Follow Me
by Smileycorp
Follow Me lets players make chosen entities trail behind them, toggled by sneak right-clicking, and is mainly intended for modpack developers who want control over which mobs follow.
What it does
A player sneak right-clicks an entity to make it follow, and sneak right-clicking it again stops the following. The entity types that can follow are set in a config file, which lists the mobs allowed to join a player. Pack developers can add mod load conditions so that following is limited by villager profession, player health, or the time of day, and the mod stores the follow state in the player's entity NBT data so it persists in the world.
Only the server needs the mod, so players join without installing anything. Follow Me is published for Forge and NeoForge across 8 release versions, 1.12.2 – 1.21, and depends on Atlas Lib. The code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only. Files exist for the 1.20.1 and 1.21 builds, both dated 2024-07-05.
Key features
Sneak right-click to follow
Sneak right-clicking an entity starts it following the player, and sneak right-clicking again ends the following.
Config-defined entity list
A config file sets which entity types are allowed to follow, so the list can be tailored to a pack.
Conditional following
Load conditions can restrict following by villager profession, player health or time of day, giving pack developers finer control.
Persistent follow state
The follow state is kept in player entity NBT data, so a mob keeps its link to a player across sessions in the same world.
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
Modpack tuning
Pack developers can decide which mobs may follow players and under which conditions, without changing the code.
Who it’s for: Modpack developers and server owners who want to control which entities follow players. Players on those servers need nothing installed, since the mod runs on the server alone.
How it compares
Villagers' Wand is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.5 that runs on client and server and is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Simple Villager Follow covers Forge, NeoForge and Fabric for 1.20.1 – 26.2 and also runs on client and server under All rights reserved. Villager Name Is Profession is open source under the MIT License and is client-side only, so it differs from Follow Me in both environment and scope.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow Me | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 1.21 | Server-side only | 2024-07-05 |
| Villagers' Wand | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-23 |
| Simple Villager Follow | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-04-26 |
| Villager Name Is Profession | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-10-13 |
Questions
Does Follow Me require Atlas Lib?
Do players need Follow Me installed?
Which mobs can follow by default?
In the catalog
Follow Me is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 15,770 mods support Minecraft 1.21.
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What the author says
Adds a config file to specify a list of entities to follow you. To get an entity to follow you, right-click, while sneaking.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/follow-me
- Owner
- Smileycorp
- Published
- 2024-07-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-05
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15