Village Keeper
by Non
Village Keeper lets a player take on the role of a guardian who defends a village's inhabitants from hostile mobs.
What it does
A player finds the village tower near its center, climbs it and presses a button at the top to become the village's rightful Guardian. While an active Guardian is present, hostile mobs do not spawn inside the village, though they still spawn in the outskirts and the wilderness, where they come looking for the village and must be fought until they are killed. Night raids are a threat the Guardian has to answer.
The Guardian's job is to keep villagers alive. If fewer than two villagers remain, the player loses the title. Villagers can be bred or spawned to repopulate the village, and with a bed the Guardian can skip the night once. Hostile mobs drop loot that can be traded with villagers, and a special trader named Quartermaster stands near the tower entrance. The title brings buffs to the player, and the Quartermaster's trades are tied to the Guardian's standing.
The mod is published for Fabric only, with files for Minecraft 1.19.2, 1.19.3 and 1.19.4; 1.0.2 is the latest file. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and is open source.
Key features
Guardian title
Climbing the village tower and pressing the button at the top grants the title of Guardian to the player.
Village defense
Hostile mobs stop spawning inside the village while an active Guardian is present.
Villager survival
The title is lost when fewer than two villagers remain, so the village must be kept populated.
Quartermaster trades
A special trader near the tower entrance offers trades for loot dropped by hostile mobs.
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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.
Use cases
Survival defense
Players who want to defend a village with a set of rules rather than fortifications use the title as the core of play.
Adventure maps
Map makers can build a village and give the defense role to players.
Who it’s for: Survival players who want to defend villagers instead of only building fortifications, and server owners running worlds where a village has to be kept alive.
How it compares
No More Villagers is a Fabric mod for 1.18 – 1.21 that is server-side only and released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, so players do not need to install it. VilleMatica is a Fabric mod for 1.19 that is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server. Attack On Villager is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and works on Fabric and Quilt for 1.19 – 1.19.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village Keeper | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.19.4 | Client and server | 2025-03-18 |
| No More Villagers | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.21 | Server-side only | 2024-07-26 |
| VilleMatica | Fabric | 1.19 | Client and server | 2022-06-20 |
| Attack On Villager | Fabric and Quilt | 1.19 – 1.19.2 | Client and server | 2022-09-01 |
Questions
Does Village Keeper need to be installed on the server?
What happens if too many villagers die?
Which loader does Village Keeper use?
In the catalog
Village Keeper is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 9,374 mods support Minecraft 1.19.4.
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What the author says
Have you ever wanted Minecraft to be a build and defend game? Your survival in minecraft is usually pretty easy, as players are smart and mobs are not. But what if you will have not so smart subjects who would need defending. What if you can't just sit out the night in your bunker. What if you needed extensive…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/villagekeeper
- Owner
- Non
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15