Villager Workers
Hireable workers to automate your village!
This mod adds hireable villager workers for mining, farming, and breeding animals, inventories, the abilitiy to depositing into chests, and many more features.
Traveling Merchants can follow waypoints, ride horses or boats, and interact with the Small Ships mod.
Configure everything to fit your gameplay – more features are coming soon!
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Features
General Workers Features
- Hire villager workers with emeralds.
- Workers have inventories and can deposit items in chests.
- Change to player like models if needed.
- Fully configurable settings.
Traveling Merchants Update
- Merchants travel to predefined waypoints.
- Can ride horses or use boats for waterway travel.
- Compatible with Small Ships mod.
- Configure travel duration and routes.
- Fishermen can also use boats to reach optimal fishing spots.
Worker Types
Currently there are 9 worker professions:
- Miner
- Lumberjack
- Farmer
- Fisherman
- Merchant
- Shepherd
- Chicken Farmer
- Cattle Farmer
- Swineherd
Tutorials
Hiring & Commanding Workers
- Buy the profession blocks from a Farmer, Fisherman, Mason, Wandering Trader, or Shepherd (villager must be level 2).
- Place the profession block and wait for an unemployed villager to adopt the profession.
- Hire a worker by right-clicking with emeralds.
- Ensure the worker has enough food in their inventory.
- Assign a home, bed, and chest to improve efficiency.
- Tool upgrades affect work speed.
Worker Interaction
- Right-click: make the worker follow you.
- Crouch + Right-click: open worker inventory.
Miner
- 8 mining modes (Tunnel, 3x3 Tunnel, Flat 8x8x1, Pit 8x8x8, Room 8x8x3, Flat 16x16x1, Pit 16x16x16, Room 16x16x3).
- Can place torches if available in inventory or chest.
- Start-block can be assigned via Command Screen.
Lumberjack
- Assign work position via command screen.
- Searches a 10-block radius for trees to chop.
- Replants saplings if available.
Farmer
- Assign start block via command screen.
- Hoes 9x9 field, plants seeds, and harvests mature crops.
- Manages inventory of seeds for replanting.
Fisherman
- Assign work position.
- Searches 8-block radius for water sources.
- Can use boats to fish if available.
Shepherd
- Assign work position.
- Searches 10-block radius for sheep.
- Breeds or slaughters to maintain target count.
Chicken Farmer
- Assign work position.
- Searches 10-block radius for chickens.
- Breeds or slaughters to maintain target count.
Cattle Farmer
- Assign work position.
- Searches 10-block radius for cows.
- Breeds or slaughters to maintain target count.
Swineherd
- Assign work position.
- Searches 10-block radius for pigs.
- Breeds or slaughters to maintain target count.
Merchant
- Create up to 4 customizable offers.
- Travels along predefined waypoints with return days setting.
- Two waypoint types: ground and water.
- Merchant acts as an active chunk loader.
Owner Screen
- Configure travel routes and timing.
- Start, Stop, Return, Auto-Restart buttons for travel control.
Customer Screen
- Trade with merchant using inventory-based goods.
- Example: 4 cooked mutton for 1 emerald.
Creative Mode
- Toggle merchant modes: Owned or Creative.
- Creative mode removes limits and disables saving income.
Coming Soon
- Beekeeper and Goat Farmer Update
- Smith and Courier Update
- Builder’s Update
- Village Integration Update
- Leveling Update
Installation
- Install Minecraft Forge
- Drop the mod into your
mods/folder - Launch the game and hire your first worker!
Feedback & Issues
Join the community on Discord for support, bug reports, and suggestions.
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Siege Weapons:
Prepare for war. Build your siege weapon. Dominate the battlefield.**!
Hire your villagers. Automate your village. Dominate your economy.
