Village Pest Control
Are you tired of your village dying off because its golem is too lazy?
Are you tired of essentially defending it all by yourself?
This mod adds Guards as a solution, as well as new villager-related AI changes.
An * means a feature is configurable

Special thanks to those in the MMD discord for helping me with some of the mods contents.
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30.08.2026 · Modrinth
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Published versions and original Modrinth files.
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04.06.2026 · 847 downloads
Fix NoSuchMethodError: LivingDamageEvent.Post.getNewDamage on NeoForge 26.1
04.06.2026 · 7 263 downloads
19.05.2026 · 19 054 downloads
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06.04.2026 · 5 220 downloads
[CHANGE] make it compatible with 26.1.0 and any future versions
30.03.2026 · 559 downloads
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01.12.2025 · 4 983 downloads
CHANGELOG:- [CHANGE] fix crash with vampirism
- [CHANGE] try to mitigate against clerics failing to aim towards healing target
- [CHANGE] intentionally extend guard crossbow range when patrolling
01.12.2025 · 19 994 downloads
26.11.2025 · 16 491 downloads
CHANGELOG:
- [CHANGE] fix #273 (guards not spawning) and golem repair ai not working
- [CHANGE] fix #272 by adding a config option and automatically display text when max health above default
26.11.2025 · 83 539 downloads
CHANGELOG:
- [CHANGE] fix #273 (guards not spawning) and golem repair ai not working
- [CHANGE] fix #272 by adding a config option and automatically display text when max health above default
26.11.2025 · 691 downloads
CHANGELOG:
- [CHANGE] fix swapped config options with professions that repair golems and professions that repair guards
- [CHANGE] Update French translations for guard villagers - acorsicanfrog
- [CHANGE] added config option for exact angle ranged guards check for friendlies before firing
- [CHANGE] - add range limit for guards sinking to fight mobs underwater
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THIS UPDATE WILL BREAK DATA PACKS THAT MODIFY GUARD EQUIPMENT, PLEASE BE WARY OF THIS BEFORE INSTALLING!!!!!!!!!!!
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24.12.2024 · 112 698 downloads
THIS UPDATE WILL BREAK DATA PACKS THAT MODIFY GUARD EQUIPMENT, PLEASE BE WARY OF THIS BEFORE INSTALLING!!!!!!!!!!!
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THIS UPDATE WILL BREAK DATA PACKS THAT MODIFY GUARD EQUIPMENT, PLEASE BE WARY OF THIS BEFORE INSTALLING!!!!!!!!!!!
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28.04.2024 · 83 338 downloads
Added Komodo Dragon (Alexs Mobs) to mob blacklist
Added separate config option for mobs attacking guards
Adjusted range of Crossbow guards firing arrows
Made iron golems float and walk back to nearest land when in water
Fixed guards not returning back to checkpoint
Added advancement to recruiting a guard
Made guards not attack zombified piglins
Enabled illagers attacking animals during raids by default
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23.11.2023 · 917 downloads
Neoforge port
15.10.2023 · 113 434 downloads
Made villagers and iron golems be able to be whitelisted
Fixed guards attacking mobs on the same team
Fixed crash with Bumblezone
15.10.2023 · 3 485 downloads
Made villagers and iron golems be able to be whitelisted
Fixed guards attacking mobs on the same team
Fixed crash with Bumblezone
01.10.2023 · 561 downloads
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Ported changes from 1.20
Credits to lynnpye on github for these changes
12.08.2023 · 1 378 downloads
Ported changes from 1.20 and 1.19.4
Credits to lynnpye on github for these changes
06.08.2023 · 7 875 downloads
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02.06.2023 · 977 downloads
Reworked experimental friendly fire ai (needs to be enabled in config
Crossbow guards will try to move out of the way if they see a guard in front of them
Made crossbow guards shoot faster
Fixed bug with villager food ai
Fixed bug with villager head animations
Added new localization files
02.06.2023 · 424 downloads
Reworked experimental friendly fire ai (needs to be enabled in config
Crossbow guards will try to move out of the way if they see a guard in front of them
Made crossbow guards shoot faster
Fixed bug with villager food ai
Fixed bug with villager head animations
Added new localization files
17.03.2023 · 513 downloads
11.03.2023 · 805 downloads
11.03.2023 · 1 654 downloads
Fixed potential issue with guard zombie conversion
Backported big-headed villagers from bedrock
Fixed issues with guards and villagers interacting with each other
Fixed issues with guards opening and closing doors repeatedly
10.12.2022 · 216 downloads
Updated to 1.19.3
Removed Iron Golem and Snow Golem spawn eggs
Added configuration for guard equipment drop chances
Allowed changing of guard sounds via resource packs
05.09.2022 · 1 116 downloads
Made guards raise their arm when attacking when not blocking and running
Made it so that players will have permanent access to a guard's inventory after opening it for the first time
Added a config option for guards following
Fixed guard offhand itemstack not decreasing upon a world rejoin
Fixed villager and guard gossiping bug
Readded configurable attributes
Added ukranian translation (StaYLeR#9193 on discord)
Made guards spawned in village be less static in gear variety
03.09.2022 · 2 219 downloads