Doorbell Nitwit
by gdpguy
Doorbell Nitwit adds a rare villager spawn that appears at night when a valid bell setup is present near the village.
What it does
A nitwit villager can appear only when a bell is placed with a bed within 14 blocks of it and a door within 12 blocks of it. The whole arrangement has to fit inside a search area of 24 blocks across and 6 blocks high, and once those conditions are met the spawn chance is rolled at night. The chance depends on difficulty: 0% on the lowest setting, 5% on the middle setting and 10% on the hardest setting.
The mod is server-side only, so the server runs it alone and players join without installing anything. Doorbell Nitwit needs Fabric API, and files are published for Fabric only, for version 26.1.2. The latest file is 0.2.0-hotfix, released on 2026-04-15, and the mod is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal, which places it in the public domain and is not open source.
Key features
Night spawn chance
Nitwit villagers may appear at night, but only in areas where the bell setup conditions are met.
Bell, bed and door check
The spawn requires a bell with a bed within 14 blocks and a door within 12 blocks, all within the search area.
Difficulty-based odds
The spawn chance scales with difficulty, set to 0% on the lowest setting, 5% on the middle setting and 10% on the hardest setting.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a rare, setup-dependent nitwit spawn in a Fabric world can use the mod without requiring players to install it.
How it compares
One Button Doorbells is a Fabric mod for 26.1 – 26.1.2 that runs on client and server and is released under the MIT License as open source. No nitwits is a server-side Fabric and Quilt mod for 1.21.1 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, not open source, which removes nitwit spawns instead of adding a rare one. Inquisition is a Fabric client and server mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 under the MIT License and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doorbell Nitwit | Fabric | 26.1.2 | Server-side only | 2026-04-15 |
| One Button Doorbells | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-07 |
| No nitwits | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-30 |
| Inquisition | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2024-12-07 |
Questions
Does Doorbell Nitwit need Fabric API?
Do players need to install Doorbell Nitwit?
Why does the nitwit spawn not appear on the lowest setting?
In the catalog
Doorbell Nitwit is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Spawn chance is based on difficulty: Peaceful: 0% Easy: 5% Normal: 10% Hard: 20% He will spawn if these conditions are met: - there must be a bell - there must be a bed within 14 blocks of that bell - there must be a door within 12 blocks of that bell - that valid bell setup must be found within 24 blocks…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/doorbell-nitwit
- Owner
- gdpguy
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15