Dude! Where's My Horse? Mod 1.16.5, Wiki

Dude! Where's My Horse? (DWMH) is a specialized utility mod designed to solve the common problem of losing horses, donkeys, and other mounts in the vast Minecraft world. The mod introduces the Ocarina, a musical instrument that allows players to "bind" a specific mount to themselves and teleport it to their location at any time.

Beyond simple summoning, the mod adds an Enchanted Carrot for rapid mount management and a craftable Saddle recipe to make early-game exploration more accessible. It is highly compatible with other creature-focused mods and features a robust configuration system to balance gameplay.

The mod adds two primary items to the game, each serving a specific role in mount management.

Ocarina

The Ocarina is the core item of the mod. It is used to track and retrieve your mounts.

• Claiming: Sneak-right-click on a tamed, saddled, and unleashed entity to claim it. Once claimed, the item's tooltip will display the entity's name and its unique UUID.
• Summoning: Right-click with the Ocarina to teleport the claimed entity directly to your position. This works even if the entity is in an unloaded chunk; the mod will briefly load the chunk, move the entity, and then unload it.
• Cycling: In later versions, sneak-right-clicking the air allows you to cycle through multiple claimed entities if the configuration allows for more than one.

Enchanted Carrot

The Enchanted Carrot is a powerful tool for preparing mounts for travel. It has a default durability that is consumed with each use.

• Taming: Instantly tames a wild horse-like entity.
• Aging: Instantly grows a baby horse, llama, or donkey into an adult.
• Healing: Fully restores the health of a damaged mount.
• Breeding: Can be used to put a horse into breeding mode instantly.

Eligible Entities

By default, the Ocarina works on the following entities:

• Horses
• Donkeys
• Mules
• Llamas
• Skeleton Horses
• Zombie Horses

Summoning Logic

When the Ocarina is used, the mod checks for the following conditions:

1. Ownership: The entity must be claimed by the player using the Ocarina.
2. Status: The entity must be tamed and saddled (unless changed in config).
3. Safety: The mod will attempt to find a safe block near the player to teleport the horse. Note: Summoning while floating over lava or high in the air may result in the horse falling to its death.

Compatibility

The mod includes a proxy system that extends support to various mob mods, including:

• Animania
• Mo' Creatures
• Ultimate Unicorn Mod
• Zoo & Wild Animals (ZAWA)

The mod adds three essential recipes to the crafting table. These can be disabled individually in the configuration file.

The mod is highly customizable via the dwmh-common.toml (or .cfg in older versions) file. Server administrators can adjust the following settings:

• Max Distance: Set the maximum range from which a horse can be summoned. Setting this to -1 allows for infinite range across loaded and unloaded chunks.
• Cross-Dimension Summoning: Enable or disable the ability to summon horses from different dimensions (e.g., bringing a horse from the Nether to the Overworld).
• Ocarina Durability: Toggle whether the Ocarina has durability and what item is required to repair it.
• Cooldown: Set a cooldown period (in seconds) between successful summons to prevent spamming.
• Summon Cost: Configure an optional item cost (e.g., 1 Golden Carrot) required for every summon attempt.
• Entity Whitelist/Blacklist: Define exactly which entities can be claimed using Resource Locations (e.g., minecraft:horse).

The developers have outlined several planned features for future updates of the mod:

• Expanded Entity Support: Adding native support for Striders and Pigs.
• Whistle Tiers: Introducing different tiers of Ocarinas with varying ranges and durability levels.
• Visual Effects: Adding particle trails and musical note effects when a horse is successfully summoned.
• Naming Integration: Allowing the Ocarina to automatically rename a horse upon claiming if it doesn't already have a name.