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Nice Villager Names

by NiceRon

Nice Villager Names gives villagers and wandering traders their own names, assigned by type, on servers that need no client install.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalGNU General Public License v3.0 or laterOpen source1.21.3 – 1.21.5

What it does

The mod assigns unique names to villagers and wandering traders, with the naming based on each villager's type. Only the server needs the mod, since clients can join and play without installing anything. Builds are available for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, covering 1.21.3 – 1.21.5, and the code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

Key features

  1. Type-based names

    Each villager or wandering trader receives a name that depends on its profession or type.

  2. Config options

    Configuration files let server owners adjust how the naming behaves, so the mod can be tuned to a world.

  3. PaperMC support

    On PaperMC and forks such as Purpur, the allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards setting must be enabled in paper's config for names to work.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.51.3+mod1.3+mod1.3+mod1.3+mod
1.21.41.2+mod1.2+mod1.2+mod1.2+mod
1.21.31.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod1.0+mod
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Better Wandering Traders is a server-side mod under the MIT License, not open source, for 1.21.5 – 26.3. NoMoWanderer is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server for 1.19.2 – 1.21.11, so both sides must install it.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Nice Villager NamesFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.3 – 1.21.5Server required, client optional2025-04-06
Better Wandering TradersFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.5 – 26.3Server required, client optional2025-07-22
NoMoWandererFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.19.2 – 1.21.11Client and server2026-04-07

Questions

Does Nice Villager Names need to be installed on clients?

No. It is required on the server and optional for players.

Which loaders does Nice Villager Names support?

Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Files exist for 1.21.3, 1.21.4 and 1.21.5, with 1.3 as the latest release.

In the catalog

Nice Villager Names is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 1.21.515,307

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Nice Mobs Remastered1.20 – 1.21.1Nice Villagers Remastered1.21 – 1.21.1Nice Mobs1.21.4 – 1.21.11Automaticons1.20.5 – 1.21.11Nice Swimming Mounts1.21.3 – 1.21.10Winter Stonecutter Miniblock Recipes1.21 – 1.21.5

Similar mods

[EMF] Entity Model Features1.18.2 – 26.3L_Ender's Cataclysm1.19.2 – 1.21.5Guard Villagers1.16.5 – 26.3Animal Feeding Trough1.16.5 – 26.3Just Enough Breeding (JEBr)1.15.2 – 26.3TslatEntityStatus1.16.5 – 26.3

What the author says

But if you are playing on a PaperMC Server (or a PaperMC Fork like Purpur) make sure to set allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards in your paper config files to true in order for everything to work properly.
NiceRon, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
NiceRon
Published
2024-11-04
Updated on Modrinth
2025-04-06
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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