Trading with villagers in Minecraft lets players access rare and precious items easily. Here are the best trades in the game.
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.
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 September 11, 2024, 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 the way that they feel. This is why it is still one of the most-played games 13 years after its release. A great way to build up 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 two more of the best villager trades in Minecraft.30 7 Raw Porkchop For 1 Emerald
Level Required: Novice
Easiest Way To Obtain: Kill Pigs
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
Level Required: Journeyman
Easiest Way To Obtain: Trade From Other Villagers (Emeralds), Craft From 4 Iron & 1 Redstone (Compass)
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.
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
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
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.
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
Level Required: Master
Easiest Way To Obtain: Trade From Villagers
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.
