VillageLife+ – Advanced Villager & Wolf Behavior Enhancement

Transform your Minecraft villages into living, breathing communities!

VillageLife+ is a comprehensive mod that brings villagers to life through dynamic social systems, intelligent AI behaviors, and deep relationship mechanics—all without adding custom textures, models, or sounds.

🌟 Core Features

Persistent Identity System

• Every villager receives a unique auto-generated name that persists across sessions

• Names follow realistic first and last name patterns

• Children inherit their parents’ last names

Dynamic Dialogue & Communication

• Context-aware messages based on profession, time of day, and mood

• Special greetings for partners, parents, and children

• Profession-specific conversations (e.g., farmers discuss crops, librarians talk about books)

Deep Relationship Mechanics

• Villagers form partnerships with intimacy scores

• Parent-child relationships are tracked and maintained

• Children follow parents and family bonds persist throughout the game

Social Interaction System

• Villagers develop friendships with other mobs, including tamed wolves

• Friendship prevents hostile targeting and grows over time

• Mood affects villager behavior and dialogue

Advanced AI Behaviors

• Children follow parents at configurable distances

• Villagers can “chill” with friendly mobs when enabled

• Social tracking goals update relationships passively

• Custom pathfinding for delivery tasks

Player Interaction

• /vgive <item> – Command the nearest villager to deliver items

• /v <command> – 100+ subcommands for social interactions, movement, work, items, trading, relationships, defense, and activities

Mayor System

• Claim mayorship over villagers in an area

• Issue decrees, declare festivals, and manage the village

• Villagers show respect to mayors, with special dialogue and reputation bonuses

Hunger & Mood Systems

• Villagers track hunger levels (configurable)

• Moods (happy, sad, angry, scared) affect dialogue and behavior

• Tiredness system simulates realistic daily cycles

Reputation & Respect

• Individual reputation scores with each player

• Positive actions unlock special interactions

• Negative actions result in villagers avoiding the player

⚙️ Fully Configurable

• Talk intervals and ranges

• Relationship thresholds

• /vgive search parameters

• Child follow distances

• Social behavior toggles

• Hunger and mood settings

• And much more via the config file

🔧 Technical Details

• Persistent NBT Data: All data saved with villagers

• Event-Driven Architecture: Efficient and performance-friendly

• Modular Design: Easy to extend and customize

• Compatible AI: Works seamlessly with vanilla villager systems

📋 Requirements

• Minecraft: 1.20.1

• Forge: 47.2.0+

• Java: 17+

🎮 Perfect For

• Roleplay servers wanting deeper NPC interactions

• Players who enjoy social simulation aspects

• Modpack creators enhancing village life

• Anyone tired of lifeless, silent villagers

🤝 Support & Community

VillageLife+ adds depth and personality to Minecraft villages while maintaining the vanilla aesthetic. Every feature is implemented through code, ensuring compatibility, performance, and immersion.