CogTrade [deprecated]
by Aryston
CogTrade lets players buy and sell items through a market tied to real chests, so stock and prices come from the world rather than abstract numbers.
What it does
Players place a Trade Depot and connect one or more chests to it. The depot reads the real inventory of those chests, so the stock shown in the market is the items actually stored. A Trade Post lets customers right-click it to browse and buy what is available. The Server Market sits alongside a central, admin-controlled marketplace and gives players a reference point for pricing, which helps seed an economy in a survival world.
Pressing L and right-clicking a Market Block opens the unified CogTrade book, which brings the major interfaces into one place: the Market, Depot, Trade Post and Trade screens. Offers of items and coins can be exchanged between players through a synchronized live interface built on the BookTrade system. The book-themed design keeps its scaling consistent across screen sizes and resolutions. CogTrade runs on Fabric for 1.20.1 and is open source under the MIT License. Both the server and every player need it, and the latest file, 1.2.0 for 1.20.1 from 2026-03-26, is on the alpha channel.
Key features
Physical trading economy
Market stock comes from real chests connected to a Trade Depot, so the economy follows actual gameplay.
Market interface
The market offers search, category filters, sorting by name, price or stock, favorites and recently viewed items.
Transaction history
Completed purchases and sales are recorded, so players can look back at past trades inside the book.
Admin-controlled catalog
Server admins add, remove and reprice catalog items with commands.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners running Fabric survival or automation-focused worlds, and players who want trading tied to their own storage. The mod is aimed at economies where prices and stock follow physical play.
How it compares
EconomicMarket is a server-side only market released under the MIT License for 1.20.1, and it works on Fabric and Quilt. CEconomy is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 that is not open source and is licensed as All rights reserved. Village Business runs on client and server, is open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.5.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CogTrade [deprecated] | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-26 |
| EconomicMarket | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-06-14 |
| CEconomy | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Not published | 2024-04-17 |
| Village Business | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.5 | Client and server | 2025-05-07 |
Questions
Does CogTrade need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does CogTrade support?
Does CogTrade still get updates?
In the catalog
CogTrade [deprecated] is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,159 Economy mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
CogTrade is a Fabric economy and trading mod for Minecraft 1.20.1, built for survival servers and automation-focused worlds. Most economy mods give you a command and a menu. CogTrade gives you a physical, world-integrated trading system — one where stock comes from real chests, prices are set by real players, and the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cogtrade
- Owner
- Aryston
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15