
VillagerRefresh is a lightweight Minecraft plugin that solves the issue with villager trade refreshing when the doDaylightCycle gamerule is disabled. It periodically refreshes villager trades regardless of the day/night cycle, allowing players to continue trading and leveling up villagers normally.
Features
- Automatically refreshes all villager trades at configurable intervals;
- Works with disabled
doDaylightCyclegamerule; - Preserves all trade properties (experience rewards, villager experience, price multipliers);
- Minimal performance impact;
- Simple configuration.
Requirements
- Minecraft Server version 1.12.2-latest;
- Java 8 or higher;
- Bukkit-based core (Spigot, Paper, Purpur etc.).
Installation
Download the latest release, place it in your server's plugins folder and restart the server or use the /reload command.
The plugin will generate a default configuration file at plugins/villager-refresh/config.yml.
Configuration
The plugin uses a simple configuration file (EXAMPLE of config.yml):
# Trade update interval in minutes
refresh-interval-minutes: 20
# Log refreshes into console?
log-refreshes: true
Permissions
Plugin has permission villagerrefresh.commands to prevent regular players use plugin commands.
Commands
/vrefresh reload- reload config/vrefresh set [minutes]- set interval for refreshing villagers & reload config
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.19, 1.19.1, 1.19.2
- 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 — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as villager-refresh-1.3-1.19+.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- 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.