Guard Villagers

Modrinth

Village Pest Control

14.1M downloads1K followersUpdated 27d ago

5.0.0 · MC 26.3 · Neoforge

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5.0.0
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5.0.0
26.3neoforge
2026-10-05 · 5.6K downloads
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26.2neoforge
2026-09-12 · 3.8K downloads
guardvillagers-4.0.4-26.2.0.jar · 287 KB
2.4.12
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1.21.1neoforge
2026-08-30 · 92.8K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.12-1.21.1.jar · 277 KB
4.0.3
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26.2neoforge
2026-08-29 · 1.5K downloads
guardvillagers-4.0.3-26.2.0.jar · 287 KB
2.4.11
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1.21.1neoforge
2026-08-23 · 9.8K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.11-1.21.1.jar · 277 KB
1.6.19
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2026-08-23 · 118.3K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.19.jar · 200 KB
4.0.2
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26.2neoforge
2026-08-23 · 691 downloads
guardvillagers-4.0.2-26.2.0.jar · 287 KB
4.0.1
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26.2neoforge
2026-08-13 · 2.1K downloads
guardvillagers-4.0.1-26.2.0.jar · 287 KB
4.0.0
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26.2neoforge
2026-06-20 · 6.4K downloads
guardvillagers-4.0.0-26.2.0.jar · 286 KB
1.6.18
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2026-06-11 · 423.4K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.18.jar · 200 KB
2.4.10
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1.21.1neoforge
2026-06-11 · 101.7K downloads
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26.1.2neoforge
2026-06-11 · 7.1K downloads
guardvillagers-3.0.4-26.1.0.jar · 286 KB
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26.1.2neoforge
2026-06-04 · 872 downloads
guardvillagers-3.0.3-26.1.0.jar · 286 KB
2.4.9
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1.21.1neoforge
2026-06-04 · 7.7K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.9-1.21.1.jar · 277 KB
2.4.8
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1.21.1neoforge
2026-05-19 · 20.8K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.8-1.21.1.jar · 276 KB
3.0.2
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26.1.2neoforge
2026-05-19 · 1.7K downloads
guardvillagers-3.0.2-26.1.0.jar · 285 KB
3.0.1
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26.1.226.1.126.1neoforge
2026-04-06 · 6K downloads
guardvillagers-3.0.1-26.1.0.jar · 285 KB
3.0.0
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3.0.0
26.1neoforge
2026-03-30 · 589 downloads
guardvillagers-3.0.0-26.1.0.jar · 285 KB
2.4.7
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1.21.1neoforge
2026-03-03 · 87.9K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.7-1.21.1.jar · 276 KB
1.6.17
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2026-03-03 · 229.7K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.17.jar · 200 KB
2.4.6
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1.21.1neoforge
2026-02-26 · 3.4K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.6-1.21.1.jar · 275 KB
1.6.16
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2026-02-26 · 14.6K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.16.jar · 199 KB
2.4.5
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1.21.1neoforge
2025-12-08 · 108.7K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.5-1.21.1.jar · 275 KB
1.6.15
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2025-12-08 · 3.6M downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.15.jar · 199 KB
2.4.4
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1.21.1neoforge
2025-12-07 · 887 downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.4-1.21.1.jar · 275 KB
1.6.14
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2025-12-07 · 3.7K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.14.jar · 199 KB
2.4.3
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1.21.1neoforge
2025-12-01 · 5.1K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.3-1.21.1.jar · 276 KB
1.6.14
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2025-12-01 · 20.2K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.14.jar · 200 KB
2.4.2
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1.21.1neoforge
2025-11-26 · 16.6K downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.2-1.21.1.jar · 276 KB
1.20.1-1.6.13
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1.20.1-1.6.13
1.20.1forgeneoforge
2025-11-26 · 86.5K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.13.jar · 200 KB
2.4.1
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2.4.1
1.21.1neoforge
2025-11-26 · 709 downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.1-1.21.1.jar · 276 KB
1.20.1-1.6.12
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1.20.1-1.6.12
1.20.1forgeneoforge
2025-11-26 · 1.8K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.12.jar · 200 KB
2.4.0
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1.21.1neoforge
2025-11-25 · 778 downloads
guardvillagers-2.4.0-1.21.1.jar · 273 KB
1.20.1-1.6.11
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2025-07-21 · 2.2M downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.11.jar · 195 KB
1.20.1-1.6.10
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2025-01-08 · 3.4M downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.10.jar · 195 KB
2.3.2
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1.21.1neoforge
2025-01-08 · 151.6K downloads
guardvillagers-2.3.2-1.21.1.jar · 264 KB
1.20.1-1.6.9
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2024-12-24 · 113.2K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.9.jar · 195 KB
2.3.1
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1.21.1neoforge
2024-12-24 · 1.9K downloads
guardvillagers-2.3.1-1.21.1.jar · 264 KB
2.3.0
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1.21.1neoforge
2024-12-23 · 256 downloads
guardvillagers-2.3.0-1.21.1.jar · 263 KB
1.20.1-1.6.8
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2024-12-23 · 2.6K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.8.jar · 192 KB
1.20.1-1.6.7
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1.20.1forgeneoforge
2024-08-11 · 912K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.7.jar · 210 KB
2.3.0
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1.21.11.21neoforge
2024-08-07 · 16.2K downloads
guardvillagers-2.3.0-1.21.jar · 261 KB
2.2.8
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1.21neoforge
2024-07-21 · 818 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.8-1.21.jar · 276 KB
2.2.7
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1.21neoforge
2024-07-11 · 473 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.7-1.21.jar · 272 KB
2.2.6
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1.21neoforge
2024-07-08 · 279 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.6-1.21.jar · 272 KB
2.2.5
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1.21neoforge
2024-07-05 · 312 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.5-1.21.jar · 272 KB
2.2.4
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1.21neoforge
2024-06-29 · 287 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.4-1.21.jar · 272 KB
2.2.3
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1.21neoforge
2024-06-25 · 262 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.3-1.21.jar · 272 KB
2.2.2
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1.21neoforge
2024-06-19 · 295 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.2-1.21.jar · 272 KB
2.2.1
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1.21neoforge
2024-06-16 · 227 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.1-1.21.jar · 272 KB
2.2.0
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2.2.0
1.21neoforge
2024-06-13 · 321 downloads
guardvillagers-2.2.0-1.21.jar · 272 KB
1.20.1-1.6.6
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Guard Villagers 1.20.1-1.6.6
1.20.1forgeneoforge
2024-06-13 · 77.6K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.6.jar · 200 KB
1.20.1-1.6.5
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Guard Villagers 1.20.1-1.6.5
1.20.1forge
2024-04-28 · 84.1K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.5.jar · 199 KB
2.1.1-1.20.5
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2.1.1-1.20.5
1.20.5neoforge
2024-04-28 · 1.5K downloads
guardvillagers-2.1.1-1.20.5.jar · 271 KB
1.3.4
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Guard Villagers 1.3.4
1.17.1forge
2024-03-03 · 1.3K downloads
guardvillagers-1.17.1.1.3.4.jar · 177 KB
1.2.6
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Guard Villagers 1.2.6
1.16.5forge
2024-03-03 · 142.8K downloads
guardvillagers-1.16.5.1.2.6.jar · 186 KB
1.19.2-1.5.9
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Guard Villagers 1.19.2-1.5.9
1.19.2forge
2024-02-18 · 1.4M downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.2-1.5.9.jar · 194 KB
1.20.1-1.6.4
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Guard Villagers 1.20.1-1.6.4
1.20.1forge
2024-02-18 · 65K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.4.jar · 196 KB
2.1.0-1.20.4
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Guard Villagers 2.1.0-1.20.4
1.20.4neoforge
2024-02-18 · 3.1K downloads
guardvillagers-2.1.0-1.20.4.jar · 268 KB
1.4.4
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Guard Villagers 1.4.4
1.18.2forge
2024-01-10 · 375.9K downloads
guardvillagers-1.18.2.1.4.4.jar · 183 KB
2.0.0-1.20.2
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Guard Villagers 2.0.0-1.20.2
1.20.2neoforge
2023-11-23 · 997 downloads
guardvillagers-2.0.0-1.20.2.jar · 267 KB
1.20.1-1.6.3
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Guard Villagers 1.20.1-1.6.3
1.20.1forge
2023-10-15 · 114.5K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.1-1.6.3.jar · 194 KB
1.20.2-1.6.3
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Guard Villagers 1.20.2-1.6.3
1.20.2forge
2023-10-15 · 3.7K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.2-1.6.3.jar · 195 KB
1.20.2-1.6.2
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Guard Villagers 1.20.2-1.6.2
1.20.2forge
2023-10-01 · 569 downloads
guardvillagers-1.20.2-1.6.2.jar · 194 KB
1.20-1.6.2
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Guard Villagers 1.20-1.6.2
1.20.1forge
2023-09-30 · 1.1K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20-1.6.2.jar · 194 KB
1.19.2-1.5.8
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Guard Villagers 1.19.2-1.5.8
1.19.2forge
2023-09-30 · 7.3K downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.2-1.5.8.jar · 194 KB
1.19.4-1.5.8
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Guard Villagers 1.19.4-1.5.8
1.19.4forge
2023-08-12 · 4.3K downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.4-1.5.8.jar · 194 KB
1.19.2-1.5.7
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Guard Villagers 1.19.2-1.5.7
1.19.2forge
2023-08-12 · 1.4K downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.2-1.5.7.jar · 194 KB
1.20-1.6.1
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Guard Villagers 1.20-1.6.1
1.20.11.20forge
2023-08-06 · 8.1K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20-1.6.1.jar · 193 KB
1.20-1.6.0
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Guard Villagers 1.20-1.6.0
1.20forge
2023-06-09 · 4.9K downloads
guardvillagers-1.20-1.6.0.jar · 191 KB
1.19.2-1.5.6
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Guard Villagers 1.19.2-1.5.6
1.19.2forge
2023-06-02 · 985 downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.2-1.5.6.jar · 190 KB
1.19.4-1.5.7
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Guard Villagers 1.19.4-1.5.7
1.19.4forge
2023-06-02 · 432 downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.4-1.5.7.jar · 191 KB
1.5.6
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1.19.4forge
2023-03-17 · 519 downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.4-1.5.6.jar · 192 KB
1.19.2-1.5.5
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1.19.2-1.5.5
1.19.2forge
2023-03-11 · 817 downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.2-1.5.5.jar · 192 KB
1.19.3-1.5.5
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1.19.3-1.5.5
1.19.3forge
2023-03-11 · 1.7K downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.3-1.5.5.jar · 192 KB
1.5.3
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1.19.3forge
2022-12-10 · 222 downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.3-1.5.3.jar · 187 KB
1.5.2
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1.5.2
1.19.2forge
2022-09-05 · 1.1K downloads
guardvillagers-1.19.2-1.5.2.jar · 182 KB
1.5.1
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Guard Villagers 1.5.1 for 1.19+
1.19.21.19.11.19forge
2022-09-03 · 2.3K downloads
guardvillagers-1.19-1.5.1.jar · 179 KB

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About

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

Guard

Guard information

They spawn in villages in groups of six, equipped with either an iron sword or a crossbow. They're prepared to fight any threat to the village (possibly including you!). You can make new guards by crouching and right clicking on a nitwit or unemployed villager with a sword or crossbow.

Guards can 'gossip' with villagers and will trust the player to open their inventory if they have a high enough reputation, have hero of the village, or was converted by the player. Right clicking will open up the guard inventory, allowing you to give them armor, and swap out their weapons! For their offhand slot, you can either give them a shield, or some food. If they have a shield, they will use it to block attacks. Crossbow guards with a shield won't be able to kick enemies if they're blocking. If they have food (or a potion), they will start eating or drinking if they are low on health. Guard inventory

Players are able to make guards stand on a specific area by clicking on the 'patrol' button seen on the right. If the player has hero of the village, the 'follow' button, seen on the left, will be unlocked and as the name implies will allow guards to follow the player and fight for the player. Ringing a village bell with the hero of the village effect will also allow multiple guards in the bell's area to follow the player.

Misc

Baby villagers now have big heads, just like in bedrock! baby Witches attack villagers. *true by default witch attack villager In raids, illagers kill any animal they see. *false by default Rueben is dead Villagers and Illagers are scared of polar bears. *true by default Clerics heal low-health guards, villagers, and players with Hero of the Village using regeneration potions up to three times per day. Smithing villagers repair golems and guard equipment (that is below and up to half durability) three times per day. Cleric heals Villagers that have excess food in their internal inventory will give food to the guards.

Golems will now float on water in order to avoid being stuck in rivers and ponds. *true on default

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you port to an older version/fabric?

No. Maintaining one version is hard enough already, and I've never learned fabric. However, the mod's license permits you to make ports yourself. A fabric version of this mod also currently exists.

Can you port to Windows 10 Edition/Xbox/Mobile?

No. Mods for the Bedrock ediiton use a completely different framework that I've also never learned. The mod's license allows you to try yourself, but since the modding API on Bedrock is less capable than forge you probably won't be able to replicate all of it.

Why don't guards have a workstation like other villager professions?

I haven't thought of a suitable block that would let you have a large number of guards without being inconvenient to store.

How would you make guards spawn with modded equipment?

You can make them spawn with modded equipment by making a datapack that overrides the guard_chestplate, guard_helmet, guard_legs, guard feet, guard_main_hand or guard_off_hand json files.

How do I make the mod less laggy?

Any extreme amount of lag is unintended by the mod and should be reported to the github. However, disabling the ability to guards to patrol villages in the config can help.

Also guardTick is a vanilla method, it is not from guard villagers. Don't get confused when seeing that in a profiler. All it does is handle general entity ticking for all entities.

Is this mod compatible with X?

Try and see!

Special thanks to those in the MMD discord for helping me with some of the mods contents.

Guard Villagers

Files

5.0.0

4.0.4

2.4.12

4.0.3

2.4.11

1.6.19

4.0.2

4.0.1

4.0.0

1.6.18

2.4.10

3.0.4

3.0.3

2.4.9

2.4.8

3.0.2

3.0.1

3.0.0

2.4.7

1.6.17

2.4.6

1.6.16

2.4.5

1.6.15

2.4.4

1.6.14

2.4.3

1.6.14

2.4.2

1.20.1-1.6.13

2.4.1

1.20.1-1.6.12

2.4.0

1.20.1-1.6.11

1.20.1-1.6.10

2.3.2

1.20.1-1.6.9

2.3.1

2.3.0

1.20.1-1.6.8

1.20.1-1.6.7

2.3.0

2.2.8

2.2.7

2.2.6

2.2.5

2.2.4

2.2.3

2.2.2

2.2.1

2.2.0

1.20.1-1.6.6

1.20.1-1.6.5

2.1.1-1.20.5

1.3.4

1.2.6

1.19.2-1.5.9

1.20.1-1.6.4

2.1.0-1.20.4

1.4.4

2.0.0-1.20.2

1.20.1-1.6.3

1.20.2-1.6.3

1.20.2-1.6.2

1.20-1.6.2

1.19.2-1.5.8

1.19.4-1.5.8

1.19.2-1.5.7

1.20-1.6.1

1.20-1.6.0

1.19.2-1.5.6

1.19.4-1.5.7

1.5.6

1.19.2-1.5.5

1.19.3-1.5.5

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1.5.2

1.5.1