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Useful Villagers
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Useful Villagers changes NPC behavior, turning passive NPCs into a diligent, automated workforce. Villagers gain advanced AI to perform…
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Productive villagers provides a Vanilla+ implementation of villager automation.
Features:
- Ability to access villager inventory by shift right clicking the villager
- Ability to insert and remove items from a villager's inventory
- Farmer:
- Diligent harvesting of crops
- Replants same crop as what is harvested
- Automatically uses composter
- Generates emeralds based on available villager trades
- Shepherd
- Shears sheep in range of its workstation
- Needs shears by default (configurable)
- Configurable range of villager
More villagers to come!
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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.
File checked by MCModsHub
- Ships as usefulvillagers-1.4.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 40 KB
- Download link checked 3 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.