Custom Treat Tags

Custom Treat Tags

Petting is fully data-driven. Which entities can be tamed by which Golden Treat is determined by Minecraft entity type tags.

You can customize, add modded mobs, or reassign vanilla mobs to any treat using a simple datapack.

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Tag IDs and File Locations

All nine treat tags reside in the petting namespace:

Treat Item	Entity Type Tag ID	Datapack JSON Path
Golden Wheat	petting:tames_with/golden_wheat	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_wheat.json
Golden Star	petting:tames_with/golden_star	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_star.json
Golden Flesh	petting:tames_with/golden_flesh	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_flesh.json
Golden Bone	petting:tames_with/golden_bone	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_bone.json
Golden Fish	petting:tames_with/golden_fish	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_fish.json
Golden Kelp	petting:tames_with/golden_kelp	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_kelp.json
Golden Fungus	petting:tames_with/golden_fungus	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_fungus.json
Golden Eye	petting:tames_with/golden_eye	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_eye.json
Golden Slime	petting:tames_with/golden_slime	data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/golden_slime.json

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Creating a Datapack

To add or modify treat tags:

1. In your world folder, navigate to datapacks/ and create a folder (e.g. MyPettingTweaks).
2. Create pack.mcmeta inside MyPettingTweaks:

   {
     "pack": {
       "pack_format": 48,
       "description": "Custom Treat Tags for Petting"
     }
   }

3. Create the directory path:
   MyPettingTweaks/data/petting/tags/entity_type/tames_with/
4. Add the JSON file for the treat you want to edit.

Example 1: Adding Modded Mobs (Appending)

To make custom modded creatures tameable with Golden Wheat without removing existing vanilla animals, set "replace": false:

{
  "replace": false,
  "values": [
    "alexsmobs:capuchin_monkey",
    "alexsmobs:elephant",
    "twilightforest:deer"
  ]
}

Example 2: Reassigning an Entire Tag (Overwriting)

If you want Golden Flesh to only tame Phantoms and nothing else, set "replace": true:

{
  "replace": true,
  "values": [
    "minecraft:phantom"
  ]
}

Example 3: Referencing Other Tags

You can include entire tags inside your treat definition. Use "required": false so your datapack does not encounter errors if another mod is absent:

{
  "replace": false,
  "values": [
    { "id": "#c:bosses", "required": false },
    { "id": "#mymod:custom_dragons", "required": false }
  ]
}

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Tag Matching Rules & Priority

When interacting with a mob using a treat:

1. Explicit Tag Match: If the entity type is included in petting:tames_with/<treat>, the treat is accepted.
2. Exclusion Check: If the entity type is present in another treat's tames_with tag, it will reject all other treats.
3. Fallback Matching (only active for mobs belonging to none of the nine treat tags):
   • Max health $> 300.0 \rightarrow$ Requires Golden Star.
   • Hostile mob $\rightarrow$ Requires Golden Bone.
   • Any other mob $\rightarrow$ Requires Golden Wheat.
4. Server Configuration Overrides:
   • If an entity ID is listed in untameableEntities (petting-synced.toml), it can never be tamed, regardless of tags.
   • The wild Ender Dragon cannot be tamed directly by treat even if in the tag; it must be summoned via the Golden Dragon Egg ritual.

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Recipe Viewer Live Synchronization

Because Petting dynamically reads the entity tags at runtime, any mobs added or modified via datapacks will automatically update in JEI's "Pet Taming" recipe view!

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Related Pages: Golden Treats · Taming · Compatibility