Grand Capitals
by ESMP
Grand Capitals is a world generation data pack and mod that rebuilds the illager structures in villages and adds a loot editor for chests, barrels, pots and vaults.
What it does
Rebuilt Villages illager structures are the core of the project: the illager strongholds that generate in villages were reworked, and many features that did not behave as intended were fixed. Settings are a plain-text file, so server owners can change how common each item is and how many drop, while the JSON command set covers rolls and item edits.
The project is repackaged for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the same file works on game versions 26.2 and 26.3. Only the server needs it; players may add it without changing anything. Grand Capitals is not open source; it is released under All rights reserved, with public links for the source code and issue tracker.
Key features
Rebuilt illager structures
Illager structures in villages were rebuilt, with fixes to features that behaved in unintended ways.
Built-in loot editor
Loot in chests, barrels, pots and vaults can be changed in a double-click screen that rolls full containers and applies the edit.
Plain-text settings
A settings file lets server owners set how common each item is and how many drop, with misspelled item names caught before anything is saved.
Data pack collection
The loot editor ships alongside a data pack collection, so existing reward data can be read, adjusted or replaced.
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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.
Use cases
Custom village rewards
A server owner who wants different rewards from illager structures can edit loot without writing data pack code.
Who it’s for: Server owners and data pack authors who want to change illager loot or village rewards on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt.
How it compares
Illager Arena is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 26.3 with a client and server environment and All rights reserved licensing. Structures Loot Tweak is an MIT-licensed mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 that also needs both sides. Illager Trader covers only Forge and NeoForge for 1.19.2 – 26.1.2 and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Capitals | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 26.1 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-07 |
| Illager Arena | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-20 |
| Structures Loot Tweak | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-12 |
| Illager Trader | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-07 |
Questions
Does Grand Capitals need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Grand Capitals support?
Can Grand Capitals be used with other illager mods?
In the catalog
Grand Capitals is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Want different rewards? This and the other data packs in this collection comes with a simple loot editor. No commands, no JSON. Just open a plain-text settings file, change how common each item is, how many drop, and how full each container rolls, then double-click Build-Loot to apply it.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/grand-capitals
- Owner
- ESMP
- Published
- 2026-07-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15