Guard Villagers (Fabric) Fork
by m.c.massok
Guard Villagers (Fabric) Fork gives villagers combat roles and AI changes, including guards that fight raiders and clerics and smiths that heal and repair nearby golems.
What it does
Guard Villagers (Fabric) Fork is an unofficial port of MrSterner's GuardVillagers for Fabric, built for versions from 1.21.4 onward. Villagers take on guard duties in a village, and the mod changes how illagers and other hostile mobs behave around them. Witches now attack villagers, raiders kill animals they see, and villagers and illagers become frightened of polar bears.
Healing and repair are handled by village professions. Clerics restore health to guards and other players in a Hero of the Village state, while smiths mend iron golems with ingots. Some of these behaviours are switched by config options that default to true or false. The mod depends on Fabric API and is required by Friendly Guards.
Installation is on Fabric only, and it runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. Files are published for the latest Minecraft snapshots as well as the stable line, and the latest file, mc1.21.10-1.0.14-fabric, targets 1.21.10. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Guard villager roles
Villagers are given guard behaviour, so they defend the village during raids and against hostile mobs.
Hostile mob reactions
Witches attack villagers, raiders kill animals they encounter, and villagers and illagers avoid polar bears.
Cleric healing
Clerics restore health to low-health guards and to players who hold the Hero of the Village effect.
Smith golem repair
Smiths mend iron golems using ingots, keeping village defenders in working condition.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric who want villagers to defend their settlements, and server owners who run a Fabric server with villager-focused mods.
How it compares
Knightllager is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that runs on client and server and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, so it covers an older version than this fork. Focused Village Golems is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 with a server-required, client-optional environment and All rights reserved licensing, so it is not open source. Guard Villagers (Fabric) Fork is client and server and open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21.4 – 1.21.10.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guard Villagers (Fabric) Fork | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-10-11 |
| Knightllager | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-11 |
| Focused Village Golems | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-12-05 |
Questions
Does Guard Villagers (Fabric) Fork need Fabric API?
Does the server need this mod?
Which game versions are supported?
In the catalog
Guard Villagers (Fabric) Fork is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
Are you tired of your village dying off because its golem is too lazy? Are you tired of essentially defending it all by yourself?
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mcmassok-guardvillagers-fork
- Owner
- m.c.massok
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15