
Trade Upgrade
Adds a new late game recipe for increasing the max trade limit of villagers, and recipes for villager spawn eggs.
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Are you tired of the villagers' trade limit holding back your progress? Trade Upgrade offers a solution! This data pack introduces a new late-game item that significantly increases the maximum trade limit of villagers, eliminating the tedious process of endlessly shuffling villagers. This project was my first full data pack, born out of the frustration of managing villager trades and a desire for a more streamlined experience.
Key Features
- Craft a Trade Upgrade using emerald blocks and a Netherite Upgrade Template.
- Use the Trade Upgrade on a villager to dramatically increase their max trade cap:
- Novice trade cap -> 40
- Apprentice trade cap -> 30
- Includes recipes for Villager and Wandering Trader spawn eggs, providing a more convenient way to obtain villagers without relying on lengthy transportation.
- Features helpful in-game error messages to prevent accidental upgrades on ineligible villagers (e.g., baby villagers or nitwits).
How to use the Trade Upgrade
Once you have a Trade Upgrade in hand, right-clicking within 5 blocks of an eligible villager will apply the upgrade to the one closest to you. Upgraded villagers will have their novice and apprentice trade maximums significantly increased.
Note: Novice villagers, baby villagers, and nitwits cannot be upgraded.
Custom Recipes
Trade Upgrade Recipe

| Villager Spawn Egg | Wandering Trader Spawn Egg |
|---|---|
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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.5
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as tradeupgrade_v1.2_1.21.5.zip
- Download size: 7 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

