Life
Life is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that shifts the focus of play toward calm, everyday living, with homes, gardens, animals and villagers.
What it does
Life offers a slower alternative to the usual survival loop. Rather than surviving hazards and fighting, players settle in: they put up a house, plant crops, tend livestock, and pass their time with cooking, angling, furniture making and conversation with friendly villagers. The mod suits roleplay, relaxed building and quiet homestead or village play, and it gives tools for setting the mood of a settlement.
The mod is built for Fabric and targets 1.21.1 only. Cardinal Components API, Cloth Config API and Fabric API are required, and Mod Menu is optional for its configuration screen. Life runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The files are an alpha release, the latest being Alpha-0.1.5 from 2025-06-06, and the code is under a custom license, not open source. Public source code is available.
Key features
Everyday living loop
Day-to-day tasks such as tending a garden and caring for animals make up the core of play.
Cooking and fishing
Food preparation and fishing are included as calm activities that do not depend on combat.
Furniture and crafting
Players can craft furniture and decorate a home, shaping the look of a homestead or village.
Villager interaction
Friendly villagers can be talked to and interacted with as part of daily life in the world.
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 3
Optional 1
Use cases
Quiet homestead
A player builds a home and garden and maintains animals without threats interrupting the routine.
Roleplay villages
Groups of players can run a peaceful settlement with villagers, shops of crafted goods and shared daily tasks.
Who it’s for: Players who want relaxed building and roleplay without survival pressure, and server owners who run a calm shared world with villagers and homesteads.
How it compares
Yearbound is a server-side mod for Fabric with files for 1.21.9, released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license and not open source; servers need it and clients may add it. Not So Hardcore is also a Fabric mod with client and server files for 1.21.1 – 26.3, under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license and not open source. Numismatic Homesteads works on Fabric and NeoForge for 1.21 – 1.21.1, is server-side with optional client, and is licensed as All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-06-06 |
| Yearbound | Fabric | 1.21.9 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-28 |
| Not So Hardcore | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
| Numismatic Homesteads | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-04 |
Questions
Does Life need Fabric API?
Does the server need Life installed?
Is Mod Menu required to use Life?
Which game versions does Life support?
In the catalog
Life is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,348 Library mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
In contrast to the usual survival experience, Life focuses on calm, day-to-day living. Players can build homes, grow gardens, take care of animals, and engage in immersive, non-combat activities such as cooking, fishing, crafting furniture, and interacting with friendly villagers. Life is perfect for players who…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/life-mod
- Owner
- Fabricators of Life
- Published
- 2025-05-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15