Pet Tracker
Losing a beloved wolf in a cave or watching your cat vanish into a jungle can ruin an otherwise great Minecraft session. The Pet Tracker mod solves that problem with a simple, elegant item that keeps tabs on every animal you have tamed. Whether you run a sprawling survival world or a small creative build, this add-on gives you peace of mind and a quick way to reunite with your companions.
What Pet Tracker Does
At its core, Pet Tracker adds a single tracker item to the game. Right-click on any tamed pet to register it, and the tracker remembers that animal's location. Each tracker is independent, meaning every item keeps its own private list of pets. That design is perfect for players who want separate trackers for different bases, dimensions, or friend groups. Pets wearing nametags appear in the list with their custom names, so you always know exactly which companion you are looking at.
The mod is not limited to vanilla animals. Any modded creature should work as long as it extends the vanilla Tameable entity class, which covers a huge range of popular creature mods. This flexibility makes Pet Tracker a natural fit for heavily modded packs where players collect dozens of unusual companions.
How to Craft and Use the Tracker
Getting started takes only a moment. The recipe is refreshingly cheap, which means you can craft several trackers without draining your resources.
- Combine one stick and one emerald to craft a tracker.
- Right-click your pets to add them to the tracker's list.
- Right-click again to open the tracker screen and view every registered pet.
Tracker Options Explained
Once the tracker screen is open, you have two main actions available for each pet on the list.
- Teleport: Instantly brings the selected mob to your position. If the pet is dead or sitting in an unloaded chunk, the teleport button becomes unavailable, and the tracker shows the last known location instead.
- Remove: Deletes a pet from the list. You can only remove one at a time, so to clear several entries, remove one, close the screen, and reopen it to continue.
That teleport limitation is worth remembering. It prevents the mod from cheating animals across unloaded terrain, which keeps behavior consistent with vanilla mechanics while still saving you a long walk home.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Pet Tracker is currently available for Forge 1.16.5, 1.18.2, and 1.19.2. These three releases cover the most popular modding setups from the last few years, so most players running Forge-based packs will find a compatible build without trouble. If you play on a different version, keep an eye on future updates, since the mod's simple design makes porting straightforward.
If you want to skip the manual file juggling entirely, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install for Pet Tracker, dropping the correct build straight into your mods folder. Its built-in add-on catalog also flags version compatibility automatically, so you never accidentally pair the wrong loader with your game profile. Players who prefer to download Pet Tracker by hand can still grab the jar from the official project page and place it in the mods directory themselves.
How to Install Pet Tracker for Minecraft
Installation follows the standard Forge workflow, and the process is quick even for newcomers.
- Confirm you are running a supported Forge version: 1.16.5, 1.18.2, or 1.19.2.
- Download the matching Pet Tracker jar file for your game version.
- Place the jar inside the mods folder in your Minecraft directory.
- Launch the game with the Forge profile and verify the mod appears in the mod list.
If the tracker item does not appear in your crafting menu, double-check that the jar matches your exact game version and that Forge loaded without errors. Conflicts are rare, but running mismatched builds is the most common cause of missing items.
Why It Belongs in Your Mod List
Pet Tracker is one of those small quality-of-life mods that quietly improves every world it touches. It respects vanilla balance, supports modded pets, and costs almost nothing to craft. For players who invest time in taming and naming animals, the ability to teleport a stranded wolf out of a ravine or check on a cat left behind at an old base is genuinely valuable. Add it to your pack, craft a tracker, and stop worrying about where your pets wandered off to.