Nice Village Names
by NiceRon
Nice Village Names gives each village a displayed name, and a Bell placed in the village lets players reroll or rename that name.
What it does
Once a village is generated, its name is shown to players who come within 64 blocks of it. The name appears above the village bell, which is the block the mod uses to hold that information. Players can switch the title message on or off with an added trigger command, so the names do not have to stay on screen for everyone.
The Bell is the centre of the mod. A player can reroll a village's name with an unnamed Name Tag, or rename it with a named Name Tag. The Bell itself gives off a few small particles and heals Iron Golems, Snow Golems, Cats and Wolves nearby. Villagers, Wandering Traders and mounts within 32 blocks are affected too, except at night.
The mod is server required, and the client may leave it out. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.3 – 1.21.5, and it is also available as a data pack. It is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and the source code and a wiki are linked from the project.
Key features
Named villages
Each village shows a name to nearby players, so visits to different settlements are simple to tell apart.
Reroll and rename
An unnamed Name Tag rerolls a village name, and a named Name Tag renames it at a Bell.
Bell healing and particles
The Bell emits small particles and heals Iron Golems, Snow Golems, Cats and Wolves within its range.
Title message toggle
A trigger command turns the name title message on or off for each player.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Server villages
Server owners can give each settlement on a shared world a recognisable name.
Who it’s for: Server owners running Paper or a fork such as Purpur, who need the scoreboard setting enabled for the mod to work, and players who want named villages on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt.
How it compares
Craftable Bell is server required with client optional, for 1.20.5 – 26.3, and is not open source under a custom license. Random Name Generator also targets 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 under a custom license, and is open source no. Another Bell Crafting is client-side only, for Fabric and 1.21.1, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice Village Names | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.3 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-04-06 |
| Craftable Bell | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-15 |
| Random Name Generator | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-11 |
| Another Bell Crafting | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-10-02 |
Questions
Does Nice Village Names need to be installed on the client?
Why do village names not show on a PaperMC server?
Which loaders does Nice Village Names support?
In the catalog
Nice Village Names is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
Village names gets displayed to players when they come within a 64 Block reach of the Village and is also shown above or below (depends on which block is air) a Village Bell. Players can toggle the title message with an added /trigger command. You can also either reroll the Village Name by using an unnamed Name Tag…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nice-village-names
- Owner
- NiceRon
- Published
- 2024-11-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15