Bell of Companions
Never lose your favorite animals again! 🐾
Bell of Companions adds a simple, magical way to register your pets and instantly call them back to your side, even from far away!
Why this mod exists
This mod started as a solution to a very real problem in my own world: lost pets!
Contact / Suggestions
If you have any suggestions, ideas, or feedback, feel free to contact me on Discord: matteo.sb
Features
- Pet Tagger – Register and manage tamed/owned animals with ease
- Quick-name prompt – right-click an unnamed tamed pet with the tagger to name + tag in one step
- Pet Bell – Recall tagged pets within range (as item or placeable block)
- Placeable Pet Bell block – Vanilla-style placement (floor, wall, ceiling, double-wall)
- Redstone support – Trigger placed bell recalls with redstone (with activation sound & particles)
- Bell range ring – Client-side visual preview while holding the bell
- Teleport effects – Choose particles, portal, smoke, poof or none
- Pet list UI – Keybind (default B) to see tagged & owned pets (name, distance, icon)
- Distance cap display – Pets farther than range show as
max+ m (e.g. 60+ m)
- Highly Configurable – customize range, cooldowns, sounds, particles, quick-naming, durability, villager protection & more
How to Use
Pet Tagger
- Right-Click a tamed/owned pet → Tag the pet
- Right-Click an unnamed tamed pet with the tagger → quick name & tag prompt
- Shift + Right-Click → Untag the pet
Pet Bell
- Right-Click (item or placed block) → Recall tagged pets within range
- Hold the bell (item) → See the range ring preview
- Redstone → Connect to placed Pet Bell block for automatic recalls
Configuration
With Mod Menu and Cloth Config API installed, you can configure:
- Summon range – Limit how far pets can be recalled (or set to infinite)
- Cooldown – Add a delay to prevent spam
- Max pets per recall – Limit how many pets teleport at once
- Recall sort order – Nearest, furthest, random or by type
- Sounds & particles – Toggle effects, change bell sound, adjust amount/intensity
- Teleport effects – Animation style and strength
- Range ring – Color, density, thickness
- Quick-name settings – Require Name Tag?
- Tagger durability – Infinite use or limited uses
- Villager & trader protection – Prevent tagging/recalling them
- And more!
Compatibility & Versions
- Loader: Fabric (≥ 0.18.4)
- Minecraft Versions: 1.21.1 – 1.21.11
- Required: Fabric API, Cloth Config API, Cardinal Components API (base + entity)
- Optional: Mod Menu
- Works well with: Sodium, Iris, ImmediatelyFast
- Modpacks: Free to use in any modpack
