What Villagers Sell Mending?
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The villagers that sell mending are librarian villagers, specifically swamp librarian villagers, and they can offer mending as their first trade, eliminating the need to level them up to unlock higher-tier trades. To get a villager to sell mending, you need to turn them into a librarian by placing a lectern inside their house, and they should have a bed nearby, as this allows them to restock their trades.
How to Get Mending from Villagers
Understanding Librarian Villagers
To get mending from villagers, you need to create a swamp village or find a swamp librarian villager. Since there are no natural swamp villages, you have to create one and find a swamp to set up your villager town.
Checking Villager Trades
To check if a villager sells mending, you need to place a lectern inside their house and right-click on them to open their trades. If they don’t have mending as their first trade, you can break the lectern and place it again to reset their trades.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: Can You Get Mending from a Level 1 Librarian?
Mending can be the first trade a librarian villager has, so there’s no need to level up a villager to unlock mending from a higher-tier trade.
Q2: How Do You Know if a Villager Sells Mending?
To know if a villager sells mending, place a lectern inside their house, and they should walk up to it and become a librarian. Then, right-click on them to open their trades and check if they have mending.
Q3: Is it Rare to Get Mending from a Villager?
The chance of getting mending from a villager is 1/72, making it a relatively rare trade.
Q4: How Do You Get Mending Villagers Every Time?
To get mending villagers every time, place a lectern next to the villager to employ them as a librarian, check their trades, and if they don’t have mending, break the lectern and place it again until they do.
Q5: What are the Chances of Getting Mending 1?
The chances of getting an enchanted book with mending enchantment are only 0.8%.
Q6: Do I Need Unbreaking if I Have Mending?
Unbreaking 3 and mending are not mutually exclusive, and having both is beneficial.
Q7: How Rare is Mending from Fishing?
The chance of getting mending from fishing is 0.8%, but this number can increase with the Luck of the Sea enchantment on your fishing rod.
Q8: Is There Mending 2?
The maximum level for the mending enchantment is Level 1, so you can only enchant an item with up to Mending I.
Q9: Why is Mending so Good?
Mending is one of the most powerful enchantments in Minecraft, allowing players to restore the durability of items and make them stronger with XP orbs.
Q10: Can You Combine Two Mending 1 Books?
Enchanted books can be combined using an anvil, placing the two books in the slots and choosing the “Combine” option.
Q11: Why Won’t My Villager Accept a Job?
Villagers link to beds and won’t take a job unless they have one, so you need 1 bed per villager.
Q12: How Rare is it for a Villager to Sell a Mending Book?
The chance of a villager selling a mending book is 1 in 106, making it a rare trade.
Q13: Can Villagers Still Sell Mending in Minecraft?
Yes, villagers can still sell mending in Minecraft, but it’s relatively rare.
Q14: Is Mending a Level 30 Enchantment?
Mending isn’t an enchantment you can get at the enchanting table, but rather a treasure enchantment found in enchanted books.
Q15: What Should I Put on Mending First?
Some of the best items to use the mending enchantment on include Netherite chestplate, Netherite axe, Netherite pickaxe, Enchanted Trident, and Enchanted Elytra.