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Contents

  • Art Gallery
    • Art Gallery
  • Playing With Friends
    • Introduction
    • Joining Servers
    • Local Play
    • Creating Your Own Server
    • Interacting With Other People
    • Sample Multiplayer Challenge
  • Creatures Big and Small
    • Introduction
    • Animal and Monster Quick List
    • Expanded Creature Entries
  • Tools, Resources, and Consumables
    • Introduction
    • Index
    • Blocks and Resources
    • Common Items
    • Crafting - A-D
    • Crafting - E-G
    • Crafting - H-M
    • Crafting - N-R
    • Crafting - S-Z
    • Food and Food Ingredients
    • Potions
    • Tools
    • Weapons and Armor
  • Videos
    • Videos
  • Let's Begin With the Basics
    • Introduction
    • Creating Your First World
    • Is This Where You Want to Live?
    • You Have 10 Minutes to Work Safely
    • Surviving the Night
    • Finding Some Food
    • Mine, Expand, and Thrive
    • Know Where You Are
    • Look Around
    • Moving On
  • What's New in This Guide?
    • Whats New in This Guide?
  • Before We Start
    • Introduction
    • The Menus
    • Controlling Your Character
    • Different Versions of Minecraft
  • Bigger and Better Projects
    • Introduction
    • Sample Project: Chichen Itza
    • Next Up: A Mountainous Undertaking!
    • Other People's Cool Projects
  • You Can Do Anything with a Little Practice
    • Introduction
    • How to Craft
    • Sometimes Things Break (i.e., Durability)
    • Farming
    • Creating Mines
    • Building Up and Out
    • Landscaping
    • Forming and Using Landmarks
    • Biomes
    • Special Areas
    • How Time Passes
    • The Way Monsters Are Born
    • Threats to Your Survival
    • Death and Rebirth
    • Traps and Defenses
    • Modern Conveniences
    • Thinking Outside the Blocks
    • Redstone
    • Enchantment and Using Experience
    • Brewing
    • Traveling the World
    • Trading
    • The Nether
    • The End
    • Achievements
  • Welcome To Minecraft
    • Welcome To Minecraft
  • Modifying Your Game
    • Introduction
    • Difficulty
    • Skins
    • Broadcast Settings
    • Resource Packs
    • Game Mods
  • A History of Minecraft
    • Introduction
    • Pre-Alpha Minecraft
    • Alpha
    • Beta
    • Release

Build, Discover, Survive! Mastering Minecraft, Revised and Expanded Guide › You Can Do Anything with a Little Practice

Trading

In the “Special Areas” section, we talked about Villages where your character can meet people and trade with them by using Emeralds (or give them items that they request to earn their Emeralds).

Though we’ve already covered the basics for how to do this, let’s look at the items that are tradable from specific Villagers.

Blacksmith

Wants

Item Value
Coal 16-23/Emerald
Diamonds 4-5/Emerald
Gold Ingots 8-9/Emerald
Iron Ingots 8-9/Emerald

Is Selling

Item Value
Chainmail Boots 4-5 Emeralds
Chainmail Chest 10-13 Emeralds
Chainmail Helm 4-5 Emeralds
Chainmail Leggings 8-9 Emeralds
Diamond Axe 9-11 Emeralds
Diamond Boots 7 Emeralds
Diamond Chest 16-18 Emeralds
Diamond Helm 7 Emeralds
Diamond Hoe 7 Emeralds
Diamond Leggings 11-13 Emeralds
Diamond Pickaxe 10-11 Emeralds
Diamond Shovel 7 Emeralds
Diamond Sword 12-13 Emeralds
Iron Axe 6-7 Emeralds
Iron Boots 4-5 Emeralds
Iron Chest 10-13 Emeralds
Iron Helm 4-5 Emeralds
Iron Hoe 4-5 Emeralds
Iron Leggings 8-9 Emeralds
Iron Pickaxe 7-8 Emeralds
Iron Shovel 4-5 Emeralds
Iron Sword 7-10 Emeralds

Butcher

Wants

Item Value
Coal 16-23/Emerald
Gold 8-9/Emerald
Raw Beef 14-17/Emerald
Raw Pork 14-17/Emerald

Is Selling

Item Value
Leather Boots 2-3 Emeralds
Leather Chest 4 Emeralds
Leather Helm 2-3 Emeralds
Leather Leggings 2-3 Emeralds
Porkchop 6-7/Emerald
Saddle 6-7 Emeralds
Steak 6-7/Emerald

Librarian

Wants

Item Value
Books 11-12/Emerald
Gold 8-9/Emerald
Paper 24-35/Emerald
Written Book 1/Emerald

Is Selling

Item Value
Bookshelves 3 Emeralds
Clock 10-11 Emeralds
Compass 10-11 Emeralds
Glass 4-5/Emerald

Farmer

Wants

Item Value
Fish 9-12/Emerald
Gold Ingots 8-9/Emerald
Raw Chicken 14-17/Emerald
Wheat 18-21/Emerald
Wool 14-21/Emerald

Is Selling

Item Value
Apples 5-8/Emerald
Arrows 9-12/Emerald
Bread 3-4/Emerald
Cooked Chicken 7-8/Emerald
Cookies 8-10/Emerald
Flint and Steel 3 Emeralds
Melon Slices 5-8/Emerald
Shears 3 Emeralds

Priest

Wants

Item Value
Gold Ingots 8-9/Emerald

Is Selling

Item Value
Bottle of Enchanting 2-4/Emerald
Eye of Ender 7-10 Emeralds
Glowstone Blocks 2-3/Emerald
Redstone Ore 2-4/Emerald

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