Rewrite's Villager Helper
by rewrite
Rewrite's Villager Helper lets players inspect which bed and job site each villager has been assigned, using in-game overlays.
What it does
Holding Shift and right-clicking a villager switches its highlight on or off, and draws a line from it to its bed and to its job site, with the bed line in blue and the job site line in red. The lines stay visible even when the villager is outside render range. Shift with right-click on a bed, workstation or other point of interest shows which villager owns it.
The mod is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 26.1 and 26.2 that works in single-player and on multiplayer servers. Because it draws overlays from data on the server, it has to be installed on both the client and the server. No required dependency is listed for Fabric.
Files are published for Fabric only, for 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2 and 26.2, with 26.6.25 as the latest build for 26.2 (June 25, 2026). It is released under a custom license and is not open source, though public links to the source code and issue tracker exist.
Key features
Villager overlay toggle
Shift with right-click on a villager selects or deselects a highlight drawn around that villager.
Bed and job site lines
Lines run directly between a villager and its bed and job site, with a blue line to the bed and a red one to the job site.
Point of interest lookup
Shift with right-click on a bed, workstation or other point of interest reveals which villager claims it.
Visual gizmo overlays
Assignments are shown as in-game visual overlays, so the relationships can be read without commands or menus.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Finding a villager's workstation
A player who has lost track of a villager's job site can select the villager and follow the red line to it.
Auditing bed assignments
A player building a village can check which villager owns each bed by shifting with right-click on the bed.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who want to see how villagers are linked to their beds and job sites in a world, whether single-player or multiplayer.
How it compares
Bed Dyer is a Fabric mod for 26.2 and 26.3, released under All rights reserved and not open source; it is a client and server mod like this one, but it recolors beds rather than showing villager assignments. Pickable Villagers is a client and server Fabric mod for 1.16.5 – 1.21.7 under All rights reserved and not open source, and it lets players pick up villagers rather than inspect them.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rewrite's Villager Helper | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-25 |
| Bed Dyer | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-20 |
| Pickable Villagers | Fabric | 1.16.5 – 1.21.7 | Client and server | 2026-06-23 |
Questions
Does Rewrite's Villager Helper need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Rewrite's Villager Helper support?
Can the overlays be used in single-player worlds?
In the catalog
Rewrite's Villager Helper is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
A client+server Fabric mod that lets you inspect villager POI (Point of Interest) assignments in-game using visual gizmo overlays. Note: This mod must be installed on both client and server to work in multiplayer.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/rewrites-villager-helper
- Owner
- rewrite
- Published
- 2026-06-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15