Trade Compat
by FixerLink
Trade Compat extends villager trades on Forge 1.20.1 so that villagers offer items from installed mods, such as Create and Quark.
What it does
Villagers in a world with Trade Compat gain new offers tied to whichever supported mods are installed. The offers are grouped by profession, so a Nitwit or Butcher can sell items from a matching mod, and the trades follow the theme and rarity of the modded content they belong to. The mod covers 155 trade deals across the supported mods, and no extra setup is needed beyond installing the mods that should appear.
The mod is named as working with Balanced Integration. Trade Compat is released for Forge 1.20.1 only, from 2025-04-03 to its latest file, 1.0.1 for 1.20.1, dated 2025-04-21. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. The code is under the MIT License, but the project is not open source, and the author notes that some addons were distributed under the MIT License with the permissions of the original creators.
Key features
Trades for installed mods
Villagers add offers for supported mods such as Create, Quark, Ars Nouveau and Immersive Engineering.
Profession-based offers
New deals appear on the relevant professions, such as Butcher for animal-related items.
Matching theme and rarity
Each added trade follows the theme and rarity of the modded content it sells.
155 trade deals
Installing the supported mods adds 155 trade deals in total, drawn from more than ten mods.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Modpacks with many addons
A pack that combines several content mods gives villagers a wider set of items to trade for emeralds.
Single-player progression
Players who build trade routes can buy components from modded content without leaving the village.
Who it’s for: Players who run Forge 1.20.1 with several supported content mods, and server owners who want villager trades to reflect the mods installed on their server.
How it compares
Railman Villager is a Forge 1.20.1 mod with the same client and server environment, but it is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. MerchantJS covers Forge 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and is open source. Bulk Villager Trading is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, but it is client-side only, so servers can run without it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Compat | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-21 |
| Railman Villager | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-25 |
| MerchantJS | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-10-26 |
| Bulk Villager Trading | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2024-09-14 |
Questions
Does Trade Compat need the mods it adds trades for?
Does Trade Compat have to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Trade Compat support?
In the catalog
Trade Compat 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
Trade Compat adds new villager trades for items from 10+ popular mods — like Create, Alex’s Mobs, Quark, and more. It expands the trading system by giving villagers offers based on what mods you have installed. No need to mess with addons or configs — just install the mod and start trading!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/trade-compat
- Owner
- FixerLink
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15