SacredCows

Logo of minecraft cow with halo

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

Install a Fabric server with Fabric API.
Drop the JAR into your mods/ folder.
Restart the server.
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.