Recruits Upgrades
by aguilam
Players who run a Villager Recruits faction can use Recruits Upgrades to raise the maximum number of claimed chunks with emeralds, in five levels.
What it does
The mod adds an emerald-based upgrade system to the Recruits setup. Each of its five upgrade levels costs more emeralds than the one before, and each level raises the number of chunks a faction may claim. The default starting limit is 50 chunks, and the top level reaches 100 chunks, so a faction can expand its territory step by step as its treasury grows.
Recruits Upgrades requires Villager Recruits, which provides the recruits and claims it builds on. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files exist for Forge only, for 1.20.1, with 1.0.0 as the latest file released on 2026-04-19. The code is under the MIT License and is open source.
Key features
Five upgrade levels
Claim size grows through five levels, each with a higher emerald cost than the last.
Customizable levels
Level names, emerald prices and the maximum chunks granted at each level can all be changed in the config.
In-game configuration menu
A settings screen built with Cloth Config lets server owners adjust the upgrades without editing files by hand.
Faction expansion
Factions that spend emeralds on upgrades can hold a larger territory than the default limit allows.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Growing a faction over time
A faction starts with 50 chunks and buys higher levels as it collects emeralds, up to 100 chunks.
Tuning a server economy
Server owners can set the emerald cost of each level to match how fast players earn them.
Who it’s for: Server owners running Villager Recruits with factions, and players who want larger claims for their recruits to protect and work within.
How it compares
Recruits QoL Fix is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with client and server environment, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Recruits Corpse Patch is also for 1.20.1 with client and server environment, but it is open source under the MIT License. Recruits Upgrades is open source under the MIT License and focuses only on claim size.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recruits Upgrades | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-19 |
| Recruits QoL Fix | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-16 |
| Recruits Corpse Patch | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-15 |
Questions
Does Recruits Upgrades need Villager Recruits?
Does Recruits Upgrades have to be installed on both sides?
Which Minecraft versions does Recruits Upgrades support?
Can the upgrade costs be changed?
In the catalog
Recruits Upgrades is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
With this mod you can upgrade the maximum claim size of your faction from the Recruits mod using emeralds. It adds 5 upgrade levels that let you expand your territory from the default 50 chunks all the way up to 100 chunks.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/recruits-upgrades
- Owner
- aguilam
- Published
- 2026-04-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15