Drarrots
Jungles and dark forests have always been atmospheric places in Minecraft, but they rarely give you a reason to linger after sunset. Drarrots changes that. This Forge mod from the DELTA Modding Team introduces a single new mob, the drarrot, and builds an entire personality around it. If you want a compact creature mod that rewards patience, taming, and a little nighttime exploration, this one earns its place in your mod list.
What Is the Drarrot?
The drarrot is a small, carnivorous creature that spawns in any jungle biome, including biomes added by other mods, as well as dark forests. It follows a strict daily rhythm: sleeping through the daylight hours and hunting once night falls. That schedule makes it feel like part of the world rather than a decoration. It is also not passive. Hit a drarrot and it will not hesitate to strike back, so early encounters can get surprisingly tense for an unarmed player.
Once you earn its trust, though, the drarrot becomes a genuine companion. Taming uses drarrot treats, and breeding works with any type of meat, which keeps the process simple and accessible even in the early game.
Why Drarrots Are Worth Taming
Beyond companionship, drarrots have a practical side that fits naturally into survival progression. They occasionally dig up crops while wandering:
- Beetroot or potatoes on coarse dirt
- Carrots on grass blocks
That behavior effectively turns a tamed drarrot into a slow but steady early game farm. It is not a replacement for a proper crop field, but free vegetables while you explore are never unwelcome. Combine that with the mob's combat response when attacked, and you get a pet that contributes both food and defense.
Supported Versions and Loader
Drarrots is built for Forge on Minecraft 1.16 and above. The team has been clear that a Fabric port may happen someday, but Forge remains the focus for now. They have also ruled out ports to 1.15 or below, including the frequently requested 1.12.2 version, since supporting legacy releases would pull time away from future updates. If you play on a modern Forge profile, you are in the right place.
How to Install Drarrots
Installation follows the standard Forge workflow, and knowing how to install it correctly saves a lot of troubleshooting:
- Install a matching Forge version for your Minecraft release
- Place the Drarrots mod file into your mods folder
- Launch the game using the Forge profile
- Confirm the mod loads before creating a world
If you would rather skip manual file management, the foxygame.net launcher handles the entire process for you: Drarrots sits in its curated add-on catalog, so a single click installs the mod, matches it to a compatible Forge build, and keeps it updated automatically as new releases appear. For players juggling several mods at once, that convenience is hard to argue with.
Community, Variants, and Modpacks
The mod has grown thanks to community contributions. M003E designed the new drarrot look and many variants, Graustreif_2004 handled the baby drarrot model and its variants, Frogge contributed numerous variants, and OmayPaty, also known as adruwu, created the original drarrot concept. If you want to make your own variants, the team shares the 2D texture format on request, as long as you let them know beforehand.
Bug reports are best sent through the project's Discord server, though comments work as a fallback. Content creators are welcome to showcase the mod in videos as long as they link it in the description or comments. Modpack authors can include it freely with credit given somewhere in the pack. One thing the team is firm about: this is not an MCreator mod, and it never will be. They are equally firm that no second mob is coming, since the whole point is a mod built around one creature.
Final Thoughts
Drarrots is a focused, well-executed addition to Forge Minecraft. It gives jungles and dark forests a nocturnal resident with real personality, a taming path that feels earned, and a small farming perk that quietly helps your early game. Whether you download Drarrots for the pet, the free carrots, or simply a livelier night cycle, it delivers exactly what it promises without bloating your mod list.