Millénaire

Historical village mod · Minecraft

Millénaire

Villages that are born, trade and grow — while you play. Seven cultures of the year 1000, peopled with villagers who have a name, a trade and a day to live.

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For Minecraft 1.12 (Forge) & 1.21+ (NeoForge)

For Minecraft 1.12 (Forge) & 1.21+ (NeoForge)

Millénaire is a mod for Minecraft. It aims to fill the "emptiness" of Minecraft worlds by adding NPC villages to it, with loose 11th-century Norman, Indian, Japanese, Mayan, Byzantine, Inuit and Seljuk Turk themes and additional cultures planned.

Villages are populated with men, women and children of various kinds, who perform tasks such as trading with the player, expanding current buildings or improving existing ones, cultivating crops such as wheat in Norman villages and rice in Indian ones, crafting tools and powerful amulets, etc. As the village expands, the number of villagers increases as couples have children who grow up into new adults.

Help villages grow by trading with them and be rewarded with unique items such as Norman and Indian food, or statues and tapestries to decorate your house with. And if they start liking you enough, they might even build you a house of your own.

Millénaire is available in the following languages: French, English, German, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Czech, Swedish, Dutch, Portuguese, Slovenian, Chinese and Arabic (more coming!).

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Seven cultures, one world

Each culture has its own architecture, trades and villagers. The world is frozen at the year 1000; it is yours to people.

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30/06/2026

Millénaire 9.0 for Minecraft 1.21.1 — Public Beta 1

The first public beta of Millénaire 9.0 for Minecraft 1.21.1 and NeoForge is now open to everyone. Install it, explore, and help us track down the last bugs before the final release.

  • Heads up! This is a test version: prefer a fresh world, or back up your usual world before trying it.
  • This is a complete rewrite, not an update: almost all of 8.1's features are here, but rewritten and sometimes rethought. This overhaul should deliver better performance and greater stability.
  • Two major features are still missing: the creation quest and custom buildings. They will return in future versions. On the other hand, small improvements and new features have been added here and there — it's up to you to find them!
  • Your feedback is invaluable: report any issue you run into (crashes, village generation, villager behaviour) so it can be fixed before the stable version.
  • Thank you to everyone who took part in testing the development versions!

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Minecraft 1.21.1

Beta

Millénaire 9.0.0-beta.1 · 2026-06-30

For NeoForge 21.1.226

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Release notes

Millénaire 9.0 — first public beta:

  • A complete rewrite for Minecraft 1.21.1 and NeoForge: almost all of 8.1's features are here, but rewritten and sometimes rethought, for better performance and more stability
  • A test build: prefer a fresh world or a backup, and report any bugs you run into — the creation quest and custom buildings are still missing and will return later

Minecraft 1.12.2

Stable

Millénaire 8.1.2 · 2022-07-20

For Forge 14.23.5.2859

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VERSION 8.1.2 FOR MINECRAFT 1.12

Changes:

  • Mini-refresh of the Inuits, with a lot of minor changes and fixes
  • The honey block has been turned into a beehive decoration block for the refreshed cultures

Solved issues:

  • Missing icon for the Inuit carving
  • Null pointer error caused by some missing settings
  • Some Inuit items could not be crafted
  • Inuit dirt-related issues
  • Improvements to the Norman cattle and pig farms
  • Corrections to the Norman shop inventories
  • Goal balancing across several cultures
  • Pathing improvements for buildings
  • Settings fixed for the Inuit food preparation house
  • Building rotations fixed for several Inuit structures
  • Fewer cauldron-related errors during world updates

Note:

  • Always make a backup before upgrading!
  • This update may break existing Inuit villages — only play on worlds you can discard or have backed up.

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Millénaire in pictures

From small hamlets stumbled upon while exploring to thriving cities, by way of villagers at work — a glimpse of what awaits you.

Keep Millénaire alive

A free, community-driven project — kept alive by those who get involved.

Translate the mod

Millénaire already speaks many languages, and the work goes on. Help bring it to yours.

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Grow the library

Share your custom villages, cultures and texture packs with the whole community.

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Support the project

Already 202 supporters. A donation keeps the servers running and unlocks an in-game bonus.

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