Humans

Players interact with the Classic Human entities through the mod's items and actions. A human can be renamed, given a custom skin, and marked with a nametag so the player can tell them apart. Giving items to a human raises its affinity toward the player, and a human that reaches high affinity can be handed an enchanted golden apple set to become a close companion. A companion follows the player, and its affinity can drop over time. Right-clicking with a stick is one of the actions that controls these interactions.

Humans can fight mobs and defend themselves when a player hits them, in the same way that endermen retaliate. Players close enough to a human are treated as friends. Humans can also throw items and heal themselves. The mod is marked as beta, and the author advises keeping a backup of the save before use. Several improvements are planned, including changes to the affinity system and ways to make humans follow or stay in place. An area can be protected with an instance. Files exist for Fabric only, for 1.17 and 1.17.1, and the code is open source under the MIT License.