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Friendly Villagers

by yzqdev

Friendly Villagers changes how some villagers move and spawn, aimed at making them less troublesome for players to handle.

NeoForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.21.1

What it does

The mod adds a set of small utility villagers that behave less awkwardly around players. Villagers that follow emeralds are not carried off by boats, and villagers held with a lead no longer wander off and run around as they did before. Nitwit villagers also spawn in the world. Only NeoForge is supported, and the files target 1.21.1 alone.

A villager's inventory can be read from its tooltip when a companion tooltip mod is added alongside the mod. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The code is not open source; the author holds all rights, and the license is All rights reserved. The latest NeoForge file is 1.0.0-neoforge-1.21.1, published 2025-09-10.

Key features

  1. Emerald-following villagers

    Villagers that follow emeralds keep following them and are no longer caught by boats nearby.

  2. Leash handling

    Villagers held with a lead stay in place instead of running around once leashed.

  3. Nitwit villagers

    Nitwit villagers spawn in the world, adding that profession to the village population.

  4. Inventory viewing

    With a tooltip companion installed, the contents of a villager's inventory can be read while looking at it.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.11.0.0-neoforge-1.21.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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How it compares

Full comparison

Jade Trades is a Client-side only NeoForge mod, open source under the MIT License and built for 1.21.1, so it needs nothing on the server. Trade Tweaks covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, which is not open source. Portable Villager is open source under the MIT License, runs on Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21.11 – 26.3, and is a client and server mod.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Friendly VillagersNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2025-09-10
Jade TradesNeoForge1.21.1Client-side only2026-05-14
Trade TweaksForge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.1Client and server2026-09-17
Portable VillagerFabric and NeoForge1.21.11 – 26.3Client and server2026-09-24

Questions

Does Friendly Villagers need a tooltip companion?

No. A companion is only needed to see a villager's inventory; the villager behavior changes work without it.

Does the server need Friendly Villagers?

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

Which loader does Friendly Villagers support?

Only NeoForge. Files exist for 1.21.1 alone, and the latest one is 1.0.0-neoforge-1.21.1.

In the catalog

Friendly Villagers is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,477 Utility mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.

Utility mods36,990NeoForge modsMods for 1.21.132,366

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Official listing

Owner
yzqdev
Published
2025-09-10
Updated on Modrinth
2025-09-10
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Utility
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