Better Librarians

Mod id betterlibrarians · Minecraft 26.3 · Fabric, Forge, NeoForge · Requires Mycel · Client side.

Look at a librarian, see their books. A small title card lists every enchanted book a villager trades, with no trading GUI and no hovering required. Rename villagers with colorful floating names via /vname. Client side, no keybinds.

How it works

The look-at title card, first-trade cataloguing, and colorful renames.

Features

Tweak it

Five settings total: levels, gold highlights, book count, and hints, plus live reload.

Configuration

Questions

Empty cards, cataloguing, who needs the mod, and renames other players see.

FAQ

The short version

Point your crosshair at a librarian: a centered card shows their profession and level plus each enchanted book they sell.
Max-level books render in gold, lower levels in white.
Each villager is catalogued the first time you trade with them; catalogues persist across restarts.
/vname &aBob the &lBrave renames the villager you look at; /vname clear removes it.
Client-side only: every player who wants cards and names installs it locally. Servers need nothing.

Quick links

Better Librarians on GitHub
Installing (remember the Mycel jar too)
Commands (/vname and live config reload)