• Config version tracking (configVersion) and graceful migration
• Config categories: trading, wolfStats, behavior, misc

🔧 Missing From Later Recent Minecraft Versions

• Collar generation while owner not in world

📅 v1.3.1 (Current) (7/31/2025) - Parity for 1.21.4

✨ Features Added

• Stat system: Tamed wolves now have unique, randomized stats
• Class system: Tamed wolves now have their own classes (hunter/gatherer) which affect stats
• Gender system: Tamed wolves are now assigned a gender, which affects class chance, breeding, and name coloration
• Training Stick item: right-click to view your wolf's stats
• Custom sounds and visuals for polish and immersion
• Gift system: Different classes obtain gifts in different ways, with different percentages
• Trackers: Wolves now track their deaths, kills, and experience
• Full Config File: Almost everything in the mod is configurable
• Quality of Life: Heart bar when feeding wolf for health status, Wolves are tempted by meat and will follow owner holding it, etc.
• 20+ custom advancements
• Many bug fixes

🎨 Visual & Audio Polish

• Name always rendered if wolf is named
• Names are colored based on gender (non-bold)
• Growth sparkles for Ancient Bone Meal
• Visual and Audio polish when wolf teleports
• And more

🔧 Config System

• JSON config with default generation
• Live reload via /reloadcozywolvesconfig command
• Config version tracking (configVersion) and graceful migration
• Config categories: trading, wolfStats, behavior, misc

🔧 Missing From Later Recent Minecraft Versions

• Collar generation while owner not in world

✨ What's Changed

• Improved statistics management system
• General code optimizations
• Improved config file restoration

📅 v1.3.1 (Current) (7/29/2025) - Parity for 1.20

✨ Features Added

• Stat system: Tamed wolves now have unique, randomized stats
• Class system: Tamed wolves now have their own classes (hunter/gatherer) which affect stats
• Gender system: Tamed wolves are now assigned a gender, which affects class chance, breeding, and name coloration
• Training Stick item: right-click to view your wolf's stats
• Custom sounds and visuals for polish and immersion
• Gift system: Different classes obtain gifts in different ways, with different percentages
• Trackers: Wolves now track their deaths, kills, and experience
• Full Config File: Almost everything in the mod is configurable
• Quality of Life: Heart bar when feeding wolf for health status, Wolves are tempted by meat and will follow owner holding it, etc.
• Many bug fixes

🎨 Visual & Audio Polish

• Name always rendered if wolf is named
• Names are colored based on gender (non-bold)
• Growth sparkles for Ancient Bone Meal
• And more

🔧 Config System

• JSON config with default generation
• Live reload via /reloadcozywolvesconfig command
• Config version tracking (configVersion) and graceful migration
• Config categories: trading, wolfStats, behavior, misc

🔧 Missing From Later Recent Minecraft Versions

• 20+ custom advancements
• Visual and Audio polish when wolf teleports

📅 v1.3.1 (Current) (7/22/2025) - Parity for 1.19.2

✨ Features Added

• Stat system: Tamed wolves now have unique, randomized stats
• Class system: Tamed wolves now have their own classes (hunter/gatherer) which affect stats
• Gender system: Tamed wolves are now assigned a gender, which affects class chance, breeding, and name coloration
• Training Stick item: right-click to view your wolf's stats
• Custom sounds and visuals for polish and immersion
• Gift system: Different classes obtain gifts in different ways, with different percentages
• Trackers: Wolves now track their deaths, kills, and experience
• Full Config File: Almost everything in the mod is configurable
• Quality of Life: Heart bar when feeding wolf for health status, Wolves are tempted by meat and will follow owner holding it, etc.
• Many bug fixes

🎨 Visual & Audio Polish

• Name always rendered if wolf is named
• Names are colored based on gender (non-bold)
• Growth sparkles for Ancient Bone Meal
• And more

🔧 Config System

• JSON config with default generation
• Live reload via /reloadcozywolvesconfig command
• Config version tracking (configVersion) and graceful migration
• Config categories: trading, wolfStats, behavior, misc

🔧 Missing From Later Recent Minecraft Versions

• 20+ custom advancements
• Visual and Audio polish when wolf teleports

📅 v1.3.1 (Current) (7/22/2025) - Parity for 1.20.1

✨ Features Added

• Stat system: Tamed wolves now have unique, randomized stats
• Class system: Tamed wolves now have their own classes (hunter/gatherer) which affect stats
• Gender system: Tamed wolves are now assigned a gender, which affects class chance, breeding, and name coloration
• Training Stick item: right-click to view your wolf's stats
• Custom sounds and visuals for polish and immersion
• Gift system: Different classes obtain gifts in different ways, with different percentages
• Trackers: Wolves now track their deaths, kills, and experience
• Full Config File: Almost everything in the mod is configurable
• Quality of Life: Heart bar when feeding wolf for health status, Wolves are tempted by meat and will follow owner holding it, etc.
• Many bug fixes

🎨 Visual & Audio Polish

• Name always rendered if wolf is named
• Names are colored based on gender (non-bold)
• Growth sparkles for Ancient Bone Meal
• And more

🔧 Config System

• JSON config with default generation
• Live reload via /reloadcozywolvesconfig command
• Config version tracking (configVersion) and graceful migration
• Config categories: trading, wolfStats, behavior, misc

🔧 Missing From Later Recent Minecraft Versions

• 20+ custom advancements
• Visual and Audio polish when wolf teleports

📅 v1.3.1 (Current) (7/18/2025) - Optimizations

✨ Changes Made

• Improved statistics management system
• General code optimizations
• Improved config file restoration

📅 v1.3.0 (Current) (5/21/2025) - An overhaul and polish of the mod

✨ Features Added

• Stat system: Tamed wolves now have unique, randomized stats
• Class system: Tamed wolves now have their own classes (hunter/gatherer) which affect stats
• Gender system: Tamed wolves are now assigned a gender, which affects class chance, breeding, and name coloration
• Training Stick item: right-click to view your wolf's stats
• Custom sounds and visuals for polish and immersion
• 20+ new advancements
• Gift system: Different classes obtain gifts in different ways, with different percentages
• Trackers: Wolves now track their deaths, kills, and experience
• Full Config File: Almost everything in the mod is configurable
• Quality of Life: Heart bar when feeding wolf for health status, Wolves are tempted by meat and will follow owner holding it, etc.
• Many bug fixes

🎨 Visual & Audio Polish

• Soul particles + teleport sound when wolf teleports
• Name always rendered if wolf is named
• Names are colored based on gender (non-bold)
• Growth sparkles for Ancient Bone Meal
• And more

🔧 Config System

• JSON config with default generation
• Live reload via /reloadcozywolvesconfig command
• Config version tracking (configVersion) and graceful migration
• Config categories: trading, wolfStats, behavior, misc

Update v1.2.0 is here for fabric 1.20.6! Includes full port and parity ✰

Update v1.2.0 is here for fabric 1.19.2! Includes numerous improvements

Features

• Increased taming chance to 50%
• Tamed wolves only send action messages to their owners
• Tamed wolves can interact with other tamed wolves in close proximity. Range is 3 blocks while sitting, and 7 blocks while following.
• Increased variety of action and interaction messages
• Removed custom wolf textures, for improved compatibility with other mods.
• Wolves can now dig up gifts for their owners, and will drop them into the inventory
• Wolves follow more closely to their owners, not straying as far when exploring
• Ancient Bones can be crafted into Ancient Bone Meal
• Ancient Bone Meal has 4 times the fertilization strength of vanilla Bone Meal
• Players can gain advancements for obtaining an Ancient Bone or Ancient Bone Meal for the first time.
• Exterminated some bugs :)

Update v1.2.0 is here for fabric 1.20.1! Includes numerous improvements

Features

• Increased taming chance to 50%
• Tamed wolves only send action messages to their owners
• Tamed wolves can interact with other tamed wolves in close proximity. Range is 3 blocks while sitting, and 7 blocks while following.
• Increased variety of action and interaction messages
• Removed custom wolf textures, for improved compatibility with other mods.
• Wolves can now dig up gifts for their owners, and will drop them into the inventory
• Wolves follow more closely to their owners, and don't stray as far when exploring
• Ancient Bones can be crafted into Ancient Bone Meal
• Ancient Bone Meal has 4 times the fertilization strength of vanilla Bone Meal
• Players can gain advancements for obtaining an Ancient Bone or Ancient Bone Meal for the first time.

Update v1.1.0 is here for fabric 1.19.2! Includes numerous tweaks

Features

• When feeding, players are notified when a tamed wolf is full, and their breeding status
• If adding mod to a world with wolves already tamed, those wolves will remain tamed
• Players are notified when another player feeds, gives Ancient Bone to, or interacts with your wolf
• Players are notified when their wolf gets a kill
• Renamed Undying Bone to Ancient Bone, and updated texture
• Players must interact with the wolf three times in a short period to complete an action
• Wolves pant when given attention
• Players can periodically receive messages from their wolf (i.e "Your wolf playfully pounces"). These messages differ depending on the wolf's status
• Players are notified when their wolf is revived
• Wolf custom names now render in gold
• Players are prevented from reviving wolves they do not own
• Wolf Collars display wolf owner if they are in-game
• Breeding two tamed wolves will yield a baby wild wolf
• At night, there is a chance for wolves to howl
• Decreased taming chance to 50%
• Chance for auditory feedback when giving tamed wolf an Ancient Bone

Update v1.1.0 is here for fabric 1.20! Includes numerous tweaks

Features

• When feeding, players are notified when a tamed wolf is full, and their breeding status
• If adding mod to a world with wolves already tamed, those wolves will remain tamed
• Players are notified when another player feeds, gives Ancient Bone to, or interacts with your wolf
• Players are notified when their wolf gets a kill
• Renamed Undying Bone to Ancient Bone, and updated texture
• Players must interact with your wolf three times in a short period to complete an action
• Wolves pant when given attention
• Players can periodically receive messages from their wolf (i.e "Your wolf playfully pounces"). These messages differ depending on the wolf's status
• Players are notified when their wolf is revived
• Wolf custom names now render in gold
• Players are prevented from reviving wolves they do not own
• Wolf Collars display wolf owner if they are in-game
• Breeding two tamed wolves will yield a baby wild wolf
• At night, there is a chance for wolves to howl
• Decreased taming chance to 50%
• Chance for auditory feedback when giving tamed wolf an Ancient Bone

Update v1.1.0 is here for fabric 1.20.1! Includes numerous tweaks

Features

• When feeding, players are notified when a tamed wolf is full, and their breeding status
• If adding mod to a world with wolves already tamed, those wolves will remain tamed
• Players are notified when another player feeds, gives Ancient Bone to, or interacts with your wolf
• Players are notified when their wolf gets a kill
• Renamed Undying Bone to Ancient Bone, and updated texture
• Players must interact with your wolf three times in a short period to complete an action
• Wolves pant when given attention
• Players can periodically receive messages from their wolf (i.e "Your wolf playfully pounces"). These messages differ depending on the wolf's status
• Players are notified when their wolf is revived
• Wolf custom names now render in gold
• Players are prevented from reviving wolves they do not own
• Wolf Collars display wolf owner if they are in-game
• Breeding two tamed wolves will yield a baby wild wolf
• At night, there is a chance for wolves to howl
• Decreased taming chance to 50%
• Chance for auditory feedback when giving tamed wolf an Ancient Bone

v1.0.0 of Cozy's Improved Wolves for 1.20 fabric is complete!

Features

• All vanilla wolves replaced with new wolf type
• Addition of the Undying Bone, a new rare drop from skeletons
• Undying bone must be used to tame wolves
• Undying bones can be used on tamed wolves for a surprise
• When a tamed wolf dies, their collar is put into their owner's inventory or dropped on their owner if the inventory is full
• Collars can be right clicked to respawn the linked wolf
• Sneak + Right Clicking on a tamed wolf will interact with them
• Custom names of wolves are always visible
• Increased the health, speed, and attack of tamed wolves
• Friendly fire disabled for tamed wolves
• Updated wolf with new texture

v1.0.0 of Cozy's Improved Wolves for 1.19.2 fabric is complete!

Features

• All vanilla wolves replaced with new wolf type
• Addition of the Undying Bone, a new rare drop from skeletons
• Undying bone must be used to tame wolves
• Undying bones can be used on tamed wolves for a surprise
• When a tamed wolf dies, their collar is put into their owner's inventory or dropped on their owner if the inventory is full
• Collars can be right clicked to respawn the linked wolf
• Sneak + Right Clicking on a tamed wolf will interact with them
• Custom names of wolves are always visible
• Increased the health, speed, and attack of tamed wolves
• Friendly fire disabled for tamed wolves
• Updated wolf with new texture

v1.0.0 of Cozy's Improved Wolves is complete!

Features

• All vanilla wolves replaced with new wolf type
• Addition of the Undying Bone, a new rare drop from skeletons
• Undying bone must be used to tame wolves
• Undying bones can be used on tamed wolves for a surprise
• When a tamed wolf dies, their collar is put into their owner's inventory or dropped on their owner if the inventory is full
• Collars can be right clicked to respawn the linked wolf
• Sneak + Right Clicking on a tamed wolf will interact with them
• Custom names of wolves are always visible
• Increased the health, speed, and attack of tamed wolves
• Friendly fire disabled for tamed wolves
• Updated wolf with new texture