Dibs!

Take control of villager profession and sleep assignment. Bind any villager to any workstation or bed permanently.

FEATURES

• Permanent villager-workstation binding: Right-click an unemployed villager while holding a workstation item to bind them together. Place the block and it belongs to them exclusively.
• Permanent villager-bed binding: Right-click any villager while holding a bed to bind them to it. Place the bed and it belongs to them exclusively. Works on employed and unemployed villagers alike.
• Protected workstations: Other villagers cannot gain a profession from a bound workstation or show any claiming behavior.
• Protected beds: Other villagers cannot claim a bound bed or walk toward it.
• Villager locator: Press V while looking at a bound workstation or bed to apply a glowing effect to its villager, making them easy to find in a crowded trading hall.
• Auto-cleanup on break: Breaking a bound workstation or either half of a bound bed automatically releases the binding, freeing both the block and the villager.
• Configurable: Adjust particle effect duration and glow duration via the in-game config screen.

HOW TO USE

Binding a villager to a workstation:

• Hold a stack of workstation items in your main hand (e.g. a composter, lectern, blast furnace, etc.).
• Right-click an unemployed villager. A brief ritual begins, shown by happy particles around them.
• One item from your stack is now bound to that villager (the rest remain unbound).
• Place the bound item as a block anywhere in the world.
• The villager will navigate to their workstation and gain the corresponding profession.

Binding a villager to a bed:

• Hold any bed in your main hand.
• Right-click any villager (employed or unemployed). A brief ritual begins, shown by happy particles around them.
• One bed from your stack is now bound to that villager.
• Place the bound bed anywhere in the world.
• The villager will navigate to and sleep in that bed.

Finding a bound block's villager:

• Look directly at a placed workstation or bed block.
• Press V (default key). The bound villager will glow for a configurable duration, making them visible through walls.

Releasing a binding:

• Simply break the workstation block or either half of the bed. The binding is removed automatically and the villager is freed.

CONFIGURATION

Open the config screen via ModMenu → Dibs! → Config (requires ModMenu). Config is saved per-client in .minecraft/config/dibs.json.

• Particle Duration: Determines how long the happy_villager particles play around the villager during the binding ritual.
  • (Default: 2 seconds)
  • (Range: 1-60 seconds)
• Glow Duration: Determines how long the assigned villager remains highlighted with the glowing effect when the V key is pressed.
  • (Default: 5 seconds)
  • (Range: 1-60 seconds)

REQUIREMENTS

• Fabric Loader
• Fabric API
• Cloth Config API
• Mod Menu (recommended for easy in-game configuration)

CLIENT & SERVER

Some functionality exists on both the client and the server, making the mod required for the server but optional for the client.

FREE & OPEN SOURCE

This is a completely free project. I'm not asking for donations or "buy me a coffee" contributions. If you enjoy the mod, the best way to support it is by:

• Leaving a rating/review
• Sharing it with friends
• Reporting any bugs you find

GALLERY

A. Binding Ritual

B. Pressing V at a bound workstation block