Villager Phrases
by 3CTeam
Villager Phrases gives villagers and Iron Golems short chat lines that trigger when players walk near them, at night, in rain or after a death.
What it does
Villagers answer different situations with their own phrases, and Iron Golems guarding a village have a separate set. A line is chosen by context such as proximity, nighttime, rain and death responses, so the same villager does not repeat the same message at every visit. Compatible custom names appear as a message prefix automatically.
The mod runs on the client only, so players install it and servers do not need it. Fabric API is required, and Mod Menu is optional. Builds for Fabric and NeoForge cover 1.21.1 – 26.3, with files for 26.3 as the latest release, and the code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Context-based villager chat
Villagers speak when players approach, choosing lines that match the time of day or the weather around them.
Iron Golem phrases
Iron Golems guarding a village have their own phrase set, separate from the villager lines.
Death responses
Villagers and golems react to nearby deaths with dedicated phrases that always fire, whatever the cooldown.
In-game phrase categories
Through the Mod Menu Fabric config button, or the NeoForge settings, each phrase category can be switched on or off independently.
Adjustable cooldowns
globalMessageCooldownTicks sets the minimum gap between messages, from 0 to 160 ticks, and a separate value sets the Iron Golem gap.
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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
Optional 1
Use cases
Village atmosphere on a survival world
Players exploring a village hear lines that change with the time, weather and nearby events, so the settlement feels inhabited.
Tuning chat frequency
A player who finds the lines too frequent can raise the cooldown or turn off a category without editing files.
Who it’s for: Players who want villagers and Iron Golems to talk in survival and creative worlds, and players who prefer to adjust chat frequency in the settings screen rather than in config files.
How it compares
Custom Message Blocker is a Fabric client mod for 1.21 – 26.1.2 that is not open source under the MIT License. Spellwords is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.21.11 under the MIT License and is open source. Golem Spawn Fix runs on both client and server across Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.3, and is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villager Phrases | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-08 |
| Custom Message Blocker | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-09-18 |
| Spellwords | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-06-03 |
| Golem Spawn Fix | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-10 |
Questions
Does Villager Phrases need Fabric API?
Do servers need to install Villager Phrases?
Is Mod Menu needed to change the settings?
In the catalog
Villager Phrases is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Adds personality to villagers and Iron Golems with contextual chat phrases — interact, proximity, nighttime, rain, hit & death responses. Multi-Language. The easiest way to configure VillagerPhrases is in-game: open Mod Menu (Fabric) or the Config button in the mods list (NeoForge) to toggle phrase categories and…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/villager-phrases
- Owner
- 3CTeam
- Published
- 2026-07-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15