Ancient Villages
Ancient Villages adds Japanese-inspired villages that spawn in taiga biomes, each with its own layout, theme and quest-giving NPCs for players to meet.
What it does
The mod generates villages in taiga biomes, built from Dawn of Time blocks, with unique layouts, varied architectural styles and distinct themes. Villages are grouped into military, agricultural, industrial and commercial types, and a player can locate one with the structure command using the ancientvillages namespace.
Each village has a questing system with its own stories. Players talk to NPCs who face conflicts rooted in heritage, vengeance, household strife and religious pressure, and completing quests for villagers builds a reputation that opens further progression paths. The mod is published for Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 only, is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and is in early release, so it is stable but still being tested. It runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it, and it requires Armor of the Ages, Dawn of Time, Fusion (Connected Textures), Garden Trails and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL).
Key features
Japanese-inspired villages
Villages follow a Japanese-style theme and remain compatible with vanilla village generation.
Village types
Military, agricultural, industrial and commercial villages each follow a distinct theme, layout and scale.
Questing NPCs
Villagers offer quests with their own stories, and finishing them builds a reputation that opens new paths.
Dawn of Time integration
Structures, armor, plants and gameplay systems from Dawn of Time and its companion mods form one coherent experience.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 5
How it compares
Dungeon And Village: Botania is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20 – 1.20.1 that is server required with an optional client, and is released under the MIT License. Village Eye of Ender runs on Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 with client and server environment, under All rights reserved. Ancient Villages differs from both by using the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and by building its villages from blocks of a required companion mod.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Villages | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-17 |
| Dungeon And Village: Botania | Fabric and Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-02-22 |
| Village Eye of Ender | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-08-23 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Ancient Villages is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Ancient Villages is a vanilla-friendly Minecraft mod that adds fully custom Japanese-inspired villages to the world, designed to seamlessly integrate into the Minecraft universe. Built entirely using The Dawn of Time blocks, the mod expands the Dawn of Time ecosystem by connecting structures, armors, plants and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ancient-villages
- Owner
- Dawn of Time Project
- Published
- 2026-04-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15