How do I install Zombie UUID Preservation?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Zombie UUID Preservation work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Zombie UUID Preservation

by Estecka · on Modrinth

Which Minecraft do you have?

Every version of the game needs its own build. Pick yours, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game. This mod is built for Fabric only.

Minecraft 1.21.2–1.21.3Newest
Minecraft 1.20–1.21.1

⬇ Download for 1.21.2–1.21.3 ⬇ Download for 1.20–1.21.1

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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⚠ The 1.21 branch of this mod is technically compatible with 1.20, but notheless requires at least Java 21 to function.

Zombie UUID Preservation

If you use texture-packs that randomize villager textures, you may have noticed that their appearances change after being zombified or cured. This mod fixes that, by ensuring the villager's UUID is preserved after each conversion.

The fix occurs on the server-side

Although being developped around villagers, this also takes effect on some other forms of conversion:

Piglin and Hoglin zombification
Skeletons turning into strays
Husks turning into zombies
Zombies turning into drowned

Credits

Mod icon and screenshots based on the Human Era Villagers texture-pack, licensed under the CC-BY-SA-4.0

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
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.

Verified by MCModsHub

Ships as uuid-preserve-1.0.2+1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 7 KB
Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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