Catnip

Finding and farming

Patches grow on grass blocks in Plains, Sunflower Plains and Meadows, about one per 10 chunks. The plant breaks instantly and drops itself. Bone Meal on a planted catnip puts a new one on a free spot next to it, so one sprig is enough to start a bed. It also goes into a Flower Pot as Potted Catnip, which works on cats the same way.

Effect on cats

A cat, vanilla or Stray Cat, that comes within 3 blocks of catnip (1 block up or down) or is fed a sprig with right-click goes through one high:

1. zoomies: 10 seconds of sprinting from spot to spot
2. mischief: 60 seconds of looking for things to push off tables
3. purring: 15 seconds lying down

After that the cat ignores catnip for 5 minutes. A sprig offered in that time is refused with a puff of smoke and stays in your hand. A cat that was told to sit does not react to the smell, but its owner's sprig gets it up.

Feeding a sprig to an untamed Stray Cat tames it with a 50% chance, set by plants.stray_cat_tame_chance. Giving a cat catnip for the first time earns the advancement Zoomies.

Pushing things off tables needs the game rule femboymod:cat_mischief and vanilla mob griefing. The other numbers are under plants.catnip_* in config/femboymod-common.json.