Spare The Animals Data Pack FAQ

No, you can obtain leather from zombies and feathers from skeletons instead, allowing you to skip animal farming entirely. However, you may still want to farm animals for other drops like wool or meat if you eat food.

Kill zombies—they will drop leather as part of their loot. You can set up a zombie farm or find them naturally spawning at night to collect leather for books and armor.

Skeletons now drop feathers when killed, so you can use a skeleton farm or hunt them naturally to gather feathers for arrows and crafting.

The data pack adds plant-based crafting recipes as alternatives to animal products; check your crafting menu or the pack's guide for the specific vegan-friendly options available.

Yes, zombies and skeletons still drop their normal loot (rotten flesh, bones, etc.) in addition to the new leather and feather drops.

Once the data pack is installed, it should load automatically with your world; you may need to confirm it's enabled in your world settings if it doesn't activate right away.

It should work with most mods and data packs, but conflicts can occur if other packs modify zombie or skeleton drops—test it in your world to be sure.

Yes, you craft leather armor the same way as vanilla Minecraft; you just get the leather from zombies instead of cows.

You can still kill animals normally—the data pack simply gives you alternatives, so you're free to use both methods if you choose.

No, mob spawning and farm mechanics work the same as vanilla; the only change is what drops zombies and skeletons give you.