Villager Pickup
by Fayber
Villager Pickup lets a player capture a villager with an empty hand and place it again as a spawn egg that keeps the villager's trades and data.
What it does
Crouching and right-clicking a villager with an empty main hand captures it into a spawn egg. The egg keeps the villager's profession, level, workstation and bed positions, current trades, and baby age. Using the egg on the ground, or right-clicking another entity, places the villager back with the same data. In survival the egg is used up when it places a villager, so one egg equals one villager.
A tooltip on the egg lists the villager's details, so a player can check a trader before placing it. Librarian enchanted-book trades show the enchantment level. Villagers can be picked up without boats or minecarts, which is the only approach the mod adds to vanilla handling.
The mod runs on the server only, so players join without installing anything, and vanilla clients can join a server that runs it. Installation needs Fabric API. Files are published for Fabric alone, across six release versions 1.21.10 – 26.3, with 4.6.4+26.3 for 26.3 as the latest file. The code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
Key features
Capture with the hand empty
Crouching and right-clicking a villager with no item in the main hand turns it into a spawn egg.
Trade and data retention
The egg keeps the villager's profession, level, workstation, bed, current trades and age.
Placement by use
Using the egg on the ground or on another entity places the villager back where the egg is used.
Details tooltip
The egg's tooltip lists the villager's data, including enchanted-book trade levels, before it is placed.
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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 and players who move villagers between locations and want their trades and data to travel with them. Only the server needs the mod, so it suits multiplayer worlds with vanilla clients.
How it compares
VillagerTradeStats is client-side only, meaning only the client needs it, and it is open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21.1 – 26.2. It reports trades to a player without changing villagers. Librarian Books Preview is not open source, is released under the MIT License, and has files for 1.21.11 – 26.3. Either side can run it, and neither needs it, so it previews enchanted books rather than moving villagers.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villager Pickup | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-10 |
| VillagerTradeStats | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-30 |
| Librarian Books Preview | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.3 | Client or server, optional | 2026-10-08 |
Questions
Does Villager Pickup need Fabric API?
Do players need to install Villager Pickup?
Is a villager's trade list kept when it is placed again?
In the catalog
Villager Pickup 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
Pick up villagers without boats or minecarts. Crouch and right-click a villager with an empty hand to turn it into a spawn egg that carries the villager's data. Use the egg on the ground to place it back.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pickup-villager
- Owner
- Fayber
- Published
- 2026-05-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15