Villager Names has been reworked to better fit the game's worlds, and to keep things easy to wrap your head around since these features are purely detail stuff. # Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft 1.21 and 1.21.1! - Names **are now split into two categories**: It's either a Full Name, or a Nickname. - Nicknames is a **new category** of short, interesting but weird Villager names. - They don't speak our language after all, so their Nicknames are weird. - There are <ins>10291 unique nicknames available</ins> currently. - If there are any names that sounds offensive, it's because they were essentially made by merging random bits of words together, and I don't have the resources to do a full profanity scan of all the generated results just yet. Sorry! - Added **more names and house names^`1`** to the Full Name category to increase its diversity. - There are now **30 million combinations** of full names, more than enough to last a lifetime. - Also, names only convey gender meaning if you think of it as such. Villagers are genderless, after all. - Names **are no longer colored differently** based on its category. - This is to keep things simple, since colored names don't really mean anything in game anyway. - Some villagers can now be found without a name. - They do have names, they just don't want you to know it. - You can use Name Tag commands on them if you're really curious though. - **Popular Names and Mojang Names category have been removed**. - I find that <ins>having ties to real world just takes away from the feeling of being in the game's world</ins>. - Also because, I don't have a reason to keep up to date with famous people, or new people in the Credits. I mean, it doesn't help me get better in doing this stuff, so why bother? - New Name Tag command: `/nickname`, which gives the Villager a new nickname. - `/rename` now no longer has a chance to give nicknames to Villagers. - You can use the new `/nickname` for that. - `/nameless` now works properly again in wiping out a Villager's name. - I didn't ship this workaround before because past me had it set in their head that having a different UUID messes things up a lot. - It does have some breaking implications, but it only affects a very small number of people, if the specific case that led up to it even exist. - Also, I'll never wait for Mojang to fix the bug that broke my things ever again. - Fixed a bug causing Villagers to take on others' house names if they were really close to them when `/rename` is applied. - New advancement: Also Known As^`2` - All previous advancements have had reworks to be more unique! - Removed the 2 reference trading achievements. - Mainly because of the whole "having ties to the real world" nature of those advancements. - Updated the internal Villagers' format to prepare for future updates. - If you're updating from an older version, the pack will do this automatically for you. - Completely overhauled the project's inner workings, using new techniques to improve pack performance! - Villager Names now pauses itself in servers when no players are active. - This improves performance on servers with a lot of forceloaded chunks, but no one's around. - You only really see these names when you're online anyway. - Improved performance whenever a Name Tag command was used. # Extras: - Added Admin Commands! To use these commands: - Simply type `/function tdp.`, and the game should give you suggestions on what to use. **Side note:** Any suggestions **with underscores followed by numbers** are **for internal use only** and won't work if run on their own. - Only those with the "Allow Commands" permission can use Admin Commands. - A lot of filenames have been changed to properly organize everything. - IDs have been removed and is now replaced by code names. - The format is now `tdp:code_name/data`, to reserve the old names for Admin Commands. - After 6 years of making datapacks, <ins>we finally have icons now!</ins> - Improved the look of info text messages. - Text files have been merged into one single Interactive Help File. - I have to learn 3 new languages to get all this to work as well as it did. - Not the best at it yet, but it works well enough for now. - The master background has been updated for major releases as always. - Codebase now uses Scripter 4. # Credits: - For the Full Names, I got the lists from these sources: - [Names](https://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/top-3000-baby-names-male.cfm) [Names 2](https://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/top-3000-baby-names-female.cfm) [Last Names](https://namecensus.com/last-names/) - Once the list is made, I cropped out all the duplicates (315 names and 2 housenames). - The duplicated names are then replaced with a custom set of unique names so they match the intended 6000 count. I generated these by randomly merging syllables formed from the existing set of names then filter out the ones I like - you can get the list of these on Patreon. - I've also added 2 family names: Persson and Bergensten. I think you can see why. - I considered clipping out similar sounding names, but I decided to keep them since it would make for more interesting stories. - Heads used for the Advancements: [Question Mark](https://minecraft-heads.com/custom-heads/head/64805-question-mark) - I'll tell you how I generated these nicknames in a separate Patreon post. - Some of the things I used: [IPA Reader](https://ipa-reader.com/) [ToPhonetics](https://tophonetics.com/) ### Footnotes: `1`: Previously known as Family Names. `2`: Name a Villager "<ins>/nickname</ins>" to show their nicknames! [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) - Here's the real secret: I've been doing all this since 2018, but ad revenue alone is **tiny** compared to the time it took to research, develop, test, and maintain all this for free. - As a result, most of my days are swallowed by other work just to keep the lights on. - With your help though, I'll be able to go full-time: Faster updates, better tools, and many more features. Together, we don’t just keep this going, we build it into what it was always meant to be. - So [help me keep the lights on here](https://thediamondplayables.com/support), and have fun with Villager Names! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

# Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft 1.21.4! - Improved performance whenever `/nameless` was used. [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

# Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft (1.)26.2! - Updated advancement background to match game update's theme. # Dev Notes: To avoid the possibility of clashing with an update for another pack in the Collection that hasn't arrived yet (what I call "future clashing"), I often release the entire collection at once when all my packs are ready. But, some packs always need more work than others, and I'd hate having to wait for another pack to be ready for me to use this one when it's actually been finished. So I'll be working on a solution that'll help me release packs closer to when it was finished, while not having to risk dealing with future clashing. I'll try to get it ready by the time 1.26.3 gets released, so we'll have a proper test run on how well that goes. If you appreciate the care I put into every release and the behind the scenes tools that makes all this possible, [consider supporting me directly here](https://thediamondplayables.com/donate) . Your support lets me do this more often, so you'll get these updates even sooner! [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

# Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft 1.21.2 and 1.21.3! ## Extra notes: - I considered removing the whole "Villagers lose their names when Zombified" rule, now that the bug that caused Villagers to lose some data when they got Zombified got patched, but whoever patched that bug forgot to fix it the other way around (they still lose data when cured), so that's been left unchanged. - Also because patching that bug myself would exceed the performance budget for this pack. - For a datapack that adds in extra detail, I wouldn't want to use it if I know it adds a lot of lag that doesn't really need to be there. Keeping the rule is more efficient performance-wise. - And here's a little secret: The workaround I'd designed for `/nameless` actually had a bug with it. - You'd see a Villager death animation, if you try to clear a Villager's name while it's asleep. - I considered calling another day off just to patch this, but since the workaround itself is no longer needed in 1.21.4, I decided to leave it as an easter egg for those who do read these things, which I know isn't a lot. [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

# Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft (1.)26.1! - Reduced the Experience reward for all renaming advancements by 65%. - This is because Name Tags are super easy to get now. - Updated advancement background to match game update's theme. - IHF Files: - Moved all external sources to [my website](https://thediamondplayables.com) instead of using a third party supplier. - Fixed an issue causing certain elements to pop up ahead of the image overlay. - Optimized all online images using .webp instead of .png (faster load times). - Improved load times for all online lookups by about 80%! PS: Sorry for being late with this one, I had a lot more work to do in real life the past few weeks, otherwise I risk losing a major income source needed to keep myself going. Here's hoping for the day [I get enough support from you guys](https://thediamondplayables.com/donate) to not have to worry survival costs. Anyways, have fun with the update! [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

After a while of having to deal with landmines that came with Mounts of Mayhem, the Datapack Series are finally here for the last game drop of 2025! # Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft 1.21.11! - Updated advancement background to match game update's theme. PS: I release the entire Series at once each time I bring it to a new game drop, so if you only use some of my packs you won't be able to tell why it took me this long to bring them up to the latest release. Just something to think about, I guess. [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

The Copper Age has arrived across the Datapack Series! Sorry that it took me a bit later than expected to get the pack updated. I found a lot of landmine changes with this update and I really don't want Scripter to miss any edge cases, as that could affect the entire collection. Anyways, have fun with this update! # Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft 1.21.9! - Updated advancement background to match game update's theme. [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

**Note**: This update is optional if you're already on Version 21fx^`1`. # Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft 1.21.7 and 1.21.8! ### Footnotes: `1`: Designed for Minecraft 1.21.6. [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

After going through the update in detail, I figured out that there's not a lot of reasonable changes that needs to be made, so don't expect much for this update. Enjoy! # Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft 1.21.6 and 1.21.7! - Updated advancement background to match game update's theme. [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>

# Changes: - Is now designed for Minecraft 1.21.5! - Updated advancement background to match game update's general theme. - Names are now stored and loaded more efficiently using the new update's data format. - This helps a lot if you have a lot of Villagers around. - Old villagers named with this pack will be upgraded automatically. Note: If the dates look off, it's because the official release went live that day without the IHF file improvements. I'm still counting it as it being released by then for simplicity sakes. [](https://thediamondplayables.com/modrinth_notes) If you've read all the above, I think you deserve to know this little secret. - I've put together a contraption that automatically converts Villager Names from the main location to Modrinth, and that includes the Update Logs. - The main update log had more formatting options that aren't available here, so I tried my best to make sure it looks as nice as it can. - But, since all this came from a contraption that was made by a single person the old fashioned way, it's prone to some weird bugs that I might've missed. - So, if you've found a funny mistake, [tell me about it](https://thediamondplayables.com/contact) and I'll fix it for ya! --- <div align=center><a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/support"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/patreon.webp" alt="Help me keep the lights on!" width=360></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://thediamondplayables.com/community"><img src="https://thediamondplayables.com/minecraft/datapacks/_assets/arts/contacts/discord.webp" alt="Join the Discord for updates and feedback!" width=360></a></div>