Balancing For Better
Balancing For Better changes how enchantments, villager trades and anvil costs behave, so players can tune the balance of a Fabric game without editing datapacks.
What it does
The mod targets several parts of progression that players often find tedious. Mending books are removed from villager trades, and diamond armor and tools are made harder to obtain through trades. Enchantments can be rebalanced, added or removed, and anvil penalties are reduced so repeated use of an anvil costs less.
Villagers keep the same trades for each profession instance, and re-rolling trades by breaking a job site block is limited. Files are published for Fabric only, for 1.19 – 1.20.1, and the environment is server-side only, so players join without installing anything. The code is released under the MIT License and is open source.
Key features
Mending books removed from trades
Librarians no longer offer Mending enchantment books in their villager trades.
Rarer diamond gear in trades
Diamond armor and tools are made more rare or unavailable through villager trades.
Adjustable enchantments
Enchantments can be balanced, added or removed, and their mechanics changed.
Stable and limited trade rolls
Each villager keeps its trades for its profession, and re-rolling by breaking the job site block is restricted.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
No Anvil Penalty is a Fabric server-side only mod under the Apache License 2.0 for 1.21.4, and it is open source. Pickable Villagers is a client and server mod for 1.16.5 – 1.21.7 under All rights reserved, and it is not open source. Balanced Villagers also targets Fabric and runs on client and server for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11, under All rights reserved, and it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balancing For Better | Fabric | 1.19 – 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2023-07-19 |
| No Anvil Penalty | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-01-25 |
| Pickable Villagers | Fabric | 1.16.5 – 1.21.7 | Client and server | 2026-06-23 |
| Balanced Villagers | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-05 |
Questions
Does Balancing For Better need to be installed on the client?
Which versions does Balancing For Better support?
Can the enchantment balance be changed?
In the catalog
Balancing For Better is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
A Fabric mod for Minecraft that attempts to balance the game to be more enjoyable.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/balancing-for-better
- Owner
- maximum-power41
- Published
- 2023-07-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-07-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15