Bell of Companions

Because your dog deserves better than dying in a ravine! 🐾

Bell of Companions lets you register your pets and call them back instantly, then build a real bond with them over time. The closer you are, the stronger they become.

!!! : this description and gallery is related to a FUTURE version (1.5.0BETA) that will be published very very SOON

(and not to 1.4.0 or before - most of the things added in 1.5.0 are tagged that way)

Why this mod exists

This mod started as a solution to a very real problem in my own world: lost pets.

Suggestions / Contact

Have an idea or found a bug? Open an issue on GitHub or reach out on Discord.

Use the Pet Tagger to register any tamed pet. If the pet has no name, hold a Name Tag while tagging to open the naming prompt and register it in one step, tagging still works without a Name Tag.

Upgrade note: Existing config files remain compatible with 1.5.0; the deprecated require_name_tag_for_quick_name option is ignored on load and removed when the config is rewritten.

Use the Pet Bell to call them all back instantly, either as a handheld item or a placeable block (wall, floor, or ceiling, redstone-compatible).

Pets grow stronger the more you adventure together. Each pet has a role that determines how they earn experience and what they gain from it.

Role	Earns XP by	Bonus per level
Fighter	Killing hostile mobs	+attack, +HP
Guardian	Taking damage	+armor, +HP
Scout	Exploring and moving	+speed, +follow range
Support	Staying close to you	+HP, +armor
Forager	Just existing	+luck, +follow range

Pets gain passive stat bonuses based on their role and bond level; they do not unlock active combat abilities, healing auras, or new 'moves'. (will come in a future update)

Every vanilla mob has a role assigned by default, even hostile mobs if you turn the config on to tag them. Pets progress through five bond levels: Stray -> Companion -> Trusted -> Bonded -> Soulbound When a pet levels up, particles burst from them and you get a chat message.

At max bond, your pet gains three permanent passives:

• Passive HP regen - slowly heals over time
• Low-health alert - plays their ambient sound when your HP drops critically low, so you know they are watching
• Death save - one time only: your pet survives a fatal hit and revives at low HP. Once used, it is gone forever.

Shift + Right-click any tagged pet with an empty hand to pet them.

They react, earn bonus bond XP, and their neglect timer resets. For Fighter-type pets like wolves, petting is the most reliable way to bond outside of combat.

Pet List (B)

A full registry of every pet you have registered, even unloaded or dead ones.

• Search by name or type, pin favourites, filter by dimension
• See health, bond level, XP progress, and distance at a glance
• Batch-recall selected pets or recall any individual pet from any distance
• Full death history with coordinates and time of death
• Right-click a dead entry to copy death coordinates
• Ctrl + Right-click to teleport there (cross-dimension if enabled in config)
• Revive a dead pet at their death location with appearance fully restored

Reviving costs 3 XP levels + 4 Amethyst Shards. Can be disabled in config.

Co-ownership

New in 1.5.0

A non-owner can use the Pet Tagger on someone else's registered pet to send a co-ownership request. The primary owner can accept or decline. Co-owners can recall and manage the pet just like the primary owner.

Advancements

Name	How to unlock
Loyalty Bell	Ring the Pet Bell for the first time
Tag, You're It!	Register your first pet
Whistle While You Work	Recall a tagged pet
No More Ravines	Have a pet auto-recalled by low health
Growing Closer	Reach Companion bond level or beyond
Thicker Than Water	Reach Soulbound
Undying Loyalty (hidden)	Watch your Soulbound pet use their death save
Second Chances	Revive a dead pet

For Developers

A public API is available for registering custom taggable entities, providing ownership checks, assigning bond archetypes, and attaching per-level bond buff callbacks. Full documentation and usage examples on the GitHub repository.

Supported Versions

Minecraft	Loader	Mod versions	Status
26.1.2	Fabric	1.5.0	✅ Active
26.1.1	Fabric	1.5.0	✅ Active
26.1	Fabric	1.4.0 - 1.5.0	✅ Active
1.21.11	Fabric	1.2.0 - 1.5.0	✅ Active
1.21.1	Fabric	1.0.0 - 1.5.0	✅ Active

Requires Fabric Loader >= 0.18.4.

Dependencies

Mod	Requirement
Fabric API	📦 REQUIRED
Cloth Config API	📦 REQUIRED
Cardinal Components API	⚠️ REQUIRED for v1.4.0 and below only
Mod Menu	💡 RECOMMENDED

❌ Known Incompatibilities

None at the moment. If you run into a conflict with another mod, please report it so that I can mark it as INCOMPATIBLE, or make it compatible!

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MIT License, free to include in any modpack. Please credit and link back to this page.

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