Guard Villagers (Fabric/Quilt) [1.21.1]
by brgrgrl
Guard Villagers is a Fabric port that gives villagers guards, healers, repairers and combat behavior tied to raids and the Hero of the Village effect.
What it does
Guard Villagers is a port of the original Guard Villagers mod, first made for Forge 1.18 by almightytallestred, and moved to Fabric and Quilt by brgrgrl. The author states that the port takes no credit for the design and that the description follows the page of mrsterner, who published the Fabric and Quilt versions earlier. Only one build exists: 2.1.2-1.21.1 for 1.21.1, published on 2025-09-07, which is also the first and last published file.
Guard Villagers needs Fabric API. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The license is the MIT License, and the mod is not open source. The project is meant for mobs and adventure play on the 1.21.1 version only, and it is not published for any other game version.
Key features
Guard villagers
Villagers can be given guards that fight alongside them, with new villager-related AI changes around how they act.
Clerics and smiths
Clerics heal low-health guards and villagers, plus players holding the Hero of the Village effect, while smiths restore worn iron golems.
Illager and raid behavior
Raids and illagers can kill animals, and illagers scare polar bears, adding more threats around villages.
Witch attacks
Witches attack villagers, so village defense has another source of danger to plan for.
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
Use cases
Village defense on 1.21.1
A survival world on 1.21.1 with villages under raid pressure can use guards to hold off attackers.
Hero of the Village rewards
Players who earn the Hero of the Village effect gain access to the healing and repair services of the village.
Who it’s for: Players of Fabric 1.21.1 survival worlds who want guarded villages and village services, and server owners who want the same on a Fabric server.
How it compares
Knightllager is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that runs on client and server, released under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and open source. Villager Guards is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later and runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21 – 26.3; the server needs it, while players may leave it out. Focused Village Golems is Fabric only for 1.21.1, is not open source, and the server needs it while players may leave it out.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guard Villagers (Fabric/Quilt) [1.21.1] | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-07 |
| Knightllager | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-11 |
| Villager Guards | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-07 |
| Focused Village Golems | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-12-05 |
Questions
Does Guard Villagers need Fabric API?
Does the server need Guard Villagers?
Can Guard Villagers run on Forge or NeoForge?
In the catalog
Guard Villagers (Fabric/Quilt) [1.21.1] is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This is a simple port of Guard Villagers, which was originally made by almightytallestred for 1.18 Forge, (link) and ported to several versions of Fabric+Quilt by mrsterner. (link)) Seeing as the mod hasn't been updated from 1.21 to the much more commonly used 1.21.1, I took it upon myself to port it over. (which was…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/guard-villagers-1.21.1
- Owner
- brgrgrl
- Published
- 2025-09-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15