
Villager Defense
Villager Defense is a highly customizable plugin that adds a cooperative and/or competitive minigame under the theme of defending villagers.
⬇ Download on ModrinthDo not use reviews for bug reporting, go to the Github page to create a bug report. If you're interested in my other plugins or works, check out my website. Are you interested in what the upcoming version 2 of Villager Defense will look like? Check out the experimental version here! Be careful, it's experimental for a reason.
Villager Defense is a cooperative PvE round-based minigame where players fight as many rounds of monsters as possible to protect villagers.
This Minecraft plugin was built from nostalgia for the old Minecade villager defense games. Seeing as it won't come back, I decided to make my own version. I tried to keep some elements like the original, but with a modern twist. The plugin was built with customization in mind so that each server running this plugin can have its own unique features and takes. Let me know what you think of it!
Additional Recommended Plugins
- A world management plugin (ex. Multiverse-Core)
- A plugin to generate clean void worlds (ex. VoidGen)
- A plugin to manage region settings (ex. WorldGuard)
- WorldEdit (Strict dependency of WorldGuard, recommended for map creation)
- ViaVersion (multiple Minecraft version support)
Features
- Create unlimited arenas
- Endless customizability for each arena (ex. max players, spawn locations, sounds, shops)
- Built-in kits that can be purchased with persistent currency
- Leaderboards for player stats and for each arena
Please refer to the wiki for more in-depth info. (Although it's kinda broken rn so maybe don't lol)
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.4, 1.16.5, 1.17
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as VillagerDefense-1.2.14.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 704 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.