Simply Cats Wiki & Guide
The community wiki and guide for Simply Cats — recipes, items, tags and mechanics, kept current for every Minecraft version the mod supports.
About this mod
For a very, very long time the cats of Minecraft have been neglected. This mod aims to change that, breathing a whole new life into the soft little fluff balls of hate.
Progress tracker: https://trello.com/b/HxjOnrJz/simply-cats-roadmap
Wiki: https://github.com/Mnesikos/SimplyCats/wiki
Discord: https://discord.gg/8gRHcgJ
Official Server
Simply Cats will be hosted officially on a server that will be part of the server hub known as Purpura Skies! As of March 22, 2024, the modpack is being finalized, and the server will be made public soon. Join the Purpura Skies discord for updates!
16x resource pack
Not a fan of this texture style? Do you prefer 16-bit, jappa friendly type textures? Check out the resource pack: Simply Cats 16x Textures.
Getting Started
!! All images represent the 1.16.5+ version of Simply Cats !!
The very first thing you want to do is craft yourself a pet carrier or two... or more! Pet carriers will not break and do not stack, but they will only hold one pet at a time so make sure you have plenty to bring your adopted cats home in! Cats do not follow you by themselves, so these pet carriers will keep you sane trying to get home from a village.
Now you can set out on your mission to find these adoptable cuties! In almost every village, you will find a new structure that we will call the Pet Shelter.

With this new building comes a new villager as well! You can easily tell them apart by their cute yellow smock with a golden paw print on the front.

This villager has extra special trades for you that will cost a certain number of raw fish or bones! 1.16.5: To access the cat or dog trades, you will first have to unlock level 2 trades with the shelter worker. There will be 2 new trades, randomly chosen between 4 sterilization potions, a cat carrier, or a dog carrier!
Cats from the villager trade are never spayed/neutered, so they will breed if given the opportunity to. Remember, the carrier these pets come from are only temporary and will disappear once you release the pet inside.

There are also a few shelter pets inside! 1-3 dogs and 1-3 cats, all available for adoption with this mod's adoption certificate. Crafted with one paper and one ink sac, you can use it on the cat or dog you'd like to adopt! Shelter pets are always spayed/neutered, which means they cannot breed.
Congratulations! That's all there is to it. Now be sure to read up on the wiki for special item uses to get more information about your cats, and the most important section: breeding!
If you enjoy my work and want to support me, check out my brand-new Patreon! Receive an exclusive discord role w/ special channel access, plus more coming soon!
Compatibility
Which Minecraft versions and mod loaders the mod supports.
| Loader | MC 1.20.1 | MC 1.19.2 | MC 1.18.2 | MC 1.16.5 | MC 1.12.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Recent updates
Latest releases with the author's changelog notes.
[1.20.1-0.3.0] - 2025/06/23
Added
- Stray cats spawn in villages, witch huts, and around catnip crops. 10% of them are intact spawns!
- Untamed, unneutered cats will despawn if not near a village, unless they have a manual home position override (or otherwise interacted with by a player)
- Cats will lay down on beds and with the player when they sleep, there are 4 cute poses they will choos
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[1.20.1-0.2.3] - 2024/03/18
Added
- Cat bowls are back! Come in each of minecraft's 16 colors, and can be filled with water buckets/bottles. Food inventory coming soon.
Fixed
- Litter boxes no longer crash when right clicked.
[1.19.2-0.2.3] - 2024/03/18
Added
- Cat bowls are back! Come in each of minecraft's 16 colors, and can be filled with water buckets/bottles. Food inventory coming soon.
Fixed
- Litter boxes no longer crash when right clicked.
[1.18.2-0.2.3] - 2024/03/18
Added
- Cat bowls are back! Come in each of minecraft's 16 colors, and can be filled with water buckets/bottles. Food inventory coming soon.
Fixed
- Litter boxes no longer crash when right clicked.
[1.20.1-0.2.2] - 2024/03/17
Initial port, nothing new has been added.
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Developer resources
Processes
Every recipe the mod adds, grouped by how it is made.
Items
Adoption Certificate
Cat Book
Catnip
Catnip Seeds
Catnip Tea
Laser Pointer
Release Certificate
Sterilization Potion
Treat BagBlocks
Acacia Scratching Post
Acacia Window Perch
Birch Scratching Post
Birch Window Perch
Black Cat Bowl
Black Litter Box
Black Tree Bed
Black Tree Box
Black Tree Post
Blue Cat Bowl
Blue Litter Box
Blue Tree Bed
Blue Tree Box
Blue Tree Post
Brown Cat Bowl
Brown Litter Box
Brown Tree Bed
Brown Tree Box
Brown Tree Post
Crimson Scratching Post
Crimson Window Perch
Cyan Cat Bowl
Cyan Litter Box
Cyan Tree BedShow all 97 blocks →