Villager Souls
Villager Souls lets players revive villagers using soul power, with the souls dropped by hostile villager-type mobs.
What it does
Villager Souls adds a crafted Villager Soul item for Fabric on 1.20.1. Hostile villager-type mobs, including zombie villagers and raiders, have a 25% chance to drop an Illager Soul when they die. Glowstone Dust combined with a piece of the soul material yields a Villager Soul, and a Villager Soul placed in a Carved Pumpkin produces a villager, so villagers become much easier to obtain. Client and server both need the mod, and it is released under the MIT License, not open source.
Key features
Illager Soul drops
Zombie villagers, villagers and raiders drop an Illager Soul 25% of the time when they die.
Crafted Villager Souls
A Villager Soul can be crafted from Glowstone Dust and a soul ingredient, without needing a drop.
Villager creation
A Villager Soul placed in a Carved Pumpkin creates a villager, making villagers easier to obtain.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
VillagerStays is a server-side only Fabric mod for 1.20.1, released under the MIT License and not open source, so players join without installing it. Villager Souls needs both the server and every player to run it. Refresh Trades is a client and server Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 under All rights reserved, so it covers a much wider range of game versions.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villager Souls | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-05-27 |
| VillagerStays | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-02-03 |
| Refresh Trades | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2025-12-16 |
Questions
Does Villager Souls need to be installed on both sides?
In the catalog
Villager Souls is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
With this mod, villagers are much easier to obtain! Whenever a villager, zombie villager, or a raider dies, they have a 25% chance of dropping an Illager Soul. When crafted with a piece of Glowstone Dust, you'll get a Villager Soul. Use the Villager Soul on a Carved Pumpkin, and you'll create a villager!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/villager-souls
- Owner
- trashoflevillage
- Published
- 2024-05-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-05-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15