Villagers: Far From Home
by atn2k
Players who want a villager to travel with them can use Villagers: Far From Home, a Fabric and Quilt mod that lets a trusted villager follow the player on foot.
What it does
Villagers: Far From Home lets a villager walk alongside the player on foot, across mountains, cherry blossom biomes or swamps. The villager has to trust the player first, which is reached by trading with him until he is at least a level 3 journeyman. A player then shift-right-clicks the villager while holding an emerald to start the follow.
The follow ends in one of three ways: the player shift-right-clicks the villager without an emerald in hand, the villager tires after a while and walks back home, or the player repeats the emerald click to resume. Villagers do not defend the player or themselves during the trip. The mod requires Fabric API on both Fabric and Quilt.
The mod runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. Files exist for Fabric and Quilt for 1.20 – 1.20.4, with 1.20.4 as the latest build, and the mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 4.0 license, so it is not open source.
Key features
Trust through trading
A villager becomes eligible to follow once he reaches journeyman level through trades with the player.
Emerald commands
Shift-right-clicking a villager while holding an emerald starts the follow, and shift-right-clicking without one ends it.
Automatic tiring
A following villager eventually gets tired and walks home, so long trips need extra emeralds to keep him close.
Foot travel only
The villager walks beside the player, with no riding, carrying or egg-trapping involved.
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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
Long expeditions
Players who plan extended hikes across biomes can bring a villager along and use emeralds to keep him from turning back.
Who it’s for: Players on survival or adventure servers who want a villager companion on exploration trips without changing the vanilla gameplay much.
How it compares
Go Home is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source, with environment client and server. Lead The Villagers is a Fabric server mod for 1.20 – 1.20.3 under the MIT License and is not open source. Quick Villagers is a Fabric server mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.5 under the Apache License 2.0 and is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villagers: Far From Home | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-07-04 |
| Go Home | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2024-05-01 |
| Lead The Villagers | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.3 | Server-side only | 2023-12-07 |
| Quick Villagers | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.5 | Server-side only | 2025-11-14 |
Questions
Does Villagers: Far From Home need Fabric API?
Do players need the mod installed to join a server that runs it?
How does a villager stop following?
In the catalog
Villagers: Far From Home is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,390 Transportation mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Have you ever wanted to bring your villager friend along on a journey, whether it be to the heights of the tallest mountains, the most beautiful cherry blossom biome, or to a.. swamp? (Sorry villagers, I'm gonna need those mending books >:D ) Well, have no fear. Now, you can bring your villager friend along with you…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/villagers-far-from-home
- Owner
- atn2k
- Published
- 2023-08-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15