Backported Wolves

With the recent addition of new wolf variants in Minecraft that have been with us for many years, I thought we shouldn't have to wait for the next update to enjoy them. That's why Backported Wolves was created, adding all 8 new wolf variants from the latest game versions to older editions of Minecraft.

Wolves come in eight unique variants plus the standard classic one:

• Pale Wolf (default) - Taiga
• Woods Wolf - Forest
• Ashen Wolf - Snowy Taiga
• Black Wolf - Old Growth Pine Taiga
• Chestnut Wolf - Old Growth Spruce Taiga
• Rusty Wolf - Sparse Jungle
• Spotted Wolf - Savanna Plateau
• Striped Wolf - Wooded Badlands
• Snowy Wolf - Grove

All these wolves can be tamed, and when bred, the offspring inherits the variant of one of its parents.

Biome Spawns

Starting from version 1.1.0, all wolf spawn locations can be configured using datapacks with biome tags for the corresponding variants.

Example for versions 1.18.2 and above:

{
  "values": [
    "minecraft:snowy_taiga",
    "minecraft:desert",
    "othermod:other_biome"
  ]
}

Example for versions 1.18-1.18.1:

{
  "values": [
    "minecraft:snowy_taiga",
    "minecraft:desert",
    "othermod:other_biome"
  ]
}

Spawn Weight

The spawn frequency of wolves can be modified in the backported_wolves.properties file located in the configuration folder. Current file version: 1.1.0

# File Version: 1.1.0

# Spawn frequency of wolves (default value: 8)
spawn_weight=8

The mod has not been tested with Quilt or NeoForge, but there's no reason why it shouldn't work with these loaders.