Farmer Trades in Minecraft: Every Trade by Level

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Farmers buy wheat (20), potatoes (26), carrots (22), beetroots (15), pumpkins (6) and melons (4) for emeralds, and sell bread, pumpkin pie, apples, cookies, cake, suspicious stew, golden carrots (3 for 3 emeralds) and glistering melon slices at master level. A pumpkin or melon farm plus a farmer is the easiest emerald engine in the game.

What you need

A composter and an unemployed villager
A crop farm (wheat, carrots, potatoes, pumpkins or melons)
Emeralds for the golden carrot trade

Step by step

Novice: buys 20 wheat, 26 potatoes, 22 carrots or 15 beetroots for 1 emerald each offer; sells 6 bread for 1 emerald.
Apprentice: buys 6 pumpkins for 1 emerald; sells 4 pumpkin pies or 4 apples for 1 emerald.
Journeyman: buys 4 melons for 1 emerald; sells 18 cookies for 3 emeralds.
Expert: sells suspicious stew and cake for 1 emerald each - stew with random effects is a fun bonus.
Master: sells 3 golden carrots for 3 emeralds (the best food in the game on tap) and 3 glistering melon slices for 4 emeralds for brewing.
Best emerald route: automatic pumpkin and melon farms feed the apprentice and journeyman buys - fully hands-off emeralds.
Level them by selling crops, keep the composter reachable so they restock twice a day, and cure the farmer for 1-item crop trades.
Golden carrot note: at master, the farmer converts emeralds back into top-tier food - your fletcher-farmed emeralds become infinite golden carrots.

Java vs Bedrock

Farmers are the food profession: bring crop surpluses in, take golden carrots out - one villager closes the hunger loop.

Versions: Trade amounts are the same on Java and Bedrock, with small offer-probability differences. The master glistering melon trade is current as of 26.x.

Frequently asked questions

What do farmers buy for emeralds?

Wheat (20), potatoes (26), carrots (22), beetroots (15) at novice, pumpkins (6) at apprentice and melons (4) at journeyman. Pumpkins and melons are the best rates because they farm automatically.

How do I get golden carrots from a farmer?

Level a farmer to master by trading crops, then buy 3 golden carrots for 3 emeralds. Cured farmers discount it further.

Which crop is best to sell?

Pumpkins and melons - an automatic observer-piston farm produces thousands per hour with zero replanting, far outpacing wheat or carrots.