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Fake Players

by duzos

Fake Players adds fake player entities that look like real players, with skins fetched from a username or URL and managed through a GUI.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or laterOpen source1.19.2 – 26.2

What it does

Each fake player is a player-shaped entity that takes its skin from a username, a URL or a browsable in-game list, and the skin updates automatically. Both slim and classic models are supported, and a fake can be named after a player so it always wears that player's skin. A fake can wander, sit, sleep, wear armour, hold items, chat and fight back, and it carries a full inventory.

Fakes are given jobs through a management GUI. A player bonds one with shift and right-click, then assigns a job from the menu: a miner clears a quarry or follows a region marker, a lumberjack fells trees, a farmer tends a watered plot, a fisherman casts at the water's edge and a crafter works from a crafting table. Tuning for guard radius, mining speed and the miner's bail height is kept in players.json. The mod is available for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 18 release versions 1.19.2 – 26.2, and the server and every player need it.

Fake Players is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later. Its source code and issue tracker are public. Robot Shell, a robot AI item, can be combined with a crafting table to build a robot, and a Player Spawn Egg is also available for crafting.

Key features

  1. Skins from usernames and URLs

    Skins are fetched automatically from a username, a URL or a browsable in-game list, and they stay current.

  2. Fakes that act like players

    Fake players wander, sit, sleep, wear armour, hold items, chat and fight back, and carry full inventories.

  3. Jobs and the management GUI

    A bonded fake takes a job such as mining, lumberjacking, farming, fishing or crafting, set from a menu with markers and chests.

  4. Tunable job settings

    Guard radius, miner block rate and the miner's bail height are adjustable in players.json.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x1 of 1 version with builds
26.22.2.0-26.2-fabricNot available2.2.0-26.2-neoforge
1.21.x8 of 8 versions with builds
1.21.112.2.0-1.21.11-fabricNot available2.2.0-1.21.11-neoforge
1.21.82.2.0-1.21.8-fabricNot available2.2.0-1.21.8-neoforge
1.21.72.2.0-1.21.8-fabricNot available2.2.0-1.21.8-neoforge
1.21.62.2.0-1.21.8-fabricNot available2.2.0-1.21.8-neoforge
1.21.52.2.0-1.21.5-fabricNot available2.2.0-1.21.5-neoforge
1.21.42.2.0-1.21.4-fabricNot available2.2.0-1.21.4-neoforge
1.21.12.2.0-1.21.1-fabricNot available2.2.0-1.21.1-neoforge
1.212.2.0-1.21.1-fabricNot available2.2.0-1.21.1-neoforge
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.20.5Not available2.1.0-1.20.1-forge2.1.0-1.20.1-forge
1.20.42.2.0-1.20.4-fabric2.1.0-1.20.1-forge2.2.0-1.20.4-neoforge
1.20.32.2.0-1.20.4-fabric2.1.0-1.20.1-forge2.2.0-1.20.4-neoforge
1.20.2v1.1.2-1.20.1-FABRIC2.1.0-1.20.1-forge2.1.0-1.20.1-forge
1.20.12.2.0-1.20.1-fabric2.2.0-1.20.1-forge2.2.0-1.20.1-forge
1.20v1.1.2-1.20.1-FABRICNot availableNot available
1.19.x3 of 3 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

How it compares

Full comparison

NCL Skins is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and needs the client, with the server optional, for 1.20.1 – 26.3. Skin Restorer is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.19 – 26.3 across Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Advanced Fake Player runs on client and server for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and is not open source. Fake Players instead gives its fakes jobs and inventories and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Fake PlayersFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.19.2 – 26.2Client and server2026-09-10
NCL SkinsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 26.3Client required, server optional2026-10-15
Skin RestorerFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.19 – 26.3Server-side only2026-09-22
Advanced Fake PlayerFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.1Client and server2026-09-22

Questions

Does Fake Players need to be installed on the server?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which loaders does Fake Players support?

Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. The latest Fabric file is 2.2.0-26.2-fabric for 26.2, and the latest Forge file is 2.2.0-1.20.1-forge for 1.20.1.

Can a fake player be given a job without a scroll or command?

Yes. A player shift and right-clicks the fake to bond it, then picks a job from the management GUI.

In the catalog

Fake Players is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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What the author says

Entities that look exactly like real players - auto-grabbed skins, armour, full inventories, the lot. Bond one to yourself, give it a job, and it gets to work. Shift + right-click a fake → AI → Bond, then pick a job. The GUI hands you markers (waypoint, region, chests); right-click to place them - the fake follows…
duzos, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
duzos
Published
2023-03-02
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-10
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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