Villager Bonus Drops
by baifeng
Villager Bonus Drops gives villagers a small chance to drop leather armor and a profession workstation when they die, so a village death leaves something behind.
What it does
When a villager dies, the mod drops one random piece of leather armor, and each of the four pieces has an equal 25% chance. Only one piece drops per death. Unemployed villagers, called nitwits, still drop leather armor, but without a workstation.
Each profession also leaves its own workstation block behind, and the block always matches the job. Players who run a farm village see the same kind of drop as players who run a library village. The drop logic runs on the server, so it works in singleplayer worlds as well as on multiplayer servers.
Installation needs Fabric API on Fabric builds, and the matching Minecraft version for the chosen loader. The mod is published for 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, and it is released under the Apache License 2.0.
Key features
Random leather armor drops
A villager that dies drops one of four leather armor pieces, chosen with equal odds.
Profession workstation drops
Each profession leaves its own workstation block behind, such as a lectern for a librarian.
Nitwit drops
Unemployed villagers still drop leather armor, though they never leave a workstation.
Modest early-game bonus
The rewards are small, so the mod adds village life without changing how the game is balanced.
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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
Singleplayer survival
Players in a single-player world get the same drops, with the mod running entirely inside the local game.
Multiplayer servers
Server owners add the mod to the server alone, and players join without installing anything.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a small bonus from villager deaths, and players in survival worlds who collect armor and workstations early in the game.
Questions
Does Villager Bonus Drops require Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod, or can players join without it?
Which Minecraft versions have files for this mod?
In the catalog
Villager Bonus Drops is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Villager Bonus Drops 给熟悉的村民加上一点掉落惊喜：村民死亡时，会掉落 1 件随机皮革护甲；如果拥有对应职业，还会额外掉落 1 个职业工作方块。给生存前期添一份小收获，也给村庄故事留一点纪念。 “Hrrm?” A leather tunic and a lectern? That librarian certainly packed for the trip.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/villager-bonus-drops
- Owner
- baifeng
- Published
- 2026-06-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15