Handy Trader
by dfox288
Handy Trader lets players bookmark individual trades on each villager, so marked trades stay at the top of the trading screen.
What it does
Marked trades move to the top of the trading list automatically, and the choice is remembered per villager across sessions. Players can bookmark the offers they use often, such as golden carrots or a weaponsmith's scroll, instead of scrolling past bread and beetroot deals they never take. In a trading hall with 20 villagers, that saves a lot of scrolling, since a typical survival world adds up to around 1,664 scroll wheel ticks over 20 minutes.
The mod is client-side only and works against a vanilla server, so server owners install nothing extra and players only need it on their own game. Configuration is handled through a JSON file, and Mod Menu with YACL provides an in-game config screen when both are installed. Handy Trader requires Fabric API and is published for Fabric across six release versions, 1.21.11 – 26.3, under the MIT License and as open source.
Key features
Bookmarked trades
A bookmark marks a trade on a villager, and bookmarked trades move to the top of that villager's list.
Per-villager memory
Bookmarks are stored for each villager and kept across sessions, so the same villager shows the same order later.
Gold highlight
Bookmarked trades are highlighted in gold, which makes them recognizable at a glance in a long list.
Standalone configuration
A JSON config file controls the behavior, with an optional in-game screen through Mod Menu and YACL.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who trade often with villagers and want their frequent offers sorted to the top. Server owners who want to keep the vanilla server untouched also fit, since no server-side install is needed.
How it compares
ServerTraders is a Fabric mod for 1.21.2 – 26.3 that runs server-side only, so players join without installing anything, and it is open source under the MIT License. VillagerTradeStats is a client-side Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 26.2, also open source under the MIT License, that shows trade statistics rather than sorting trades. Villager Trading Helper is client-side only for 1.21.11 – 26.3 on Fabric and NeoForge, released under the MIT License but not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handy Trader | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| ServerTraders | Fabric | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-13 |
| VillagerTradeStats | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-30 |
| Villager Trading Helper | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-21 |
Questions
Does Handy Trader need Fabric API?
Does the server need Handy Trader installed?
Where are bookmarks saved?
Can the in-game config screen be used without extra mods?
In the catalog
Handy Trader 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
You've got a trading hall with 20 villagers. Each one has up to 10 trades. You open the weaponsmith and scroll past six trades you never use to find the one you actually want. Every. Single. Time. Say you're buying golden carrots from 8 maxed farmers — that's a master-level trade buried at the bottom of the list…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/handy-trader
- Owner
- dfox288
- Published
- 2026-02-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15