{"id":166375,"date":"2026-06-09T21:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/villager-mental-decay-xv\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:21:20","slug":"villager-mental-decay-xv","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/villager-mental-decay-xv\/","title":{"rendered":"Villager Mental Decay XV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This datapack gives villagers a score toward mental decay for every in game day that they do not meet enough of the following needs:<br \/>\n\t\t\tEvery villager must touch grass (or snow or sand. They must go outside or experience outside.)<br \/>\n\t\t\tEvery villager must come into contact with other villagers.<br \/>\n\t\t\tEvery villager must spend some time in bed.<br \/>\n\t\t\tEvery villager must not come into contact with the undead.<br \/>\n\t\tIf a villager has their mental needs neglected for too long, they will acrue mental decay points.<br \/>\n\t\tWith too many mental decay points, villagers will turn into Evokers, Witches, Vindicators or Pillagers.<br \/>\n\t\tThe above mentioned Illagers worship demons, and thus, override the Spirits XV Datapack in a way that forces evil Spirits to spawn near them.<br \/>\n\t\tLuckily, villagers also recover from up to one point of mental decay per day. As long as most of their needs are met, they are safe.<br \/>\n\t\tThe player should take these conditions into mind when designing villager farms, or observing unfortunate world generation when it effects villages.<\/p>\n<p>Villager Mental Decay XV is intended to work alongside the suite of datapacks made for Valiant RPG. 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