Auto Lectern
Auto Lectern is a Fabric client mod that automates the trade cycling of librarian villagers, breaking and placing lecterns to reset their offers.
What it does
Auto Lectern cycles the trades of a librarian villager by breaking and placing its lectern, so the player does not have to do it by hand. A trade mode setting chooses between the cheapest offer, an enchanted book, or no automatic trading. In the cheapest mode the mod trades paper first when enough paper is in the inventory; when there is not enough paper, it falls back to an enchantment instead. An attempt that cannot complete is skipped rather than forced, so the mod will not trade when no suitable offer is available.
Goals are the other half of the mod. A goal names an enchantment, a level and a maximum or minimum emerald price, for example mending at a low price or Unbreaking level 10 within a price range of 10 to 32 emeralds. Added goals are listed with a command, and the cycle keeps running until a goal is met. The break cooldown can be set to the default Minecraft value or turned off, and a log option displays each trade in chat. The mod is client-side only, so servers do not need it, and it is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, which means the mod is not open source.
Key features
Automatic trade cycling
The mod breaks and places a lectern to cycle the librarian's offers until a wanted trade appears.
Cheapest or enchant mode
The trade setting picks the cheapest offer, an enchanted book, or turns automatic trading off entirely.
Enchantment goals
Goals name an enchantment, a level and a maximum or minimum emerald price, and the cycle stops once one is met.
Break cooldown control
The break cooldown can follow the default Minecraft value or be switched off.
Trade logging
A log option prints each trade to chat, so the player can follow what the cycle is doing.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Auto Best Enchantments is a Fabric client mod for 26.1.2 – 26.3 under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Librarian Insight works on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.1 – 26.3, is open source under the MIT License, and can run on a client or server. Auto Trade Cycling is Fabric-only, covers just 1.21.11, and is open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Lectern | Fabric | 1.20.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-25 |
| Auto Best Enchantments | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-08 |
| Librarian Insight | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client or server, optional | 2026-09-30 |
| Auto Trade Cycling | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-22 |
Questions
Which loader does Auto Lectern need?
Does a server need Auto Lectern?
Which game versions have Auto Lectern files?
Can Auto Lectern wait for a lectern to be picked up first?
In the catalog
Auto Lectern is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
/autolec add [enchant]? [(minLevel, maxLevel)/min/max/any] [(minPrice, maxPrice)/min/max/any] If there isn't any goal Auto Lectern will cycle forever.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/auto-lectern
- Owner
- capthehacker99
- Published
- 2023-10-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
