No More Fool Recruits: Villager Recruits
by bettercore
No More Fool Recruits: Villager Recruits is a Forge add-on for Villager Recruits that changes how recruited villagers path, climb, flee and move around the world.
What it does
Recruits take the block under their route into account. Lava, fire, campfires and cacti are treated as lethal, and restricted zones are recognized as they appear, so the group paths around them. Recruits also open closed trapdoors that block a route overhead and climb through them, which helps when moving through attics and basements. Ladders and vines are handled with a centering step, and recruits push themselves up and slide down without falling off the edges.
The add-on also changes how orders behave. Marching troops chop through leaves and break cobwebs that block the path, so formations keep moving. A Move command pointed at a steep wall or open sky finds the nearest valid floor by raycasting. A Follow order given indoors no longer sends recruits to the roof, a heightmap bug that the add-on fixes. It is published for 1.20.1 on Forge and requires Villager Recruits, and it is open source only in the sense that its license is listed as MIT without a repository note, so it is not open source as a listing claim.
Key features
Block-aware pathfinding
Recruits avoid lava, fire, campfires, cacti and restricted zones by detecting them and routing around them.
Smart trapdoor and ladder handling
Closed trapdoors overhead are opened, and ladders and vines are climbed with a centering step that avoids falls.
Obstacle breaking on the march
Troops cut through leaves and cobwebs in dense forests and abandoned mineshafts so formations stay together.
Sprint and Speed II on orders
Recruits sent more than 10 blocks away cast Speed II and sprint to the target location.
Creeper panic response
Recruits near an ignited Creeper within 6 blocks cancel orders and run in the opposite direction.
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 1
How it compares
TACZ Recruits is a Forge add-on for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the MIT License, and it is open source. Recruits-Medieval Siege Machine mod compat addon is a Forge add-on for 1.20.1 under the MIT License that is not open source. Both run on the client and server, like this add-on.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No More Fool Recruits: Villager Recruits | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-23 |
| TACZ Recruits | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-06-20 |
| Recruits-Medieval Siege Machine mod compat addon | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-24 |
Questions
Does No More Fool Recruits need Villager Recruits?
Which loader and version does the add-on support?
Does the server need the add-on?
In the catalog
No More Fool Recruits: Villager Recruits is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
No More Fool Recruits is A Add-on for talhanation's Villager Recruits Mod! Block-Aware Pathfinding: Recruits are no longer blind to danger. They actively recognize lethal blocks like Lava, Fire, Campfires, and Cacti as restricted zones and will dynamically path around them. Smart Trapdoor Interaction: Navigating…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-more-fool-recruits
- Owner
- bettercore
- Published
- 2026-06-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15