Wandering Trades (Hermit Edition)
by Vanilla Tweaks
Replaces wandering trader trades with mini blocks and player heads. Based on the system used on HermitCraft.
Overview
Wandering Trades (Hermit Edition) reworks the wandering trader so it stops selling generic seeds and saplings and instead offers decorative mini blocks and player heads, the same flavour seen on HermitCraft. Every visit the trader rolls a fresh selection from this expanded catalogue, each entry costing emeralds at a tuned rate. The vanilla trader spawning rules, despawn timer, and llama escorts all stay intact. It turns a normally ignored mob into a steady supplier of cosmetic building heads.
It suits survival and SMP servers that want a renewable source of decorative heads and mini blocks without spawning items by command. It comes from Vanilla Tweaks, sits in the Gameplay category, and is rated a simple, drop-in pack to run. Everything happens through vanilla data pack functions, so no mod loader such as Fabric or Forge is required to use it on Minecraft 1.20 through 1.21.4.
GameplayFeatures
- Mini block trades
- Player head trades
- Balanced emerald pricing
- Rotating stock
How It Works
Under the hood, Wandering Trades (Hermit Edition) relies on plain data pack mechanics rather than any client mod. Here is what happens in-game once it is loaded:
- 1Overrides the wandering trader trade loot table so listed offers replace the vanilla pool.
- 2Each mini block and player head is a custom item stack priced in emeralds.
- 3Stock is randomised per spawn, so two traders rarely present identical inventories.
- 4Trader spawning, wandering, and despawn behaviour remain pure vanilla and untouched.
Supported Versions
Compatibility
Replaces vanilla wandering trader loot tables.
- Conflicts with any other pack that also rewrites the wandering trader trade table, since only one can win.
- Pairs cleanly with packs that change villager trades, loot, or mob drops as those touch different tables.
- Compatible with Vanilla Tweaks more mob heads style packs, though head items may overlap in source.
Wandering Trades (Hermit Edition) is a pure data pack and does not ship a resource pack, so it changes server-side behaviour without altering textures, models or sounds on the client.
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How to Install
Wandering Trades (Hermit Edition) installs as a standard Java Edition data pack and runs on both singleplayer worlds and multiplayer servers. Recent 1.21 releases bumped the data pack format, so keep the pack's pack.mcmeta in step with your server version.
- 1.Download the Wandering Trades (Hermit Edition) pack as a .zip and keep it zipped.
- 2.Open the target world folder — a singleplayer save under .minecraft/saves, or the world folder on your server.
- 3.Drop the .zip into that world's datapacks folder, creating the folder if it does not exist.
- 4.Load the world (or run /reload if it is already open) and run /datapack list to confirm it is enabled.
The pack is built for Minecraft 1.20 through 1.21.4, so it loads on vanilla Java without Fabric, Forge or any other mod loader. Drop it into the world datapacks folder and it replaces the wandering trader trade table immediately, affecting every trader that spawns afterward.
View full install guideFrequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft versions does this pack support?
It supports Java Edition 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.4, 1.21, and 1.21.4.
Do I need any mods to use it?
No. It is a vanilla data pack and runs server-side with no Fabric, Forge, or resource pack required.
What does the wandering trader sell now?
It sells decorative mini blocks and player heads in the HermitCraft style, each priced in emeralds.
Does the trader still spawn the same way?
Yes. Only the trade list changes; spawn frequency, the trapped llamas, and the despawn timer are unchanged.
Is the stock the same every time?
No. The trader rolls a rotating selection on each spawn, so the available heads and mini blocks vary.
Can I get player heads in survival with this?
Yes. Buying from the trader is a renewable survival way to collect player heads and mini blocks without commands.
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