Villager Wear Armor

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): VillagerWearArmorFabric did not start: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError; VillagerWearArmorFabricClient did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/RenderLayerParent.

What it needs from Kiln

• Mixin
• com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.LivingEntityRenderLayerRegistrationCallback
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.LivingEntityRenderLayerRegistrationCallback.RegistrationHelper
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.player.UseEntityCallback
• net.minecraft.client.model.HumanoidModel
• net.minecraft.client.model.geom.EntityModelSet
• net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayerLocation
• net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers
• net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelPart
• net.minecraft.client.model.npc.VillagerModel
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.OrderedSubmitNodeCollector
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.SubmitNodeCollector
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.ArmorModelSet
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.EntityRendererProvider
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.EntityRendererProvider.Context
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.VillagerRenderer
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.layers.RenderLayer
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.state.VillagerRenderState
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.rendertype.RenderType
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.rendertype.RenderTypes
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.OverlayTexture
• net.minecraft.core.component.DataComponents
• net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag
• net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer
• net.minecraft.server.TickTask
• net.minecraft.util.Prediction
• net.minecraft.world.damagesource.DamageSource
• net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityTypes
• net.minecraft.world.entity.EquipmentSlot
• net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.villager.Villager
• net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.villager.VillagerData
• net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.villager.VillagerProfession
• net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Inventory
• net.minecraft.world.item.component.CustomData
• net.minecraft.world.item.component.DyedItemColor
• net.minecraft.world.level.ChunkPos
• net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RenderLayerParent
• ServerLevel.getEntitiesOfClass()
• ServerLevel.getServer()
• and 26 more

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Tired of your villagers dying the second a zombie shows up? Now you can armor them up and keep them alive.

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file VillagerWearArmor-26.3.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.