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Extra Villager Professions - Miner

by draemato

Extra Villager Professions - Miner gives villagers a Miner profession, with trades for spelunking and mining items on a Blast Furnace-style workstation, for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt.

FabricNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalGNU General Public License v2.0 only26.1 – 26.1.2

What it does

The mod adds a new trade set for villagers that offers items tied to spelunking and mining, including an Iron Pickaxe, Raw Iron, Raw Gold and a Blast Furnace. Trades are delivered through the trade datapack content introduced in 26.1, so the mod works through datapack content rather than code that changes the profession system directly.

Because vanilla does not allow a truly new profession with its own block mechanics, the mod works by replacing the trades of an existing profession under certain conditions. A villager becomes a Miner when it is renamed with a Name Tag, and the change applies to a Toolsmith-style Smithing Table. Level 1 trades are replaced only when this order is followed, and existing trades are not modified. The trade progression runs through Levels 1 to 5. Ancient Debris is offered only at Level 5 and only in the Nether, so a player has to level a villager up to that point to see the trade.

Installation requires the server to run the mod, and clients need it too. The mod requires [ETF] Entity Texture Features. It is released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 only and is not open source. Builds cover 26.1 – 26.1.2, with 2.1.0-beta as the latest file for each loader.

Key features

  1. Spelunking trade set

    Villagers offer items related to spelunking and mining, including an Iron Pickaxe, Raw Iron, Raw Gold and a Blast Furnace.

  2. Five trade levels

    Trades are arranged across Levels 1 to 5, and the Ancient Debris offer only appears at Level 5 in the Nether.

  3. Renamed profession

    A villager is turned into a Miner by renaming it with a Name Tag, and this replaces the Toolsmith trades at its workstation.

  4. Optional resourcepack

    An optional resourcepack gives Miners a distinct look and translated names, while the default keeps the vanilla Toolsmith texture.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
26.1.22.1.0-beta2.1.0-beta2.1.0-beta
26.1.12.1.0-beta2.1.0-beta2.1.0-beta
26.12.1.0-beta2.1.0-beta2.1.0-beta
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Optional 1

[ETF] Entity Texture FeaturesEmissive, Random & Custom texture support for entities in resourcepacks just like Optifine but for Fabric
Optional

How it compares

Full comparison

Piglins Trade Gold Blocks is server-side with an optional client, released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and not open source, and it targets 26.2 – 26.3, so it does not cover the same game versions. Ender Merchant is a client and server mod under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, published for Fabric and NeoForge across 26.1 – 26.3. Droppable Villager Trades is server-side only and covers 1.20.5 – 26.3 for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Extra Villager Professions - MinerFabric, NeoForge and Quilt26.1 – 26.1.2Server required, client optional2026-05-10
Piglins Trade Gold BlocksFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt26.2 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-10-07
Ender MerchantFabric and NeoForge26.1 – 26.3Client and server2026-09-26
Droppable Villager TradesFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.5 – 26.3Server-side only2026-04-01

Questions

Does the server need Extra Villager Professions - Miner?

Yes. Only the server has to run the mod for the trades to work, and players may leave it out, so the server needs it while clients may skip it.

Why does a villager not show the new trades after an update?

Updating the mod does not change trades that were already set on a villager. The villager has to be renamed again to pick up the new trades.

Which loaders does the mod support?

The mod is published for Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, with 2.1.0-beta for 26.1.2 as the latest file on each loader.

In the catalog

Extra Villager Professions - Miner is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 26.1.215,189

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What the author says

Adds a new set of trades for things related to Spelunking and Mining - using new Villager Trade datapack features added in 26.1. Fully server-side, no installation on the client required. Due to limitations of this Vanilla method this is not a true brand new profession with its own block and mechanics. What it does…
draemato, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
draemato
Published
2026-04-20
Updated on Modrinth
2026-05-10
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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