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๐ Visiting Villagers โ Bring Your Village to Life!

Stop living in ghost towns!ย Visiting Villagersย is a lightweightย Vanilla Plus QoL modย that transforms quiet hamlets into bustling hubs of activity.
๐ก Why Install?
Visiting Villagers transforms standard Minecraft, villages can feel static. This mod injects immersion without the headache of managing complex NPC needs.
- Authenticity: Visitors arrive at dawn and leave at sunset.
- Zero Micro-management: No extra beds or workstations required.
- Performance Friendly: Extremely lightweight.
๐ฏ Key Features
| Feature | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง | New Visitors | Adults with 14 specialized professions and 7 unemployed visitors, ready to trade and interact. |
| ๐บ๏ธ | Unique Merchants | Specialized Wandering Traders from different biomes. |
| ๐ถ | Baby Visitors | Add charm and authenticity, running around the village. |
| ๐ | Dynamic System | Visitors appear in the morning (Dynamic Spawning) and leave at night. |
| ๐ง | Simple & Direct | No beds or workstations required โ theyโre just passing through to trade. |
| ๐ก๏ธ | Village Requirements | Needs 6 Villagers and 1 Iron Golem to start. |
โ๏ธ Commands
Manage your village in real-time with these advanced commands:
| Command | Description | Notes / Requirements |
|---|---|---|
/visitors check |
Verifies the amount of villagers, visitors, and golems. | Available to all |
/visitors reload |
Instantly reloads the mod's configuration file. | Fabric Only |
/visitors clear [radius] |
Removes all visitors within a radius (up to 512 blocks). | Requires OP |
/visitors population [qty] [radius] |
Force-spawns a population for load testing. | Requires OP |
๐ ๏ธ Customization
Fine-tune the mod to your liking via the visitingvillagers.json file for Fabric and visiting-villagers-common.toml for Forge/Neoforge. You can adjust:
๐ Configuration Details
| Category | Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | spawnCheckIntervalSeconds |
10 |
Time between spawn attempts (1-60s). |
minVillagersForSpawn |
6 |
Minimum villagers needed to start visits. | |
minGolemsForSpawn |
1 |
Minimum iron golems needed to start visits. | |
| Adults | visitorSpawnPercentage |
100% |
Chance of visitors based on local population. |
maxSpawnsPerCycle |
3 |
Max visitors spawned in a single cycle. | |
defaultVisitorTradeChance |
40% |
Chance for a generic visitor to have trades. | |
| Babies | minAdultsForBaby |
2 |
Adult visitors needed before babies spawn. |
babySpawnPercentage |
60% |
Percentage of adult visitors that can be babies. | |
| Wandering | maxWanderingVisitors |
2 |
Limit of wandering visitors in a village area. |
wanderingSpawnDelay |
120 |
Delay between wandering visitor spawns. |
๐ Localizations
๐ Russian & Ukrainian localizations contributed by Wookius
๐ Portuguese (BR) localization added
โค๏ธ Thanks to contributors! More languages coming soon.
๐ Download Now!
Download Now โ Give your villagers the neighbors they deserve!
Feel free to add it to any Modpack!


