You Thief: Remastered Edition
by Eugene
With You Thief: Remastered Edition, villagers grow angry when a player opens or breaks a chest or barrel inside a village, and their trade prices rise.
What it does
The mechanic follows the vanilla villager gossip system. Villagers who hear about the theft spread the word, and nearby iron golems turn hostile and attack the player. The player also receives a bad luck effect that lasts for one in-game day. Placing, opening or breaking a chest or barrel outside a village, or one the player owns, does not trigger any reaction.
The mod detects location, so only chests and barrels inside a village count as stolen. Trying to merge a player chest with a village chest, or placing a chest beside a naturally generated one, can still be recognized by the villagers in some cases. Players who want to take village goods without consequences can use an invisibility potion, which keeps them unseen while they act.
The mod runs on Fabric and Forge for game versions 1.19.2 – 1.20.3, and the environment is server-side only, so players join without installing it. The latest Fabric file is 1.4.0 for 1.20.3 and the latest Forge file is 1.1.0 for 1.20.1. The license is All rights reserved, and the mod is not open source, though public links to its source code exist. Chest-replacement mods of this kind are not supported alongside it.
Key features
Villager gossip reaction
Villagers who witness a theft raise trade prices sharply, using the game's own gossip mechanic as the trigger.
Iron golem retaliation
Iron golems that hear about a theft from nearby villagers attack the player who opened the chest or barrel.
Bad luck penalty
A theft applies the bad luck effect to the player for one in-game day, a lasting cost for stealing.
Location-based detection
Only chests and barrels inside a village offend villagers, while the player's own containers stay neutral.
Invisibility workaround
Drinking an invisibility potion lets the player act in a village without alerting villagers or golems.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Challenge-driven survival
Players who want village raids to carry consequences can rely on the gossip and golem reactions for added difficulty.
Roleplay thieves
Players who enjoy an ARPG-style risk and reward loop can plan their thefts around the penalties and the potion workaround.
Who it’s for: Players who want village looting to carry consequences, and server owners who want a challenge built on villager behavior. Clients do not need the mod, since the server alone runs it.
How it compares
No Negative Villager Gossips runs on Fabric for 1.19 – 1.20.4 as a server-side mod under All rights reserved, so it does not add the same penalties. Loud Structure Chests is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that needs both client and server, under All rights reserved. armor obsidian2 covers Fabric and Forge for 1.20.1 with both sides required, also under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Thief: Remastered Edition | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.3 | Server-side only | 2024-04-10 |
| No Negative Villager Gossips | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2023-12-13 |
| Loud Structure Chests | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-10 |
| armor obsidian2 | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-28 |
Questions
Does the mod need to be installed on the client?
Which loader should a server use for this mod?
Can a player avoid the penalties entirely?
In the catalog
You Thief: Remastered Edition is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,159 Economy mods for Fabric. 10,115 mods support Minecraft 1.20.3.
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What the author says
This mod is originally for modpack AnimateCraft: Lankeren. If you like this content, I'm sure you'll like that modpack, too. Welcome to check it out! Now when you open or break the villagers' chests or barrels in the village, the villagers nearby will get angry and raise the trade prices extremely.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/you-thief-remastered-edition
- Owner
- Eugene
- Published
- 2023-11-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-04-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
