No Villager Price Increase
Few things in Minecraft are as frustrating as building a thriving village economy only to watch your best trades slowly become unaffordable. Accidentally hit a villager, let a zombie wander in, or fail to defend an iron golem, and suddenly that librarian wants double the emeralds for Mending. The No Villager Price Increase mod exists to solve exactly that problem, keeping your trading halls profitable and your reputation intact.
What No Villager Price Increase Does
This lightweight add-on prevents villager prices from increasing due to bad reputation. In vanilla Minecraft, villagers track gossip about players, and negative gossip translates directly into higher prices. Every time you harm a villager or let one die, that reputation damage is stored and applied to future trades. No Villager Price Increase simply strips out the negative gossip while leaving all the positive gossip untouched.
The result is a trading experience where your discounts from curing zombie villagers and your Hero of the Village bonuses remain fully intact, but no amount of accidental chaos can push prices back up. You keep the rewards of good behavior without being punished for the occasional mishap.
How the Mod Works Under the Hood
The mechanics are refreshingly simple. Every three seconds, the mod scans all loaded villagers and removes negative gossips, the data that drives reputation-based price increases, while keeping positive ones. This means the mod is constantly cleaning up reputation damage in the background without you ever noticing.
Gossip Types Removed
- minor_negative
- major_negative
- villager_killed
- golem_killed
Gossip Types Kept
- minor_positive
- major_positive (zombie curing)
- trading
Because positive gossip is preserved, your cured zombie villagers still offer their permanent discounts, and regular trading still builds the goodwill that lowers prices over time. Only the harmful data is cleared, which is precisely what makes this mod so effective for players who want stable, predictable trade rates.
Supported Minecraft Versions and Loaders
No Villager Price Increase is built for Fabric, making it compatible with the vast majority of modern Minecraft setups. It works across the Minecraft versions that Fabric supports, including the popular 1.20.x and 1.21.x releases, and it plays nicely alongside performance mods, quality-of-life add-ons, and most other Fabric-based tweaks. If you are running a Fabric instance, you are almost certainly covered.
If you would rather skip manual file management entirely, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install option that drops No Villager Price Increase straight into your mods folder and keeps it updated automatically, so you never have to hunt down a matching build again.
How to Install No Villager Price Increase
Installation is about as straightforward as modding gets. Follow these steps:
- Make sure you have Fabric Loader installed for your chosen Minecraft version.
- Download No Villager Price Increase from a trusted source as a .jar file.
- Locate your Minecraft instance folder and open the mods directory.
- Place the .jar file inside the mods folder.
- Launch the game through your Fabric profile and enjoy stable prices.
The mod works with any launcher, including Prism, GDLauncher, the Modrinth App, and the official Minecraft launcher. There are no dependencies to configure and no in-game menus to learn. Once the file is in place, the mod starts working immediately on every loaded villager.
Why Players Keep It in Their Load Order
Trading halls are one of the most efficient resource engines in Minecraft, but they only stay efficient when prices remain low. A single zombie raid or an unlucky swing of a sword can undo hours of careful reputation building. No Villager Price Increase removes that risk entirely, letting you focus on expanding your emerald empire instead of babysitting villager moods.
For survival players, server owners, and anyone who relies on villagers for enchanted books, tools, or food, this mod is a quiet quality-of-life upgrade that pays for itself the first time a creeper explodes next to your librarian. If you want to download No Villager Price Increase for Minecraft and lock in permanent low prices, it is a small file with a very large impact.