How to Build a Villager Trading Post: Acquire Valuable Items Through Trading

Trading with Villagers is one of the most important aspects of a Minecraft world. Through trading, you can obtain many rare and valuable items without having to search for them yourself. Some of these items are exclusive, making a trading post definitely worth it! The trading system is somewhat complex, so we will provide you with some tips. Following that, we will guide you through building a small trading station with the most important Villagers!

What is Trading in Minecraft?

In Minecraft, you can trade items with villagers. This system, known as trading, helps you acquire specific resources and expand your inventory. Trading can be done using various items or emeralds. You can mine emeralds in the world of Minecraft (Minecraft Mining Techniques: Efficiently Extract Resources) or obtain them through trading with villagers. You will find villages by simply traveling through your world and keeping an eye out for them. They are not rare.

Villagers can have different professions, which determine the special items they sell. These professions are based on workstations that assign the job. The offered trade goods improve with the villager’s level. The more you trade, the higher the rank. A villager can achieve 5 ranks, which you can distinguish by their apron.

Professions and Workstations:

• Farmer (Composter)
• Librarian (Lectern)
• Fisherman (Barrel)
• Cleric (Brewing Stand)
• Leatherworker (Cauldron)
• Toolsmith (Smithing Table)
• Cartographer (Cartography Table)
• Mason (Stonecutter)
• Butcher (Smoker)
• Armorer (Blast Furnace)
• Fletcher (Fletching Table)
• Shepherd (Loom)
• Weaponsmith (Grindstone)

The Best Deals!

You don’t necessarily need all villagers; some are definitely more worthwhile than others. Whether it’s for more emeralds or rare items, you should focus on this selection. For more information, be sure to check out the Minecraft Wiki, where you can find a detailed list of all trade goods.

• Librarian: Essential for enchanted books, especially “Mending.”
• Farmer: If you have a large farm, you can obtain a lot of emeralds.
• Toolsmith: Weapons, tools, and diamond armor + enchantments.
• Shepherd: Trade wool for emeralds.
• Fletcher: Many emeralds through trading sticks.

Building a Trading Post: Step-by-Step Guide

Building a Villager trading post is not difficult. What will likely take you the most time is transporting the villagers. Therefore, build the post near a village to make it easier. Leave some villagers in the village so they can automatically reproduce. But let’s take a closer look at building a trading post.

Building the Trading Post

1. Build a House for Villagers

First, your villagers need a new home. A small cabin is sufficient and provides enough space for your residents. A zig-zag pattern with a building block of your choice works best. We’ve chosen wood because it looks nice. Cover the roof with slabs, preferably stone, as they are not struck by lightning. If the area will be covered later, feel free to use wood.

At the front, you need some blocks to prevent monsters from attacking your villagers. This is especially true for baby zombies that can slip through small gaps. Stairs are the best option; build them between each cabin. Place the respective workstation in front. Above the workstation, you need to place a trapdoor, although a carpet or a fence will also work.

Note: Make sure to provide enough lighting, such as torches or other sources, to prevent monster spawns.

2. Transporting Villagers

This part is a bit trickier, but with some finesse, you should be able to get the villagers into their small cabins. Your best friend here is a minecart and rails. Leave the entrance of the post open, fold up the trapdoor, and lay down the rails. You can then push a villager into a minecart and drive him to his new trading post. Interestingly, the villager will drive right through the trapdoor!

Remove the rail in front and under the minecart. You can also break the minecart, but it’s not necessary. Now the villager is trapped, whether the trapdoor is open or closed. Just make sure you’ve already built a roof with slabs; otherwise, he might escape.

3. Assigning Professions

Between the stairs and under the trapdoor, you now have a block free to assign your villagers a specific profession. As long as you haven’t traded with them before, they should adapt to the block in front of them. Depending on the items you need, you can customize your trading post. As long as you haven’t traded with the villagers, you can change the items by breaking and rebuilding the workstation. This is especially useful for librarians to get good enchanted books.

4. Expanding the Trading Post

After that, you can expand the area as you like. It might be worthwhile to build a complete house to protect your villagers. At the same time, you can use your building skills to give the villagers a nice, new home. Otherwise, the area will look a bit lifeless.

Tip: Add signs or item frames to indicate what each villager trades. You can also give them name tags to differentiate them.

Getting More Villagers

In the end, you’re probably wondering how to get more villagers. Transporting them with minecarts can be frustrating. The good news is that villagers reproduce on their own.

All you need are two adult villagers, a small room with two beds, and food that you give them. After some time, a third villager will join them. The more beds you have, the faster they will reproduce. Once all beds are occupied, the process stops.

Conclusion

You should definitely build a trading post in your Minecraft world to obtain great items and trade for emeralds. Among these treasures is a Mending book, which automatically repairs your tools with XP. Other trades are also immensely helpful in stocking up your supplies. Maximize your trading with villagers on a server that you own. Rent your Minecraft server and benefit from exclusive deals! You can expand such a trading post indefinitely as long as you have enough villagers. Customize everything to your own playstyle to quickly and easily obtain items!