OldVillages
by MaxTechnik
OldVillages brings back village layouts from older Minecraft versions, using new structures on NeoForge for 1.21.1 servers.
What it does
Villages generate with the house designs of an earlier era of the game. Plains, deserts, savannas and taiga biomes each get their own village layout, and houses carry workstations, villagers and beds. The blacksmith keeps its own loot chest. A standard config exposes several extra options, such as changes to generation torches and gravel, and a setting for disabling vanilla villages. The project suggests the Programmer Art resource pack alongside it. Only the server needs the mod, and files are published for NeoForge on 1.21.1 under the MIT License, which is open source.
Key features
Classic village layouts
Villages return with the structure set of an earlier update, giving servers a look from older versions.
Biome-specific villages
Plains, desert, savanna and taiga biomes each receive village designs that match their terrain.
Configurable generation
Options cover extra features, torches, gravel and the option to turn off vanilla villages entirely.
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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.
Questions
Does OldVillages need to be installed on the client?
Can vanilla villages be turned off?
In the catalog
OldVillages is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,175 World generation mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
The mod adds old villages from version 1.13 - as new structures. Villages spawn in plains, deserts, savannas and taiga biomes.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/old_villages
- Owner
- MaxTechnik
- Published
- 2026-09-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15