No Zombie Villagers
by Two Guys
No Zombie Villagers is a server-side Forge mod that changes which mobs spawn in place of zombie villagers, from natural spawns and from spawner cages.
What it does
The mod replaces zombie villager spawns with plain zombies. It can do this for naturally generated spawns and for spawner cages, and the two percentages are set separately, so a server can keep some zombie villagers while removing most of them. Setting the natural replacement to 0% leaves natural zombie villager spawns untouched.
The mod was written by Averse for Thule, a modpack that wanted zombie villagers to be rare. Averse found that structure mods kept adding pure zombie villager spawners, and removing them by hand did not keep up. A server running a 96% replacement for spawner zombie villagers can still use this mod on a live server without restarting it.
Only the server needs the mod. Modpacks that run single player or LAN games should install it on the client side as well, since the modpack needs it there for those games. The mod is open source under the MIT License, and source code and an issue tracker are public.
Key features
Natural spawn replacement
Zombie villager spawns in the world are swapped for zombies at a percentage the server owner sets, from 0% up to 100%.
Spawner cage replacement
Zombie villager spawner cages get their own percentage, so structure spawners can be handled separately from natural spawns.
Live server changes
Percentages can be changed on a running server, so the balance can be tuned without stopping the game.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Modpack balancing
Modpack authors can cut zombie villager spawns across several structure mods without editing each one.
Structure spawners
Server owners can keep spawner cages but change what they produce, for example replacing most villagers with zombies.
Who it’s for: Server owners and modpack authors who want fewer zombie villagers in the world than the mods they run would normally produce.
How it compares
Quick Cure is a Forge mod for 1.19 – 1.20.5 with a server-side only environment and the MIT License, so it is open source. Hard Zombie covers 1.19 – 1.20.6 on Forge with both client and server needed under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Only Zombies Spawn targets Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.18.2 – 26.2, is server-side only, and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Zombie Villagers | Forge | 1.18 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2024-08-29 |
| Quick Cure | Forge | 1.19 – 1.20.5 | Server-side only | 2024-05-15 |
| Hard Zombie | Forge | 1.19 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-09-16 |
| Only Zombies Spawn | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-08 |
Questions
Does No Zombie Villagers need to be installed on the client?
Which game versions does No Zombie Villagers support?
Can the spawn rates be changed without restarting the server?
In the catalog
No Zombie Villagers is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod lets you control the rate zombie villagers spawn in the world. The Spawner Cage in the banner was configured with a zombie villager egg. This can be used to make it harder for players to get Zombie villagers in your modpack. This is the percentage a spawnercage spawned zombie villager will spawn as a zombie…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-zombie-villagers
- Owner
- Two Guys
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-08-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15