How do I install Rare Mending?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Rare Mending work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Rare Mending

by Neuromuser · on Modrinth

Complicates and makes obtaining Mending more interesting: removes it from the villager trades and instead makes available through exploration.

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This mod completely removes the Mending book from the villager trades, but instead adds it to chest generation with a 4% chance (configurable in config/raremending.json).

License: MIT.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
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.

Verified by MCModsHub

Ships as raremending-1.0.0+1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 37 KB
Download link checked 9 Sept 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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