Name: Alec's Cats!
Availability: InStock
Author: alechilles

Summary

This mod started as a simple cat conversion from unused base-game assets and has grown into a full pet system with:

Taming + ownership
Capture/spawn with persistent appearance variants
Command controls (Follow, Hold, Recall, Move To Ping, Set Home, Return Home, Attack Target)
Happiness/needs simulation with resource seeking
Passive companion breeding
Trait generation and inheritance for bred companion cats
Multi-language localization

<H2>Required:</H2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.curseforge.com/hytale/mods/alecs-tamework">Alec's Tamework!</a> <code>>=3.0.0 <4.0.0</code></li> </ul> <H2>Recommended:</H2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.curseforge.com/hytale/mods/alecs-nametags">Alec's Nametags!</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.curseforge.com/hytale/mods/alecs-animal-husbandry">Alec's Animal Husbandry!</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.curseforge.com/hytale/mods/mmo-skill-tree-taming-skill-pack-alecs-tamework">Taming Addon for MMO Skills</a></li> </ul> ------------

Craftable Items

Cat Collar (Capture/Spawn Item)

3x Light Leather
1x Gold Bar
Bench: Workbench Tier 2 (Tinkering)
Stored cats use generated collar icons that match their body type and coat.

Cat Treat Bag (Command Item)

2x Light Leather
5x Raw Fish
5x Raw Meat
Bench: Workbench Tier 2 (Tinkering)

Cat Cardboard Box

10x Plant Fiber
5x Catnip Plant
Bench: Workbench Tier 2 (Tinkering)

Large Cat Cardboard Box

20x Plant Fiber
10x Catnip Plant
Bench: Workbench Tier 2 (Tinkering)

Quick Start

Find a wild cat.
Hold raw fish to draw it in curiously, then feed it to make it friendly.
Use a Cat Collar to capture/tame it.
Place your cat from the Soul Lantern item.
Use one of these control methods:

Interact directly to cycle basic modes (Follow / Defend / Stay).
Use the Cat Treat Bag for advanced commands.

Cat Treat Bag (Command Item)

Left click on a cat: link/unlink that cat to the bag.
Right click: open command selection wheel.
Left click (while not targeting link action): execute selected command on linked cats.

Default commands:

Follow
Hold
Recall
Move To Ping
Set Home
Return Home
Attack Target

Notes:

Commands require ownership + tamed cats by default.

Taming and Ownership

Taming assigns ownership.
Only the owner can interact with/store the cat by default.
When stored in an item, ownership can be cleared until re-spawn (trading-friendly flow).
Owner damage/invulnerability behavior is controlled by Tamework companion config:
Alec's Cats!\Server\Tamework\Companion\ACCompCat.json

Happiness and Needs

Happiness fluctuates based on if the Cat's needs are being met
Cats will automatically eat raw fish or Tamework Carnivore Kibble from storage containers nearby
Tamework Carnivore Kibble can also be used as backup hand-feed, but it is less satisfying than their preferred food
Cats will automatically drink water from water sources nearby
Cats prefer to have at least one cat friend nearby, but don't like to be overcrowded
Cats like when their owner is nearby

Breeding and Traits

Cats can automatically breed if they are happy and have a suitable partner
Cats can spawn with 0-4 traits
Traits can alter anything from size, to strength, to fertility and more
Traits can be inherited from parents, and breeding cats with the same traits together can result in higher trait values (or lower!)
Fur and eye color are also inherited from parents
Body type roles can be inherited from either parent, with a small chance of a different body type appearing as a mutation
Cat breeding uses Tamework gender support, so compatible breeding pairs must be different genders when that Tamework setting is enabled

Spawns

Cats are uncommon but not extremely rare.

Mediumhair: Zone 1 Plains and Forests
Shorthair: Zone 2 Oasis, Plateau, and Savanna
Bobtail: Zone 1 Mountains, Zone 2 Plateau, and Zone 3 Mountains
Longhair: Zone 3 Forests and Tundra

They usually spawn solo, but can spawn in small groups.

1,216 Appearance Variations

#### All cat textures are now made by an artist far more skilled than me, [Celly (@Excel Lynt)](https://www.curseforge.com/members/excellynt/)._

Appearance combines body type, coat, and eyes. Eye colors are separate randomized attachments, so cats can inherit eyes independently from coat color.

Category	Count	Variants
Body types	4	Mediumhair<br>Longhair<br>Shorthair<br>Bobtail
Coats	19	Black and White<br>Gray<br>Light Gray<br>Silver Tabby<br>Orange Tabby<br>Brown Tabby<br>White<br>Cream<br>Cream Tuxedo<br>Gray Tuxedo<br>Brown Tuxedo<br>Light Orange Tabby Tuxedo<br>Black Tuxedo<br>Black<br>Snowshoe<br>Sand Tabby<br>Dark Gray Tabby<br>Chocolate Point<br>Blue Point
Eyes	16	Bright Orange<br>Bright Yellow<br>Dark Orange<br>Forest Green<br>Green<br>Hazel<br>Ice Blue<br>Light Blue<br>Blue and Green-Yellow (Rare)<br>Blue and Green (Rare)<br>Orange and Yellow (Rare)<br>Yellow and Green (Rare)<br>Pumpkin Orange<br>Teal<br>Yellow-Lime<br>Yellow

Total combinations: 4 body types x 19 coats x 16 eye variants = 1,216 appearance variations.

Config Files

Companion Config:
Server/Tamework/Companion/ACCompCat.json
Interaction Config:
Server/Tamework/Interactions/ACIntCat.json
Server/Tamework/Interactions/ACIntCatTemp.json
Spawner Config:
Server/Tamework/Items/Spawners/ACSpawnCat.json
Command-item Config:
Server/Tamework/Items/Commands/ACCommCat.json
Happiness Config:
Server/Tamework/Happiness/ACHappCat.json
Needs Config:
Server/Tamework/Needs/ACNeedsCat.json
Breeding Config:
Server/Tamework/Breeding/ACBreedCat.json
Trait Config:
Server/Tamework/Traits/ACTraitsCat.json
Attachment Migration Config:
Server/Tamework/AttachmentMigrations/ACAttachmentMigrationCatEyesPre190.json
Attachment Display Config:
Server/Tamework/AttachmentDisplays/ACAttachmentDisplayCat.json

Want More?

If you're interested in bringing the same mechanics to vanilla mobs in Hytale, check out:

![Animal Husbandry)](https://legacy.curseforge.com/hytale/mods/alecs-animal-husbandry)

If you're a modder interested in adding these mechanics to your NPCs, check out my comprehensive taming framework built specifically for modders to integrate my systems with their mods. By referencing Tamework, you can add complex systems to your NPCs without writing any Java code at all:

![Tamework)](https://www.curseforge.com/hytale/mods/alecs-tamework)

Known Issues

Some wake/laydown animation transitions are still placeholder quality and will be improved.

Issue Reporting

If you run into issues, please report them here:

https://github.com/Alechilles/AlecsCats/issues/new

<H2>Telemetry</H2> <p><a href="https://www.curseforge.com/hytale/mods/alecs-tamework">Alec's Tamework</a>, and thus Alec's Cats, utilizes <a href="https://www.curseforge.com/hytale/mods/alecs-telemetry">Alec's Telemetry</a> to report crash, error, performance, and usage telemetry data to the developer.</p> <p>This data is anonymous and does <strong>not</strong> contain any personally identifiable information, and is exclusively used to diagnose issues in the mod to provide a better user experience.</p> <p>You may disable this feature at any time in the /tw settings menu in the Telemetry section.</p> <p>Alec's Tamework also reports anonymized active user numbers to <a href="https://hstats.dev/">HStats</a> to track active user count summaries.</p> <br />

Alec's Cats!

Summary

Craftable Items

Cat Collar (Capture/Spawn Item)

Cat Treat Bag (Command Item)

Cat Cardboard Box

Large Cat Cardboard Box

Quick Start

Cat Treat Bag (Command Item)

Taming and Ownership

Happiness and Needs

Breeding and Traits

Spawns

1,216 Appearance Variations

Config Files

Want More?

Known Issues

Issue Reporting

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