Animal Bikes Mod Wiki

The Animal Bikes Mod is a comprehensive transportation mod that transforms Minecraft's creatures into ridable vehicles. Unlike standard horses, these "bikes" are crafted items that can be summoned at will and possess extraordinary powers. From flying on the back of an Ender Dragon to scaling vertical walls with a Spider Bike, the mod provides diverse travel options for every terrain.

Each bike is unique, featuring custom models, animations, and specialized mechanics. Most bikes can be customized with dyes and have specific "Action Keys" (typically the Spacebar) to trigger their special abilities. The mod also introduces utility recipes, such as the ability to craft saddles and leather, making it easier to build your collection of mounts.

Before you can ride any mob, you must craft the core components. The mod adds three essential utility items and one smelting recipe to facilitate bike creation.

Essential Items

Utility Mechanics

• Leather Smelting: You can cook Rotten Flesh in a furnace to produce Leather. This provides a sustainable way to gather the large amounts of leather required for Rawhide.
• Saddle Stacking: Unlike vanilla saddles, Animal Bikes saddles can be stacked up to 8 per slot.

Flying bikes are the most sought-after mounts in the mod, allowing for rapid aerial traversal. Most flying bikes use the Spacebar to ascend and descend automatically when the key is released.

• Ender Dragon Bike: The ultimate flying mount. It can breathe fire if the player right-clicks while holding Flint and Steel. By default, this fire does not damage terrain unless changed in the gamerules.
• Wither Bike: A powerful flying mount that shoots Wither Skulls if the player uses a Bow while riding. These skulls can destroy blocks if mob griefing is enabled.
• Chinese Dragon Bike: A long, serpentine dragon that comes in multiple colors. Right-clicking with Gunpowder causes it to launch fireworks.
• Bat Bike: A small, agile flyer that grants the player Night Vision while mounted, making it ideal for cave exploration or night travel.
• Ghast Bike: Shoots fireballs when the player uses Gunpowder. By default, it can only be summoned in the Nether or The End.
• Reindeer Bike: A festive flying mount that allows for smooth aerial movement. It is often used for its high visibility and steady flight path.
• Flower Bike: A giant, ridable flower. While it can fly, it is significantly slower than other aerial mounts, making it a more aesthetic choice.

These bikes are designed for ground travel, combat support, or specialized utility tasks like mining and animal husbandry.

Combat and Movement

• Spider Bike: Allows the player to climb vertical walls automatically. It is slightly slower than other land bikes but offers unmatched verticality.
• Wolf Bike: A loyal companion that attacks hostile mobs within a 10-block radius. It will also attack anything that hits the player. Holding a Bone will pacify the wolf, preventing it from attacking.
• Iron Golem Bike: A high-durability mount. Pressing the Spacebar causes the golem to perform a smash attack, launching nearby enemies into the air.
• Snow Golem Bike: Leaves a trail of snow wherever it walks. Pressing the Spacebar allows the player to fire snowballs at targets.

Utility and Speed

• Dino Bike: Comes in three variants: T-Rex (fast), Triceratops (high health), and Pterodactyl (flying). The Dino Bike will automatically pick up any passive animal it runs into; press Shift to drop the animal.
• Silverfish Bike: A specialized mining mount. If the player holds a Pickaxe, the Silverfish will "eat" through blocks in front of it. Holding Shift while mining will cause it to dig downwards.
• Squid Bike: Extremely fast in water but moves at a crawl on land. It does not suffocate out of water.
• Pig Bike: One of the fastest land mounts in the mod. However, it is notoriously difficult to control once it reaches top speed.
• Bunny Bike: Features a massive jump height. It also has a chance to drop eggs periodically while being ridden.

Some bikes are added for novelty or unique interactions that don't fit standard categories.

• Pony Bike: Based on the "My Little Pony" style, these come in four types: Ground, Unicorn, Pegasus (flying), and Alicorn (flying + magic). They can be dyed into dozens of different character colors.
• Enderman Bike: Pressing the Spacebar causes the bike to teleport the player a short distance forward in the direction they are looking.
• Slime Bike: This bike cannot walk; it moves exclusively by bouncing. Timing your jumps as you land will cause the Slime to bounce higher and higher.
• Ocelot Bike: When summoned, it spawns three smaller cats that follow the main bike around. It is primarily a cosmetic mount.
• Notch Bike: A giant floating head of Minecraft's creator. It serves as a fast, humorous land mount.
• Creeper Bike: A green land mount. While it doesn't explode on its own, it is affected by the terrain damage gamerules and is often used for its unique aesthetic.

Basic Interaction

1. Spawning: Right-click with the Bike item in your hand to spawn the entity.
2. Mounting: Right-click the spawned bike with an empty hand to begin riding.
3. Dismounting: Press the standard sneak key (default Left Shift).
4. Retrieving: To turn the bike back into an item, hold Shift and Right-click the bike.

Customization

Most bikes can be dyed. To change the color of your mount, right-click it while holding any standard Minecraft dye. This works for the Ender Dragon, Wolf, Pony, Sheep, and many others.

Action Keys

• Spacebar: The primary action key. It is used for flying (Ender Dragon, Bat), jumping (Bunny, Slime), attacking (Iron Golem), or special abilities (Enderman teleport).
• Item Triggers: Some abilities require holding a specific item while riding:
  • Flint and Steel: Fire breath (Ender Dragon).
  • Gunpowder: Fireworks/Fireballs (Chinese Dragon, Ghast).
  • Bow: Wither Skulls (Wither).
  • Pickaxe: Digging (Silverfish).
  • Bone: Pacify (Wolf).

All bikes require a Saddle and 8 units of a specific material related to that mob. The materials are placed in a ring around the saddle in the crafting grid.

Server administrators and players can use specific gamerules to toggle the more destructive or powerful features of the mod.

• /gamerule animalbikesTerrainDamage <true/false>: Controls whether the Ender Dragon's fire or the Creeper Bike can damage blocks. Default is false.
• /gamerule animalbikesFlying <true/false>: Enables or disables the ability for all flying bikes to take flight. Default is true.
• /gamerule animalbikesGhastNetherOnly <true/false>: If set to true, the Ghast Bike can only be summoned in the Nether or End dimensions. Default is true.
• /gamerule mobGriefing <true/false>: This vanilla command also affects the Wither Bike's ability to destroy blocks with its skulls.