Fishing Upgrades & More
by Magy
Fishing Upgrades & More changes fishing with fish rarities, rod enchantments and villager trades, and it is written for Forge 1.20.1.
What it does
Fish caught with a rod receive one of five rarities: common at 50%, uncommon at 25%, epic at 15%, rare at 9% and legendary at 1%. Appraisal raises the value of a fish, and a fisherman villager carries out the appraisal for one emerald when the player shift-right-clicks it while holding a fish.
Shift-right-clicking a fisherman with an empty hand opens a screen where caught fish can be cut or sold for emeralds. A cleric villager sells potions: the base price is 20 emeralds, and providing ingredients lowers it. Netherwart reduces the price by 5 emeralds, and a water bottle reduces it by 10. Another screen lets players buy most ingredients from the villager at low prices.
The mod is marked as work in progress, and the author states that upgrades for other villager professions are included. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files are published for Forge 1.20.1, with the latest being 1.0.7 from 2026-03-24, and the mod is released under the MIT License but is not open source.
Key features
Fish rarity tiers
Caught fish fall into five rarities, with common the most frequent and legendary the least.
Fish appraisal
A fisherman villager appraises a held fish for one emerald and returns it as an appraised fish.
Fish cutting and selling
A fisherman's screen lets players cut or sell fish for emeralds.
Potion purchases
A cleric sells potions, and the price drops when netherwart, water bottles or other ingredients are supplied.
Enchanted fishing rods
Four enchantments can be added to fishing rods, and they cannot be combined on one rod.
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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
Emerald economy on a server
Players can turn fish into emeralds through appraisal, cutting and selling, which adds an income route to a survival world.
Who it’s for: Players who want more variety in fishing and an emerald income tied to it, on Forge 1.20.1 servers or single-player worlds.
How it compares
Ringo's Terraria Fishing is also a Forge 1.20.1 mod that runs on client and server, but its license is All rights reserved and it is not open source. Treasure Seas is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, but its files target Forge 1.18.2, not 1.20.1. Babaprata's Fishy Friends is server-side only, so players join without installing it, while this mod needs both sides.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Upgrades & More | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-24 |
| Ringo's Terraria Fishing | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-14 |
| Treasure Seas | Forge | 1.18.2 | Client and server | 2024-10-03 |
| Babaprata's Fishy Friends | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-03-15 |
Questions
Does Fishing Upgrades & More need to be installed on both sides?
Which Minecraft version does the mod support?
Are the villager upgrades finished?
In the catalog
Fishing Upgrades & More is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,010 Economy mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Fishing upgrades is a mod that seeks to make minecraft fishing a bit more varied an intresting outside of the simple treasure, trash and fish system. With inspiration to mechanics of several RPGs i have added a fish appraisal and extra enchantments to fishing rods. WIP: This mod also includes upgrades for other…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fishing-upgrade
- Owner
- Magy
- Published
- 2024-03-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15