What do Wandering Villagers Trade?
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Wandering villagers, also known as Wandering Traders, trade a wide variety of rare and unique items, including dyes, flowers, coral blocks, nautilus shells, and even buckets of fish, making them a valuable resource for players seeking to acquire hard-to-find materials. These traders can be found roaming the game world, and their trades can be highly beneficial for players looking to build specific structures or craft certain items, such as a Conduit with a Heart of the Sea.
Frequently Asked Questions
To provide more insight into the world of wandering villagers, we’ve compiled a list of frequently asked questions that offer additional information on their trading habits and behavior.
1. What is the Best Trade for a Wandering Trader?
The best trade for a wandering trader is often considered to be their Nautilus Shell trade, which can be purchased for 5 emeralds, making it easier for players to build a Conduit with a Heart of the Sea.
2. Can Wandering Traders Sell Cactus?
Yes, wandering traders can sell a cactus for 3 emeralds, providing players with a convenient way to obtain this unique item.
3. Do Wandering Traders Sell Cherry Trees?
In a world with experimental settings off, wandering traders can still trade cherry saplings, giving players access to this rare item.
4. Does Killing a Wandering Trader Affect Reputation?
Killing a wandering trader will decrease reputation by twice the amount a successful trade raises it, making it important for players to weigh the consequences of their actions.
5. Can There be Two Wandering Traders?
At any time, there can be only one wandering trader naturally spawned in the world, and the game attempts to spawn a new one after 20 real-life minutes or 1 Minecraft day have passed since the world was created.
6. Can a Wandering Trader Breed with a Villager?
No, wandering traders cannot breed with villagers, and their primary function is to provide players with random items and free llamas and leads.
7. Do Wandering Traders Trade Slime?
Yes, wandering traders sometimes offer to sell slimeballs for 4 emeralds, giving players a chance to obtain this unique item.
8. Can You Get Axolotls from Wandering Traders?
Wandering traders rarely sell buckets of Axolotl, which is their rarest and most expensive offer, and players can only buy one before the offer is blocked.
9. Can Wandering Traders Sell Mycelium?
Despite selling many rare items, wandering traders do not sell mycelium, making it a item that players must obtain through other means.
10. Do Any Villagers Trade Lava?
In Bedrock Edition, journeyman-level armorer villagers buy a lava bucket for 1 emerald, while in Java Edition, they have a 40% chance of offering to buy a lava bucket for 1 emerald.
11. What Villager has the Easiest Trades?
Farmer Villagers have the easiest trades, offering players food items such as cake, suspicious stew, and golden carrots, which are relatively easy to make and not worth spending emeralds on.
12. What is the Most Profitable Villager Trade?
The most profitable villager trade varies, but Librarian villagers offer the best trade, which is any enchanted book, with an emphasis on mending books.
13. Why do Wandering Traders Go Invisible?
Wandering traders may drink an invisibility potion to become invisible when they see a hostile mob or when it is night, and they will then drink milk during the morning to neutralize the effect.
14. Do Wandering Traders Need a Bed?
Giving a wandering trader a bed will cause it to set up camp and not despawn randomly, but players must still name it to prevent it from despawning when they go too far.
15. Can Wandering Traders Open Gates?
Wandering traders will open doors in attempts to trade with someone new, but they cannot open iron doors like most mobs, and they can also leash their llamas to fence gates to facilitate trade.