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Enhance the interaction and dynamics between players and villagers in your Minecraft server.**<\/p>\n<p>## Features:<br \/>\nHold an emerald in hand so nearby villagers will follow you.<br \/>\nThrow an emerald on the ground so that the villagers can go after it and can even pick it up to heal themselves.<br \/>\nPay a villager with emerald by right-clicking so that he follows you exclusively for a certain time, if you want him to stop following you, crouch down and right-click on the villager.<\/p>\n<p>## How to install:<\/p>\n<p>1. Download the plugin<br \/>\n2. Drop it in the plugins folder<br \/>\n3. Restart the server<br \/>\n4. 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