Guard Horn
by lym1047
Guard Horn, a Forge and NeoForge equipment mod, lets a player call a small group of guards to follow them for a few minutes after a village attack.
What it does
The mod adds a single item, the Guard Horn, crafted from a goat horn and 8 emeralds. Using it summons three guards that follow the player for three minutes. The horn is earned through the Hero of the Village effect, which the player gains after successfully repelling a raid, and that effect lasts with unlimited duration. Guard Horn needs Guard Villagers on both loaders, since the guards and their behavior come from that mod.
Guard Horn also adds a few hostile creatures and changes how some villagers act. Zombies, illagers, villagers, Ravagers and Witches are set to hate one another, and guards can be made to retreat instead of fighting in melee. Players can receive gift villagers, such as farmers, weaponsmiths and armorers, once they reach Hero of the Village. The mod is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge, for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1.
Key features
Guard summoning horn
One crafted item calls three guards who follow the player for three minutes.
Hero of the Village reward
The horn becomes available after a player repels a village attack and gains the Hero of the Village effect.
Mob and villager behavior
Zombies, illagers, villagers, Ravagers and Witches are set to hate one another, changing fights around villages.
Configurable options
A configuration file controls the cooldown, the number of guards summoned, and whether guards retreat from melee.
Gift villagers
Farmer, weaponsmith and armorer villagers can be received as gifts after the player earns Hero of the Village.
Gallery
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
How it compares
Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense is a server-side only Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and it is not open source. Villager Armor Layer is a client-side only mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.16.5 – 1.21.4, released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. Warden Horn runs on client and server across Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.20.1 – 1.21.7, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guard Horn | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-31 |
| Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-03-03 |
| Villager Armor Layer | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16.5 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2025-03-22 |
| Warden Horn | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 1.21.7 | Client and server | 2025-07-12 |
Questions
Does Guard Horn need Guard Villagers?
Does the server need Guard Horn installed?
Which game versions does Guard Horn support?
Can the guard behavior be changed?
In the catalog
Guard Horn is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
English description: This mod only has one item — the Guard Horn. Players can obtain it as a gift from villagers of the farmer, weaponsmith, and armorer professions after gaining the 'Village Hero' effect, or it can be crafted using 8 emeralds and a goat horn. In this mod, after the player successfully repels an…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/guard-horn
- Owner
- lym1047
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15