
Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense
Automatic Guard Conversion! Villagers autonomously become/spawn guards when threats appear. Fully configurable addon for Guard Villagers.
About this Mod
Guard Villagers help villagers to survive, but villagers still lack autonomy. Without player intervention, villagers and guards are doomed to eventually die. This addon improves village survival and immersion by giving villagers defensive autonomy — after all, why would they stand with their arms crossed while everyone slowly dies?
When threatened, villagers will automatically convert into guards, making villages far less dependent on the player.
By default, villagers from both natural and artificial villages can convert into guards whenever the number of guards is below 2. As soon as a threat appears — whether it is an entity that attacked them or a hostile mob they detect — a villager will be chosen to become a guard.
Conversion priority:
Nitwits
Unemployed villagers
Villagers with professions that have not been traded with
to make a artifical village it need to have at least one job site, one bell and one bed with a villager claimed to it
alot of the things in the mod are configurable like
require bell in natural village to guard conversion ( so if you destroy the bell they will stop converting ) off as default.
radius of detection of village.
radius of detection of guards.
village with profession can be converted.
nitwit can be converted .
unemployed can be converted.
what type of villages can the conversion occur be it NATURAL, ARTIFICIAL or BOTH villages, also NONE that make conversion occus anywhere .
spawn guard instead of converting villagers.
interval in ticks for checkings.
max guard villagers per area.
CONVERSION/SPAWN chance.
cooldown.
dropLoot false/true.
and more
WARNING : this is the same mod as
irons-spell-villagers-priest-defensive-autonomy and mob conversion, this mod here is just configured for people who are lazy to configure it, using both mods may cause conflicts if you want both priest and guard conversion configure the mod yourself to add the entities you want in the entities list, this mod is a template that let u add any entities for conversion/spawn
i recommend installing and configuring mob conversion
Available Versions
How to Install Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1, 1.20.6, 1.20.5 (+4 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense 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 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense compatible with forge and neoforge?
Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense officially supports forge, neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.20.6, 1.20.5. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Guard Villagers - Autonomous Villager Defense 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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