Minecraft – feeding pets, pet names, the otter for everyone and our own sounds

Plenty of new things on mc.playergency.com – most of them about pets.

Feeding pets and an XP bonus

On Survival you can now feed your pet: click it while holding its food. The otter and the cats eat raw cod and raw salmon. A fed pet gives more XP from orbs:

• +20 % while its fullness is at least 50 %,
• +10 % below that,
• nothing on an empty tummy.

Every pet gives exactly the same – the free otter too, so the VIP cats only look different. Fullness drops only while the pet is out with you (full lasts 3 hours), and its bar and the current bonus are shown in /pet. A pet never leaves or gets sick – a hungry one just gives no bonus.

Anyone can pat someone else’s pet (click it with empty hands), and you pat your own while sneaking. Patting gives nothing, but hearts fly.

The otter for everyone

Sleepy the Otter now follows everyone who has not chosen a pet yet – in the lobby and on Survival. If you would rather go without it, hide it in /pet; it stays hidden.

Pet names

You can name your pet: /pet name Fluffy or the button in /pet. A name has 2 to 16 characters (letters, digits and spaces), everyone sees it above the pet, and each pet keeps its own. /pet name on its own removes it.

Our own sounds

Trolls growl, roar before a blow, groan when hit and die with sounds of their own, and capybaras munch their own way. Pets have their own eating and patting sounds.

Chat without adverts

In chat and private messages (/msg, /r) web and server addresses become [link] – the rest of the message goes through. Links to playergency.com and our Discord pass. Slurs and hate speech become asterisks.

A wider Nether, and claims

The Nether is now 5000 blocks across (-2500 to 2500). Remember that claims protect only the Survival overworld: whatever you build or leave in the Nether and the End is not protected – keep valuables on your claim.