Summary
- Efficiently trade with villagers for items using Emeralds instead of mining or exploring.
- Villagers have different trades based on job types, offering items like Enchanted Books or rare maps.
- Restock villagers by interacting with job blocks to improve prices and availability of trades.
Minecraft is all about gathering items and the right tools to go from simple survival to thriving in its sandbox world. While players can take the hard route and simply try and discover all the rare and useful items in the wild, a more efficient method is to simply trade for the items they need by interacting with villagers.
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Villagers come with different jobs, which means that they have different trades. There are two types of trades for players to be aware of: Emerald trades, which allow players to get Emeralds easily without having to mine for them in mountain biomes, and "loot" trades, which let players use Emeralds and other items to buy various precious objects from the villagers. This can include Enchanted Books or maps to Woodland Mansions. With that clarified, let's take a look at the best Minecraft villager trades.
Updated on February 27th, 2025, by Ben Painter: Minecraft is always popular among fans, old and young. Gamers can create whatever they want in the game and play it exactly how they feel. This is why it is still one of the most-played games 14 years after its release. A great way to build a Minecraft world is to trade with villagers. They have some great items for sale for the cost of Emeralds, the game's currency. Likewise, the best way to get Emeralds is to trade with villagers using some items that players may have lots of. This update adds five more of t he best villager trades in Minecraft.
Most trades can only be made a set number of times before the villager runs out of stock. The villager will restock a maximum of twice a day by interacting with their job block, so make sure they can access their job block at all times. The more a player trades, the better the prices will also be, so players might notice that the trade prices listed here will change over time when villagers take a liking to the player.
35 24 Feathers For 1 Emerald
Fletcher
- Level Required: Expert
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Kill Chickens
- Workstation: Fletching Table
The best way to get Emeralds in Minecraft is to trade with villagers. There are a few different kinds of villagers in the game that can produce lots of Emeralds for items that may be in surplus for some players. One of these trades is 24 Feathers for 1 Emerald from the Fletcher.
It may seem like a lot of Feathers for just one Emerald, but Chickens are really common in Minecraft and don't have a lot of use in-game. If gamers have an automatic chicken cooker in their world, they have a lot of Feathers in stock, so it may be wise to trade these all for Emeralds. It will take a while as this is an Expert trade.
34 5 Emeralds For 1 Ender Pearl
Cleric
- Level Required: Expert
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Trade from other Villagers
- Workstation: Brewing Stand
Ender Pearls are a great item to have plenty of in the game. They can be used to craft Eye of Ender, which is vital for accessing the End Portal. They also can be thrown, which teleports the player to where the pearl lands — useful for escaping tricky foes or traversing harsh landscapes.
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They can only be found from Endermen, who are a difficult mob to fight and aren't the most common in the overworld. This trade with the Cleric Villager could come in handy as they offer 5 Emeralds for 1 Ender Pearl, which may seem a bit expensive but will help if gamers are struggling to locate the item.
33 13-35 Emeralds For Diamond Enchanted Armor
Armorer
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Level Required:
- Expert: Enchanted Diamond Leggings, Enchanted Diamond Boots
- Master: Enchanted Diamond Helmet, Enchanted Diamond Chestplate
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Trade from other Villagers
- Workstation: Blast Furnace
Getting awesome armor in Minecraft is pivotal as it will give players the edge in tough fights, but using an Enchantment Table to get the right enchantment is a bit of a gamble. This is where the Armorer Villager comes in handy, as he offers a trade at the Expert and Master levels for some Enchanted Armor.
The price varies, ranging from 13 to 35 Emeralds, which may be a little pricey, but worth it if gamers can find the perfect piece of Diamond wear. The enchantment is random, but it can never be a Treasure Enchantment, which includes the best one in the game: Mending.
32 10 Dried Kelp Block For 1 Emerald
Butcher
- Level Required: Expert
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Harvest Kelp, cook in furnace, craft into Dried Kelp Block
- Workstation: Smoker
Kelp is available in abundance in the waters of Minecraft; one plant can generate plenty of individual Kelp items. Kelp can then be cooked in a furnace to produce Dried Kelp and then crafted into a Dried Kelp Block. This item can be used to build or as a very cheap and reliable fuel source.
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With an automatic Kelp farm, gamers can get tonnes of this item, so it will be beneficial for the player to trade these items with a Butcher to get a steady stream of Emeralds.
The Expert level needs to be unlocked, so it will take some trading before this is an option for the gamer.
31 15 Beetroot For 1 Emerald
Farmer
- Level Required: Novice
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Farm Beetroot
- Workstation: Composter
A very easy trade to do as it requires the most basic level, Novice. Beetroots are a common farming item in the game; they may be hard to locate at first, with only one set of seeds, but gamers can then go on to produce a lot of the crop.
Beetroots are a great way to get red dye in the game, but other than that, there aren't tons of uses, so trading those with a Farmer villager will be a great way to get a lot of Emeralds and XP. It is also fantastic to build up the trading requirements to unlock the more advanced trades that the Farmer Villager offers.
30 7 Raw Porkchop For 1 Emerald
Butcher
- Level Required: Novice
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Kill Pigs
- Workstation: Smoker
Having lots of pigs in Minecraft is easy. Breeding two pigs with carrots, potatoes or beetroots will produce a baby and this can be done until there are too many pigs to know what to do with. Killing a pig will drop up to three raw porkchops and this item can then be traded to the Butcher, who will offer a price of 1 emerald for 7 porckhops.
As this is a novice trade, it will be available from the start and the other versions of this begging trade (14 raw chicken for 1 Emerald and 6 raw rabbit for 1 emerald) aren't as good of a trade as this one as there are more chicken required and rabbits aren't as common as pigs in the game.
29 12 Emeralds and 1 Compass For Trial Explorer Map
Cartographer
- Level Required: Journeyman
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Trade From Other Villagers (Emeralds), Craft From 4 Iron & 1 Redstone (Compass)
- Workstation: Cartography Table
A brand-new kind of structure for Minecraft, launched in 1.21, is the Trial Chambers. A combat challenge arena where players battle their way through various mobs and are rewarded handsomely with emeralds, enchanted items, smithing templates, and so on.
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But these new structures, buried deep underground, are hard to find, so a simple way to locate one is to trade the map with a villager. For the very reasonable cost of 12 emeralds and 1 compass, players can gain the location of a trial chamber. Emeralds can be achieved easily by trading with villagers and a compass is crafted with iron and redstone, items which players should have plenty of. Gamers need to level up their cartographer to Jounrneyman to unlock this trade, which is the third tier out of five.
28 5 Emeralds For 1 Cherry Sapling
Wandering Trader
- Level Required: N/A
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Trade From Villagers
The cherry sapling and its tree were introduced in Minecraft 1.20 as a new tree, but finding one inside a world can cause some issues. The cherry tree is found exclusively in the Cherry Grove biome, which is a rare find in mountainous regions of the game.
This is where the Wandering Trader comes in, as gamers can pay just 5 Emeralds to get their own cherry trees. This trade only needs to be done once, as the grown tree will produce its own saplings to grow further trees. For some players, this trade will be unnecessary if they are lucky enough to spawn near the biome, but nine times out of ten, this trade will be a winner.
27 5 Emeralds 1 Mangrove Propagule
Wandering Trader
- Level Required: N/A
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Trade From Villagers
In a similar vein to the cherry tree, the mangrove propagule and its mangrove tree can be a difficult find, only available in the illusive Swamp biome. Players can spend hours traversing through a Minecraft world and not encounter one of these biomes.
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For the price of 5 Emeralds, gamers can get their hands on this seed, known as a mangrove propagule, to grow their own mangrove trees. This tree is unique, as it doesn't produce much wood, but it does generate mangrove roots, which are a very useful decoration block for Minecraft builds.
26 8 Emeralds For Globe Banner Pattern
Cartographer
- Level Required: Master
- Easiest Way To Obtain: Trade From Villagers
- Workstation: Cartography Table
Adding detail to a world is very important. It adds to the overall look of the world and allows for a much more immersive experience. Adding banners, from various designs, is a good way to add some detail. There are eight banner patterns in the game, and most can be crafted, but the Globe Banner Pattern has to be traded for from a Cartographer villager.
Sadly, this one is locked behind the Master trade, the highest level, so players will need to put in some trading work in order to unlock this banner pattern, but it's worth it. In a loom, it will add a globe to the banner, which will add some detail to museum or study builds.