No Villager Trading
by JuaanP
With No Villager Trading installed, villagers stop offering trades, while their professions, raids and breeding keep working.
What it does
The mod disables villager trading on the server. Villagers still exist and keep their other behaviour, including professions, raids and breeding, so NPCs that rely on villagers continue to function. An optional message can tell a player who tries to trade that the trade is disabled, replacing the default response.
The mod suits modpacks that want more challenge, and servers that want to stop trade exploits or prefer a more balanced experience. Server owners who want a harder economy can rely on it without removing the villagers themselves.
Players join without it, since only the server has to run the mod. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.21.4, under the MIT License, and the project is not open source. Builds cover 1.21 – 1.21.4.
Key features
Trading disabled
Villagers no longer open a trade screen, so no player can buy or sell items from them.
Other villager behaviour kept
Professions, raids and breeding continue to run, so villager-based NPCs are not broken.
Optional trade message
A configurable message can be shown when a player tries to trade, instead of the default response.
Lightweight server mod
The change is small and disables one interaction, leaving the rest of the villager systems untouched.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Dynamic Villager Trades is server-side only, released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and not open source, with files for 1.20 – 1.21.1 on Fabric and Forge. Pick & Trade is a mod is needed on both the server and the client, with files for 1.21.1 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge under the MIT License. Trouble-Free Trading is a mod that must run on the server while players may leave it out, under the MIT License, published for 1.21.4 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Villager Trading | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2025-01-19 |
| Dynamic Villager Trades | Fabric and Forge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-05-30 |
| Pick & Trade | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-03 |
| Trouble-Free Trading | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-12 |
Questions
Does No Villager Trading need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does No Villager Trading support?
Do villagers still breed and take part in raids?
In the catalog
No Villager Trading is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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What the author says
A lightweight mod to disable villager trading while keeping all other villager mechanics intact.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-villager-trading
- Owner
- JuaanP
- Published
- 2025-01-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15