Care For Them
by hyperbaton
Care For Them, a Forge and NeoForge mod, adds a village life simulation in which Xoonglins are born, build homes and form a social structure.
What it does
Care For Them adds Xoonglins, a new mob that spawns in the world and lives in homes the player builds. Each Xoonglin is placed in a social class and has needs for food and shelter. When those needs are met, Xoonglins are happier, can climb the social ladder and gain access to new needs and challenges. Their jobs depend on their class and on how they interact with the world.
The mod fits survival worlds and multiplayer servers where players want a settlement with a population to tend. The Leader's Staff is the key item that starts the process: right-clicking a Xoonglin with it shows its happiness, needs, social class and job status. Xoonglins use a custom mob model by default, and a config option in cft-common.toml switches them to a humanoid player model.
Installation is the same on both loaders, and the mod runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge across 17 release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.11, and the code is under the MIT License, making it open source.
Key features
Xoonglin population
Xoonglins spawn in the world and can have offspring once they are happy enough.
Homes and social classes
A home needs one door and one chest, and is built from four groups of blocks: floor, walls, interior and roof.
Leader's Staff info screen
Right-clicking a Xoonglin with the staff opens a screen with its happiness, needs, class and job.
Population ladders
Happiness, population and social structure are tracked through ladders that players can compare.
Resource pack support
A sample resource pack shows how the classes and needs can be restyled.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Building a village on a server
Server members can compete to grow the most populous Xoonglin village and check progress with the built commands.
Customizing a modpack
Pack makers can adjust the mob model and the population settings to fit a custom world.
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy settlement and colony building, and server owners who want a shared village project with a population that grows over time.
Questions
Which loaders does Care For Them support?
Does the server need Care For Them?
How does a player see a Xoonglin's needs?
In the catalog
Care For Them is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,010 Economy mods for Forge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/care-for-them
- Owner
- hyperbaton
- Published
- 2025-07-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15