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Ancient Villages Mod adds beautiful Japanese-style towns to your taiga biomes. It fills these new settlements with unique buildings, interesting characters, and fun quests to complete. You get to explore different types of towns and help the people who live there with their daily problems.

Ancient Villages Mod

Features:

  • Four Town Types: Generates military, farming, factory, and shopping settlements across your world.
  • Quest System: Gives you a reason to talk to characters and help them solve their personal problems.
  • Spawns all these new Japanese-inspired locations inside taiga biomes.
  • Lets you build a good reputation by finishing tasks for the locals.
  • Unlocks better armor, weapons, and special crafting recipes as the villagers trust you more.
  • Tells unique stories about family drama, revenge, and town history through the characters.

Commands:

  • /locate structure ancientvillages:xxx: finds a specific town or building from this mod.

How to Play:

  1. Find a taiga biome and look for a new settlement.
  2. Walk up to the characters in the town and accept their quests.
  3. Finish their tasks to build up your reputation score.
  4. Use your high reputation to get better gear and special items from the locals.

Screenshots:

A small Japanese style house built with dark wood in the taiga
A small Japanese style house built with dark wood in the taiga
Stone lanterns and leaf blocks decorating a Japanese settlement under a cliff
Stone lanterns and leaf blocks decorating a Japanese settlement under a cliff
A floating green sign saying Village Needs above a wooden lectern station
A floating green sign saying Village Needs above a wooden lectern station
A villager named Mayor standing inside a traditional Japanese style wooden house
A villager named Mayor standing inside a traditional Japanese style wooden house
A player explores a traditional Japanese style village courtyard with an iron golem
A player explores a traditional Japanese style village courtyard with an iron golem
An iron golem stands near Japanese style buildings in a taiga biome
An iron golem stands near Japanese style buildings in a taiga biome
A Japanese interior from Ancient Villages Mod with a rock garden and cherry blossoms
A Japanese interior from Ancient Villages Mod with a rock garden and cherry blossoms
A villager stands in the doorway of a traditional Japanese style room with furniture
A villager stands in the doorway of a traditional Japanese style room with furniture
Traditional Japanese buildings nestled among pine trees next to a large lake
Traditional Japanese buildings nestled among pine trees next to a large lake
A military settlement featuring a wooden wall and a tall watchtower
A military settlement featuring a wooden wall and a tall watchtower
A large Japanese style settlement with dark roofs in a snowy taiga biome
A large Japanese style settlement with dark roofs in a snowy taiga biome

How to Install:

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Requirements:

Fabric Loader RequiredFabric API RequiredMinecraft Forge Required
YetAnotherConfigLib Required
Garden Trails Required
Dawn Of Time Required
Armor of the Ages Required

Fusion Connected Textures Mod Required

YetAnotherConfig (YACL) Required

Ancient Villages Mod Download Links

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For Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.20

Forge 496 KB Aug 10, 2026
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Fabric 495 KB Aug 10, 2026
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