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Deserters Camps

by Swuks

Deserters Camps adds camps of illager deserters to world generation, each one a small, medium or large settlement that spawns across the overworld.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalMIT LicenseOpen source1.21.5 – 1.21.10

What it does

Deserters settled in camps across the world. The soldiers are a group that fled after the long-lost Villager-Illager War, and their camps appear in several sizes: small, medium and large. Each size is a separate structure, so a world can hold a mix of them from one generation pass.

The datapack covers three camp types with many biome variants. Oak, spruce and acacia camps follow one set of biomes, while birch, jungle and dark oak camps follow another. Because the camps are a datapack, they can be used on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and servers can run them with a data pack instead of a mod install, so the content is set up on the server side.

Deserters Camps is server-side and it is required on the server, while players may leave it out. It is published for 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 across six release versions, with 0.1.0 for 1.21.10 as the latest file on each loader. The code is released under the MIT License and is open source.

Key features

  1. Small, medium and large camps

    Three camp sizes let a world hold settlements of different scale, from a few tents to a larger encampment.

  2. Three camp types

    The structure set includes three camp types of illager deserters, each generated with its own layout.

  3. Biome-specific variants

    Oak, spruce and acacia camps appear in one group of biomes, while birch, jungle and dark oak camps appear in another.

  4. Strength-based encounters

    The camps hold soldiers that players can take down in fights, with the strength of the group set by the structure.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.21.100.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod
1.21.90.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod
1.21.80.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod
1.21.70.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod
1.21.60.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod
1.21.50.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod0.1.0+mod
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Server owners who want illager encampments in generated terrain, and players who explore the overworld and fight camp occupants.

How it compares

Full comparison

Villager Archer Camp runs on the client and server together, is released under All rights reserved and is not open source, with files for 1.16.5 – 1.21.8 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. Abandoned Camp Backport is needed on the server, with the client optional, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 and not open source, for 1.18.2 – 26.2 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Deserters CampsFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.5 – 1.21.10Server required, client optional2025-10-31
Villager Archer CampFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.16.5 – 1.21.8Client and server2025-10-01
Abandoned Camp BackportFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.18.2 – 26.2Server required, client optional2026-07-30

Questions

Does Deserters Camps need to be installed on the client?

No. The server must run the mod while players can join without it, so client installation is optional.

Which game versions are supported?

Files exist for 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9 and 1.21.10, so six release versions in total.

Are there more camp variants planned?

The author notes that more variants will be added, and the current release covers oak, spruce, acacia, birch, jungle and dark oak biomes.

In the catalog

Deserters Camps is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.

World generation mods8,515Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1015,569

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What the author says

Deserters Camps is a structure datapack that adds 3 type of camps for the illager deserters with many different biome variant. The Deserters are a group of soldiers who fled the long-lost Villager-Illager War.
Swuks, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Swuks
Published
2025-10-26
Updated on Modrinth
2025-10-31
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

AdventureWorld generation
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