Horrible Villager Trades
by vertex06m
Horrible Villager Trades changes villager deals on Forge 1.20.1 so that the trades cost more and return less, turning ordinary exchanges into harsh ones.
What it does
Villager trades are altered to make them worse for the player. Prices rise to a full stack of 64 items for some deals, and the items a player receives are changed: diamond equipment trades give leather instead, and traded items arrive with only 1 durability. The changes are described by the author as a deliberately hostile take on villager trading rather than a balance pass.
The server must run the mod, while players may leave it out, so they can join a server running it without installing anything. Its files are published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1. The license is MIT License, and the project is not open source in the sense that its code is open to contribution from others. The author notes say the mod skips or changes some other villager trading mods, so they may not behave as usual.
Key features
Inflated trade prices
Some villager trades ask for a full stack of 64 items, far more than the vanilla price.
Swapped trade rewards
Diamond equipment trades give leather, so the reward no longer matches what a player expects.
Low durability trade items
Items received from villagers are set to 1 durability, so they break almost at once.
Worse villager deals
The overall effect is a set of trades the author calls terrible, meant for players who want harder villager interaction.
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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: Players and server owners who want villager trades to be costly, with rewards that are swapped or short-lived. The mod suits a hardcore or joke-driven setup rather than a balanced economy.
How it compares
More Villager Trades is a Forge 1.20.1 mod that needs both the client and server, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license. Netherite Sandsmiths and Improved Villagers are also Forge 1.20.1 mods that need both the client and server, and both are released under All rights reserved. Bulk Villager Trading differs in its loader range, running on Forge for versions 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under the MIT License, and it is open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horrible Villager Trades | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-12 |
| More Villager Trades | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-01 |
| Netherite Sandsmiths | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-24 |
| Improved Villagers | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-16 |
| Bulk Villager Trading | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2024-09-14 |
Questions
Does Horrible Villager Trades need to be on the client?
Which Minecraft version does Horrible Villager Trades support?
In the catalog
Horrible Villager Trades 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
Worse Villagers makes villager trades terrible, turning them into horrible deals. If you hate your live, or want even more reasons to kill the villagers, this mod is perfect for you.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/worse-villagers
- Owner
- vertex06m
- Published
- 2025-03-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15