Smart Villagers Follow Emeralds
by enjarai
Smart Villagers Follow Emeralds makes villagers walk after a player who holds an emerald or an emerald-related item, and it runs on the server alone.
What it does
Villagers in the world start following a player who holds emeralds, emerald blocks, emerald ore or deepslate emerald ore. The behaviour is added through the villagers' brain tasks, the mechanism villagers already use to decide what to do, rather than through a separate AI goal. Because of that, the following is meant to stay consistent instead of stopping and starting when other villager logic runs.
Only the server needs the mod, so players join without installing anything. Fabric API is required, and the mod is open source under the MIT License with public source code and an issue tracker. Files target 1.19.4 – 1.20.4, and the latest is 1.0.0+1.19.4-1.20, built for 1.20.4 and published on 2023-07-13.
Which items tempt villagers is read from a tag, not hardcoded. Server owners and modpack creators can add custom items to the list of things that attract villagers, without changing the code. The name Smart refers to this brain-task approach.
Key features
Emerald-triggered following
Villagers follow a player who is holding emeralds, emerald blocks, emerald ore or deepslate emerald ore.
Brain-task implementation
Following is added as a brain task, the mechanism villagers already use, so it avoids conflicts with other villager AI goals.
Tag-based item list
The items that attract villagers come from a tag, which lets owners and modpack creators add their own items.
Server-only installation
The behaviour runs on the server, so each player connects without a client-side install.
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
Modpack customization
Modpack creators can extend the item list through the tag to suit their own progression.
Who it’s for: Server owners and modpack creators who want villagers to respond to emeralds and related items, and who may want to tune the list of tempting items.
How it compares
Villagers follow you is a Fabric mod for 1.21 – 1.21.1 that runs on the client and server, under All rights reserved, and is not open source. Emerald On A Stick is an open source Fabric mod under the MIT License, covering 1.20 – 1.21.4 and also running on both client and server. Smart Villagers Follow Emeralds is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, for 1.19.4 – 1.20.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Villagers Follow Emeralds | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2023-07-13 |
| Villagers follow you | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-06 |
| Emerald On A Stick | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-03-04 |
Questions
Does Smart Villagers Follow Emeralds need Fabric API?
Do players need to install the mod?
Can server owners change which items attract villagers?
In the catalog
Smart Villagers Follow Emeralds is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
A simple Fabric mod that makes villagers follow players holding emerald-related items including Emeralds, Emerald Blocks, Emerald Ore, and Emerald Deepslate Ore. This mod is indeed functionally similar to Villagers-Follow-Emeralds-Fabric, but distinct in a few important ways.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/smart-villagers-follow-emeralds
- Owner
- enjarai
- Published
- 2023-07-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-07-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15