Village Names

Village Names

Backports modern village structures and villager designs, and generates names for villages and villagers, and other entities and structures.

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Screenshots

Treasure Trades
Mushroom village torch
Savanna villagers
End villagers
Clickable names
Example Desert village

About this Mod

Village Names banner

The Village Names mod backports modern village structures and villager skins, and assigns randomized names to villages and villagers and other structures and entities. The mod offers a lot of customization village generation and entity naming.

Some features developed over the years:

  • A new village generator, able to place down road blocks other than gravel, and will even use certain backported Grass Path blocks in 1.7.
  • Backported and custom village components
  • Highly configurable village size and components
  • Highly configurable syllable pools for name generation
  • Custom name signs, banners, and preferred colors for each village
  • A custom item (Codex) used to generate names for supported non-village structures, obtained either from giving emeralds and iron/gold to Librarians/Cartographers, or found as chest loot
  • Configurable list for entities that can receive automatic names when spawning, or names assigned when right-clicked
  • Villagers with skin tones that are based on their spawn biome
  • Support for a career-like profession subdivision in 1.7
  • Modified villager trade pools, and added "treasure" trades for Librarians and Cartographers
  • Modular biome-and-profession-based villager outfits
  • Backported Cartographer villager to previous versions, and Nitwit where able
  • Backported Concrete and Glazed Terracotta to previous versions
  • Backported Guardian, Monuments, and Prismarine to 1.7
  • Backported Igloos to 1.7 and 1.8

Here is are feature showcase videos:

Village Names 4 Feature Showcase

Village Names 3.1 Feature Showcase

Village Names 1.1 Feature Showcase

Available Versions

Village Names 4.4.13 for JE 1.12release
MC 1.12.2forge
November 9, 2024
Village Names 4.4.13 for JE 1.11release
MC 1.11.2forge
November 9, 2024
Village Names 4.4.13 for JE 1.10release
MC 1.10.2forge
November 9, 2024
Village Names 4.4.13 for JE 1.9release
MC 1.9.4forge
November 9, 2024
Village Names 4.4.13 for JE 1.8release
MC 1.8.9forge
November 9, 2024

How to Install Village Names on Your Server

1

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended).

2

Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.12.2).

3

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Village Names". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.12.2, 1.11.2, 1.10.2 (+3 more)

Server-side

Required

Recommended RAM

6 GB(min. 4 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Village Names server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 4 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.12.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Village Names compatible with forge?

Village Names officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.12.2, 1.11.2, 1.10.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Village Names – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 6 GB (per 5 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Village Names consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.

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Details

License
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
Server-side
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Supported Versions

1.12.21.11.21.10.21.9.41.8.91.7.10