Alec’s Cats! for Hytale
Adds wild cats you can tame, breed and care for, with over 1,000 combinations of breed, coat and eyes. Requires Alec’s Tamework! and Alec’s Nametags!.
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What this mod does
Alec’s Cats! fills Orbis with cats. They spawn in the wild, alone or in small groups, and you can tame them, name them, breed them and take them along as companions that even help you in combat.
Variety
- Four body types (medium hair, long hair, short hair and bobtail), 19 coats and 16 eye colors: 1,216 possible combinations.
- Each type lives in different areas: plains and forests in Zone 1, oases, mesas and savannas in Zone 2, mountains, or forests and tundra in Zone 3.
Taming and breeding
First you earn a cat’s trust by feeding it raw fish, then you capture it with a cat collar. Cats have 0 to 4 traits that affect their size, strength or fertility, and their kittens inherit them along with their coat and eye color. They breed on their own when they’re happy.
Care and commands
They eat fish or kibble from nearby chests, look for water, prefer having another cat nearby and are happier when you’re around. With the treat bag you give them commands like follow, stay, go home or attack a target. You can also craft cardboard boxes for them.
Requirements
It needs Alec’s Tamework! and Alec’s Nametags!. Version 1.13.1 is released for Hytale 0.6.
Update (Oct 12, 2026): with Update 7 (0.7) now out, the author has already released a compatible file: version 2.0.1 (October 9, 2026). What’s described on this page was tested with the previous version; check the author’s changelog in case anything has changed.
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Highlights and things to keep in mind
- Pets with lots of visual variety and trait inheritance
- Care system that brings your base to life
- Carefully drawn coats and frequent updates
- Needs two more mods by the same author
- Includes anonymous telemetry, which you can turn off in /tw settings
Requirements
- Hytale (Early Access) on PC, version 0.7 for version 1.13.1 of the mod
- Alec's Tamework! (required)
- Alec's Nametags! (required)
- Optional: Beacon - Mod Telemetry & Stats
How to install it
- Click Install on the Alec's Cats! page with the CurseForge app so it also installs the dependencies, or manually download Alec's Cats!, Alec's Tamework! and Alec's Nametags! from their Files tabs.
- If you do it manually, copy the three files into the mods folder: on Windows %APPDATA%\Hytale\UserData\Mods.
- Open Hytale, right-click the world, check the three mods in the list and save the world settings.
- On a dedicated server, put the three files in the server's mods folder and restart it.
- In game, craft a cat collar at the tier 2 Workbench (Tinkering) and look for wild cats with raw fish in your inventory.
Version history
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2.0.19 Oct 2026Current
File for Hytale 0.7 (Update 7)
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1.13.116 Sep 2026
Fixes NPC loading errors introduced in 1.13.0 by the Cat Teaser Wand
Common problems
I can't find any cats
They're uncommon, but not very rare. Look in Zone 1 plains and forests or in the Zone 2 and Zone 3 biomes, depending on the cat type.
How do I tame one?
Give it raw fish so it becomes friendly, then use the cat collar (3 light leather and 1 gold bar at the tier 2 Workbench).
My cats won't breed
They need to be happy: food and water nearby, another cat for company, not too many cats together and you close by.
Does it send usage data?
It includes anonymous error and performance telemetry that you can turn off in /tw settings.
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