Folks & Favors
by gart3572
Folks & Favors gives villagers, Nitwit Villagers and other friendly mobs quest-giving personalities that ask players for items and return rewards.
What it does
Instead of static NPCs, mobs ask the player for help and thank them with useful items in return. The default setup turns Nitwit Villagers into quest givers with their own personalities. Other mobs can be enabled through a simple JSON config, so server owners decide which creatures take part.
The mod is configured with four JSON files: one defines which mobs may become quest givers and how likely each is to spawn with a personality, another lists personalities with their preferred tags, rarity bias and reset time, and a third holds quest entries that name the requested item, amount, rarity and personality. Quests are chosen by tag, and a new one is offered after a set number of ticks once the previous request is satisfied. Adding personalities or quests needs only JSON edits.
Folks & Favors is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 under the MIT License and is not open source. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files were first published on 2026-02-09, and the latest file, 1.2.0 for 1.21.1, followed on 2026-02-11.
Key features
Quest-giving mobs
Villagers, Nitwit Villagers and other friendly mobs ask for specific items and reward the player with useful goods.
Personality assignment
A chance value decides how often a mob spawns with a personality, and a forced personality can be set for one entity.
Tag-based quest choice
Each personality prefers certain tags, so the quests it offers match its theme, and rarity bias shifts which rarities appear.
Quest timing
A reset time in ticks sets how long a mob waits before offering a new quest after the previous one is satisfied.
Symbols in configs
Special symbols in the JSON files are escaped automatically, so entries keep the correct formatting.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Folks & Favors need anything else installed?
Can server owners add quest givers beyond Nitwit Villagers?
Where are personalities and quests changed?
In the catalog
Folks & Favors is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 917 Economy mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Folks & Favors adds a cozy, lightweight quest system by giving certain mobs their own personalities, requests, and rewards. Instead of static NPCs, villagers and other friendly mobs can now ask you for help — and thank you with useful items in return. This mod is designed to feel vanilla‑friendly, immersive, and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/folksfavors
- Owner
- gart3572
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15