ModsJava
Wizard Villagers!
The author built this one for Minecraft 1.21.1 on Fabric. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
This is an unofficial fork and 1.21.1 port of MrSterner's GuardVillagers. Find the original Fabric port here and the original Forge version here.
Fixes & New Features
- Guards can now shoot normally using the crossbow (no more glitching out and not firing)
- Guards can now use the bow goal from MrSterner's code
- Spell Engine, Wizards, Spellblades and Such compat!
- Guards can use Wands & Spellblades
- Basic Wands allow guards to use basic spells (e.g., Fireball)
- Netherite Wands allow guards to use enhanced spells (e.g., Meteor)
- No friendly fire for spells!
- Fire, Frost, and Arcane Wands & Staffs are considered basic, while their Netherite and Tier 4 versions are advanced
Spells (NEW)
- Guards depending on the weapon they spawn with will get a scroll based on their weapon's school (melee = melee spell, fire = fire spells)
Spells (Outdated)
Wizards
Fire, Frost, Arcane wand / staff for Basic
Netherite wand / staff, Ruby Fire, Smaragdant Frost, Crystal Arcane staff for Advanced
- Basic: Fireball, Frost Shard, Arcane Bolt
- Advanced: Meteor, Blizzard, Arcane Missles
Spellblades and Such
Fire, Frost, Arcane Spellblade for Basic
Fire, Frost, Arcane Claymore for Advanced
- Basic: Fire, Frost, Arcane Spellstrike
- Advanced: Fire, Frost, Arcane Burst
Elemental Wizards RPG (OPTIONAL)
Air, Aqua, Terra wand / staff for Basic
Netherite wand / staff, Aeternium Wind, Crystal Aqua, Ruby Terra staff for Advanced
- Basic: Air Cutter, Water Whip, Stone Spear
- Advanced: Aeroburst, Explosive Bubbles, Shattering Stone
Archers (OPTIONAL)
- New guards will have a chance to get this skill -> Magic Arrow
- Base 5% to trigger and scales up with Ranged Damage up to 15%
Archers Expansion (OPTIONAL)
- New guards will have a chance to get this skill -> Fan of Fire, Artic Volley, Enchanted Crystal Arrow
- Base 5% to trigger and scales up with Ranged Damage up to 15%
Paladins & Priests || LnE Paladins (OPTIONAL)
- New guards will have a chance to get holy skills like holy prevention (LnE), circle of healing, barrier
By default, the config sets the base drop-chance of equipment to 0.
Dependencies
Support
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- Or open an issue on our GitHub Issue Tracker
Showcase
Here's a video of around 30 guards fighting a Wither:
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 CurseForge — 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as guardvillagers-1.1.6+1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 417 KB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.