Wildlife packModelEngineMythicMobsCompatible TCG
Released June 5, 2026Updated September 21, 2026v1.2.0

Minecraft Tapirs

The Malayan tapir and the lowland tapir, with their striped calves. They live by the water in the jungle and dive in as soon as a jaguar comes close.

  • A small trunk that never stops moving: it sniffs, picks leaves and works as a snorkel.
  • Mud baths, naps, a high-pitched whistle.
  • Runs to the water from jaguars; the mother charges to protect her calf.
  • Craft a tapir hood that shoves attackers back.
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4animated models
56animations
2items
1recipes
Malayan TapirJungle, Bamboo Jungle, Mangrove Swamp
30 HP (15 ♥)4 damage1 block tall2.4 long
↻ Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom · the actual model shipped in the pack
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The variants.

Each variant has its own model, texture and biomes. Click one to show it on the plinth.

Add tapirs to your Minecraft server.

Tapirs come to your server in two variants: Malayan Tapir and Lowland Tapir. They spawn on their own in the jungle, bamboo jungle and mangrove swamp, and their young grow into adults.

In total, 30 animations bring them to life in game. The pack also adds two items, such as “Tapir Hide” or “Tapir Hood”, with recipes for ItemsAdder, Oraxen, Nexo or MythicCrucible. Everything runs with ModelEngine and MythicMobs on Paper, from 1.21.4 to 26.3.

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This pack also comes in bigger bundles: every pack below for a single price.

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Every animation.

The full animation sheet of the Malayan Tapir, exactly as it plays in game.

attack
attack1.2 s
browse
browse4.6 s
death
death2.4 s
flehmen
flehmen3.4 s
idle
idle6 s
nurse
nurse6 s
run
run0.55 s
sleep
sleep4 s
sniff
sniff3.4 s
spar
spar3.6 s
spawn
spawn1.6 s
swim
swim2.4 s
walk
walk1.3 s
wallow
wallow6.4 s
whistle
whistle2.2 s
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The items.

Loot, gear and food, with their real in-game stats.

Tapir HideIn game: Cuir de tapir
loot

Skin from the nape, as thick as a boot sole.

Dropped by adults: 80%, 1 to 3
Tapir HoodIn game: Capuche tapir
cosmeticHead

When hit at close range, you sometimes charge back.

  • +2 armor
Crafted (see recipes)
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The recipes.

Provided for every item plugin. Hover a slot to see the ingredient.

Melon Slice
→
Tapir Hood
Tapir HideMelon Slice
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The tapir

Two tapirs: the Malayan tapir, black with a large white saddle (jungles, bamboo jungles, mangroves), and the lowland tapir, grey-brown with a short mane (jungles, sparse jungles, mangroves). Always near water. Calves are striped and spotted with cream.

Its trunk never stops sniffing. It picks leaves near foliage, takes mud baths, naps during the day and whistles. In the water it swims with its trunk up like a snorkel.

It does not look for trouble: hit it and it charges and shoves. A jaguar nearby? It whistles and heads for the water. Except the mother, who charges any jaguar that gets close to her calf. Calves also run from caimans, crocodiles and pythons.

Breeds with melon slices.

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Item bonus

Tapir hood2 armor; with MythicCrucible, a hit taken up close has a one in four chance to shove the attacker back.
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In game.

Where it lives and how it behaves on your server.

Habitat4 biomes
JungleSparse JungleBamboo JungleMangrove Swamp

Natural spawns through MythicMobs, adjustable in the pack's RandomSpawns files.

Hunted by
Defends its young from
GroupAlone

Spawns on its own.

Spawn rate0.8%

per spawn attempt, at most every 2 min. Adjustable (Chance).

Young40%

of spawns come with a young one.

BreedingMelon Slice

Feed two adults standing close. 10 min cooldown.

Growth20 min

The young one follows an adult and grows faster when fed.

Toughest30 HP

Malayan Tapir

Hardest hitter4 damage

Malayan Tapir

Tallest1 blocks

Malayan Tapir

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Compatible with the TCG plugin.

The creatures in this pack exist as collectible cards. Your players earn them in game, fill their binder and trade their duplicates.

Free plugin required

The TCG plugin is required to enable the cards

Phaven Studio's TCG plugin is free. Without it, the pack works normally but no cards appear.

The “Wildlife Vol. 8: Rainforests” TCG expansion is included with this pack: 14 cards, 6 of them secret. It installs into the TCG plugin (version 1.5.0 or newer).
Install the free TCG pluginA single jar, Paper 1.21.11 to 26.3.
Add the included “Wildlife Vol. 8: Rainforests” expansionThe folder shipped with the pack, dropped into plugins/TCG/expansions/.
PlayMobs from this pack drop their card packs, opened with a right-click.
Malayan Tapir
Lowland Tapir
Rainforests binderA dedicated tab in the /tcg binder
Booster5 cards, one rare guaranteed
Card packDropped by mobs, one card per pack
IllustrationThe collection tile in the menu

Secret The babies have their own cards, hidden in the binder: they only show up once a player finds them in game.

Malayan TapirHOLO
Malayan TapirNo. 009 · Rare
Lowland TapirHOLO
Lowland TapirNo. 010 · Common
Malayan Tapir CalfHOLOSecret
Malayan Tapir CalfNo. 013 · Rare
Lowland Tapir CalfHOLOSecret
Lowland Tapir CalfNo. 014 · Rare
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Version history.

Maintained since 2026: an update after every new Minecraft version.

  1. v1.2.0Minecraft 26.3 support.
  2. v1.1.0Minecraft 26.2 support.
  3. v1.0.0First public release.

Current version v1.2.0: Paper, Minecraft 1.21.4 to 26.3 (see the requirements in the overview).

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What you need.

The pack is drag and drop: no model setup required.

✓
Paper
Minecraft 1.21.4 to 26.3
required
✓
ModelEngine 4
Models and animations
required
✓
MythicMobs Premium 5.x
Behaviors, attacks, spawning
required
✓
One item plugin of your choice
ItemsAdder, Oraxen, Nexo or MythicCrucible
required
+
MCPets
Keep the creature as a pet
optional
+
TCG plugin (free)
For the cards: “Wildlife Vol. 8: Rainforests” expansion included
optional · free
VersionResource pack 26.2

Paper 26.x (Minecraft 1.21.4+ for the item_model and equippable components), ModelEngine 4, MythicMobs Premium 5.x. Resource pack format for 26.2.

Useful commands

/mm mobs spawn tapir, /mm mobs spawn tapir_baby, /mm items get <item> (Crucible).

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Inside the pack.

Three numbered folders and a short installation guide in English and French.

Drop in folder 1

Plugin Files: ModelEngine models and MythicMobs mobs, required.

Pick ONE folder 2

Items and recipes for ItemsAdder, Oraxen, Nexo or MythicCrucible.

Add the extras

Optional folder 3 (MCPets), then the resource pack if your item plugin doesn't merge it.

Installation Guide.txtinstallation steps
1 - Plugin Files (Drag & Drop)/plugins/ModelEngine/blueprints/tapir/animated models (one .bbmodel per model)
1 - Plugin Files (Drag & Drop)/plugins/MythicMobs/Packs/Tapir/Mobs/<mob>.yml, Skills/<mob>_skills.yml, RandomSpawns/<mob>_spawns.yml
2 - Items (choose ONE)/<plugin>/plugins/items, recipes and DropTables/<mob>_drops.yml (drops depend on the item plugin)
3 - Extras (optional)/<plugin>/MCPets, HMCCosmetics
tapir_rp/ + tapir_rp.zipresource pack (assets/tapir/textures/<category>/, mob textures in textures/entity/, pack.png)
tapir · 15 animstapir_baby · 13 animstapir_lowland · 15 animstapir_lowland_baby · 13 anims
Tapirs
Ready to drag and drop

Add Tapirs to your server.

  • 4 animated models, 56 animations
  • “Wildlife Vol. 8: Rainforests” TCG expansion included
  • Lifetime updates, no subscription
  • Discord support within 24 h