Villagers Respawn Mod (1.21.8, 1.20.1) – Bring Villagers Back to Life After Death

The Villagers Respawn Mod (1.21.8, 1.20.1) transforms how villagers behave in Minecraft by allowing them to respawn at their bed after dying much like players. In the vanilla game, once a villager dies, they’re gone forever, often disrupting trading setups, iron farms, or village populations. This mod fixes that by making villagers tied to beds respawn with full health and most of their XP intact. It’s a powerful quality-of-life improvement, especially for survival bases or modded servers that rely on villagers long-term.

Features:

• Villager resurrection mechanic:
  • If a villager has a bed, they will respawn at it after death, returning to life with 20 HP.
• XP retention:
  • Villagers retain most of their experience, only losing a small portion (never an entire level).
• Game mode integration:
  • In Easy mode, villagers always respawn.
  • In Normal/Hard modes, respawn is almost guaranteed, unless zombie conversion rules apply.
• Zombie interaction:
  • In Hard mode, villagers killed by zombies become zombie villagers instead of respawning.
  • You can disable or modify this behavior via config settings.
• Configurable resurrection logic:
  • Choose from three respawn styles:
    • Miracle (15–20% chance)
    • Erratic (25–75% chance)
    • Guaranteed (100% respawn rate)
  • Decide if villagers become weaker, stronger, or unchanged after death.
  • Optionally disable XP loss entirely.
• Server and modpack friendly:
  • Includes logging and verbosity settings for modpack creators and multiplayer admins.
• Works with Fabric and Forge, supporting Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.20.1.

Screenshots:

Requires:

Minecraft Forge or Fabric API

How to install:

How To Download & Install Mods with Minecraft Forge

How To Download & Install Fabric Mods

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Why use Villagers Respawn Mod?

This mod is essential for any player who relies on villagers for trading, farming, or building functioning towns. Losing a high-level librarian or armorer due to a random zombie raid can be devastating in vanilla gameplay. With this mod, villagers gain a player-like safety net, ensuring your carefully cultivated economy or breeding program isn’t wiped out by one accident. It’s also ideal for servers and adventure maps where persistent village populations are important for gameplay continuity.