SacredCows

A configurable Fabric mod that gives cattle divine status as stewards of the earth. Punishes cow-assaulters and gives cow-friends special buffs!

Features

• (NEW!) Teleport to your favorite cow by naming the cow, and milking her! Drinking the milk will bring you back to your bovine companion's side.
• Configurable punishments: (instant) death, damage, or lightning-only
• Custom death messages with player name placeholders
• Cosmetic lightning effects (won't harm cows)
• Scoreboard tracking for cow assaults and kills
• Projectile protection (arrows, snowballs, etc.)
• OP-level bypass for admins

Installation

1. Install a Fabric server with Fabric API.
2. Drop the JAR into your mods/ folder.
3. Restart the server.
4. Optionally edit config/sacredcows.properties to customize behavior.

Commands

Command Description Permission /sacredcows Show help Everyone /sacredcows help Show help Everyone /sacredcows enabled <true|false> Enable or disable the mod Operator /sacredcows bypass <true|false> Toggle admin bypass Operator /sacredcows debug <true|false> Toggle debug logging Operator /sacredcows lightning_effect <true|false> Toggle lightning visual Operator /sacredcows punishment_type <death|damage|lightning_only> Set punishment type Operator /sacredcows print_config Show current config with unsaved changes highlighted Everyone /sacredcows save_config Write current settings to file Operator /sacredcows reload_config Reload settings from file Operator /sacredcows stats player <name> Show stats for a player Everyone /sacredcows stats global Show server-wide totals Everyone

Admin commands require OP level 2 by default (configurable).

Configuration

The mod creates config/sacredcows.properties on first run. Key settings:

settings.enabled=true settings.punishment-type=death # death, damage, or lightning_only settings.damage-amount=10.0 settings.lightning-effect=true settings.custom-death-messages=true settings.allow-bypass=true settings.bypass-op-level=2 settings.admin-op-level=2 scoreboard.enabled=true scoreboard.track-assaults=true scoreboard.track-kills=true # Custom death messages — edit manually, %player% is replaced with the player's name death-messages.0=%player% was moo-rdered for their bovine crimes death-messages.1=%player% faced divine bovine retribution

Use /sacredcows save_config to persist changes made via commands. Changes take effect immediately without saving.

Compatibility

• Minecraft: 26.1
• Fabric Loader: 0.18.6
• Java: 25

License

No formal license. Use it however you want.