Trading with Villagers in Minecraft - For Dummies

In Minecraft, a player can gather important resources by trading with villagers using emeralds as currency. Villagers will trade a variety of items for emeralds and then accept those emeralds as payment for the desired end products if a player does not have a stash of emeralds on hand. Each villager has specific job and career and is limited to trades within that field as detailed below. Just like in real life, the price of items varies within a small range. Each item costs one emerald unless otherwise noted.

Many of these items, such as saddles, can be difficult to find in other parts of Minecraft. Skilled trading is an important element of the game.

Brown Robed Villager

Farmer

Buys: Wheat (18-22), Potato (15-19), Carrot (15-19), Pumpkin (8-13), and Melon (7-12)

Sells: Bread (2-4), Pumpkin Pie (2-3), Apple (5), Cookie (6), and Cake

Fisherman

Buys: String (15-20)
Coal (16-24)

Sells: Cooked Fish (6), 1 emerald+6 fish
Enchanted Fishing Rod, 7-8 emeralds

Shepherd

Buys: White Wool (16-22)

Sells: Shears, 3-4 emeralds
Colored Wool, 1-2 emerald

Fletcher

Buys: String (15-2)

Sells: Arrows (8-12), Bow 2-3 emeralds, Flint (6-10) 10 gravel+1 emerald

White Robed Villager

Librarian

Buys: Paper (24-36), Book (8-10), Written Book 2

Sells: Enchanted Book 1, 5-64 Emeralds (!)
Compass 1, 10-12 Emeralds
Bookshelf 1, 3-4 Emeralds
Clock 1, 10-12 Emeralds
Name Tag 1, 20-22 Emeralds

Purple Robed Villager

Cleric

Buys: Rotten Flesh (36-40), Gold Ingot (8-10)

Sells: Redstone Dust (1-4), Lapis Lazuli (1-2)
Eye of Ender, 7-11 Emeralds
Glowstone, 1-3 Emeralds
Bottle o' Enchanting, 3-11 Emeralds

Black Apron Villager

Armorer

Buys: Coal (16-24), Iron Ingot (7-9), Diamond (3-4)

Sells: Iron Helmet, 4-6 Emeralds
Iron Chestplate, 10-14
Enchanted Diamond Chestplate, 16-19
Chainmail Boots, 5-7
Chainmail Leggings, 9-11
Chainmail Helmet, 5-7
Chainmail Chestplate, 11-15

Weapon Smith

Buys: Same as Armorer

Sells: Iron Axe, 6-8 Emeralds
Enchanted Sword, 9-10
Enchanted Diamond Sword, 12-15
Enchanted Diamond Axe, 9-12

Tools Smith

Buys: Same as Armorer

Sells: Enchanted Iron Shovel, Enchanted Iron Pickaxe, and Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe with similar emeralds prices as seen with Weapon Smith.

White Apron Villager

Butcher

Buys: Raw Porkchop (14-18), Raw Chicken (14-18), and Coal (16-24)

Sells: Cooked Porkchop (5-7) and Cooked Chicken (6-8)

Leatherworker

Buys: Leather (9-12)

Sells: Leather Pants, 2-4 Emeralds
Enchanted Leather Tunic, 7-12
Saddle, 8-10