Whether or not you love or hate the wolves in Minecraft, you have to admit that there is room for them to be improved. Modder RaustBlackDragon takes full advantage of that with his Doggy Talents Mod, revamping the wolves we all know (and some love) to be more awesome and deadly. From aesthetic improvements like names and skins to advanced RPG mechanics, everything is here, and we’re going to take a look at how it all plays.
Before getting to the meat of the mod, let me explain how to actually get it to work. The mod does not replace vanilla wolves. When a wolf is tamed in the wild, he will not work like the Doggies from the mod should. You need to right click on it with a training treat to unlock it’s full potential. This will cause the love particle effect (the hearts) and your chatbox will say that it has leveled up. It is now a Doggy, not a wolf, and you can do all sorts of cool stuff to personalize it. First of all, you can change it’s name by right clicking on it with a stick, the same menu also contains talents, which I will get to later. Your Doggy’s name will always show, however, if you get closer, you can also find out more information about it. Secondly, you can change the Doggy’s skin by right clicking it with a sign. This will toggle through the 16 skins, which differ by the collar color. You can replace the 16 skins to get more personalized looks for each of your dogs.
You can also set the Doggy’s stance which will affect how it treats enemies. There are 4 modes:
- Docile – your Doggy will not attack anything or anyone, no matter what.
- Tactical – your Doggy will only respond to the command beam, which is a craftable item used to highlight what enemy it should attack.
- Aggressive – your Doggy will attack any enemy that is close and targeting you, regardless of whether or not you hit the enemy, but you can override it with the command beam.
- Berserker – your Doggy will attack any enemy that is close and targeting you, regardless of whether or not you hit the enemy, and will disregard any commands given with the command beam.
These modes offer a variety of tactics to use in battle. Don’t be afraid to experiment, with this mod, your Doggies are now immortal, they cannot be permanently killed, only injured which will cause them to not attack enemies, and show the letter I next to its name when you get close meaning it is incapacitated – a condition easily cured with some food. That won’t be a problem since Doggies accept all kinds of food now which will restore their hunger bar. The hunger bar acts like that of a player, when it is full, the dog will slowly heal over time. The level of hunger is marked by a number near the Doggy’s name (shown when you get close to it), which can be between 0 and 120, the more the better.
Doggies aren’t the passive killers you remember them to be without the mod, they can now be interacted with. You can set a dog to wander around your spawn point, making it easy to find, yet not making it just sit there for weeks and look at you playing outside. You can also craft a throwing bone and play with your Doggy. I’m sure he’ll appreciate it. It is possible to make Doggies breed, and release them into the wilds from whence they came with a new item – The Collar Sheers. If you just want him to hang around on top of your head, you can do that too, by right clicking him with a bone.
The core of the mod, however, are the talents. It implements a leveling system you see in RPG games. Your dogs gain experience by killing stuff and eating your treats, and the more experience they gather, the higher level they get and the more talent points they have to spend. There are lots of really cool talents in there, but you won’t be able to get them all, so choose wisely. You can level your wolf to a cap of level 60, and that gives you enough talent points to fill out 5 talents. Although each of them are cool in their own ways, a couple stand out:
- HellHound – makes your Doggy deal fire damage.
- PackPuppy – gives your dog its own portable inventory, very useful when traveling.
- WolfMount – this makes him act as a mount.
- BedFinder – your Doggy is now a compass. Put him on your head and he will point you the way home.
And more cool stuff you’ll have to discover yourself.
All in all, this mod is an amazing addition to Minecraft, and since it only requires ModLoader and doesn’t overwrite any core classes, it should be in your collection. You can read more, and download the mod here:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/520521-124-doggy-talents-mod-v197-seeeeecret-monday-update/
Thumbnail drawing by CrimsonWolf. Mod by RaustBlackDragon.
What did you think of it? What did you name your Doggy? Tell us in the comment section below.
Doggy Talents Mod - Better Wolves for everyone,
I love this mod!
My wolf is named Rex level 14,and he is a mountable,pack,sprinter dog.
This mod is so great that i personalized my wolf! (paint.net)
Is there a multiplayer version?
Not as far as I know, but look out in the mod’s topic, there might be one soon.
yes there is
hey who ever made this this mod looks ammazing! I am going to download now! I hope I can though… I usaly crash my game when I try lol
I got two doggies names Sparky and Doggy. Doggy is a hellhound and Sparky is a variety of things… How do I access the packpuppy’s inventory?
You need to CTRL+Right Click it to access its inventory.
sounds SO COOL! i think ima download… that is… if i can actually do it without messing my stuff up :3
Feel free to ask if you run into any trouble. I will do my best to help you.
For which version is this mod?
The mod currently supports the latest version of Minecraft – 1.2.5.
can you have version 1.2.4 and1.2.5 at the same time?
No, these are different versions of Minecraft, you cannot have them running together, but you can use certain tools to have 2 Minecraft installations, each different in version.
I have a couple of questions:
1: ctrl+click didn’t work for me
2: how do you use the collar shears? cuz i can’t find a way to dispose of my dog…
sword bro
can someone give me a tutorial on how to install this i got minecraft yesterday and im a beginning modder a little help would well help alot
Take a look at the Minecraft forums, here:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forum/55-tutorials/
dude i love you this mod makes me want to actually keep my dogs alive
looks cool im about to download it
hey people names wolfie how do ya get the mod? i love wolves. there my favorite animal and i am dieing to get this mod! if evney ones read this please call out.
You download the mod from the link at the bottom of the article. As for how to install it, you just insert the files into your minecraft.jar file. If you don’t know how to do that, go read some tutorials here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forum/55-tutorials/
Is it possible to install this into a bukkit server?
Not as of now, unfortunately. SMP modding is really held back right now by various limitations in API’s, but with the release of the official Mod API soon, you can expect more mods like this for servers.
How do i make it work with other mods?
(i have Better Than wolves mod. Not that i dont like wolves, just for the water wheels and dynamite)
Also do i need modloader?
Yes, you need ModLoader. Better Than Wolves is pretty extensive so it might cause incompatibilites.
whats the mod called(like what you u type in the little box)? Dont Worry if its obvoiuse… im blonde… :3
It’s called Doggy Talents.
whats the mod, like the word you types in the wittle box? Dont Worry!! im blond…
ruf ruf ruf ruf ruf(Thaks for downlaoding this mod owner)
does it cost anything to download
Mods are free, so no.