Nice Villagers Remastered
by NiceRon
Nice Villagers Remastered changes how villagers behave, look and trade on servers running 1.21 – 1.21.1, with names, reputation effects and small quests added to village life.
What it does
Villagers and wandering traders receive randomized names based on their profession, and each village gets a name built from the professions of the villagers who live there. A trigger command shows a villager's inventory, level and the workbench it has claimed, with that workbench highlighted.
Opening a chest near a villager lowers its reputation toward the player. Prices shift depending on whether a villager has a bed and a meeting point bell. Villagers and iron golems heal over time while they stay near the village bell during the day. Some villagers also post small fetch quests that pay a modest reward. Villagers can be leashed, which makes moving them easier.
The mod is server required and client optional: the server needs it, while players may add it. Files exist for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, all for 1.21.1, and the code is under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, so it is open source. On a PaperMC server or a fork such as Purpur, set allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards to true in the Paper configuration for the features to work.
Key features
Randomized names
Villagers, wandering traders and villages receive names generated from their professions.
Villager info command
A trigger command reveals inventory and level and highlights the claimed workbench.
Reputation from chests
Opening chests near a villager reduces its reputation toward the player.
Fetch quests
Some villagers request specific items and reward the player with a small payment.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Eye Crushing Additions is open source under the MIT License, for 1.21 – 1.21.1 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and server required with client optional. Villager Trader is not open source, uses the MIT License and targets only 1.21.8 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. More Trades and Bartering is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.21 – 26.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice Villagers Remastered | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-03 |
| Eye Crushing Additions | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-04-24 |
| Villager Trader | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-11-21 |
| More Trades and Bartering | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-28 |
Questions
Does Nice Villagers Remastered need to be on the client?
Which loaders does Nice Villagers Remastered support?
What is needed on a PaperMC server?
In the catalog
Nice Villagers Remastered is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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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.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nice-villagers-remastered
- Owner
- NiceRon
- Published
- 2024-08-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-12-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15