Fletcher Trades in Minecraft: Every Trade by Level

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Fletchers buy 32 sticks for 1 emerald - the famous emerald farm - plus flint, string, feathers and tripwire hooks, and sell arrows, bows, crossbows, enchanted bows and crossbows, and tipped arrows. One fletcher turns any tree farm into infinite emeralds.

What you need

A fletching table and an unemployed villager
A tree farm for sticks
String, feathers and flint for later levels

Step by step

Novice: buys 32 sticks for 1 emerald (the best renewable emerald trade); sells 16 arrows for 1 emerald, and converts 10 gravel plus 1 emerald into 10 flint.
Apprentice: buys 26 flint for 1 emerald; sells a bow for 2 emeralds.
Journeyman: buys 14 string for 1 emerald; sells a crossbow for 3 emeralds.
Expert: buys 24 feathers for 1 emerald; sells an enchanted bow for 7-21 emeralds.
Master: buys 8 tripwire hooks for 1 emerald; sells an enchanted crossbow for 8-22 emeralds, and 5 tipped arrows for 2 emeralds plus 5 arrows.
The loop: chop trees, craft sticks, sell to the fletcher - one large spruce farm supports dozens of fletchers.
Gravel trick: the gravel-to-flint trade clears useless gravel from mining trips and refunds the emerald at apprentice.
Level by selling sticks, keep the fletching table reachable for restocks, and cure for 1-stick trades.

Java vs Bedrock

Fletchers are the backbone of every trading hall economy: sticks in, emeralds out, everything else is a bonus.

Versions: Trade amounts match Java and Bedrock with small offer-probability differences. The stick trade is 32:1 on both editions.

Frequently asked questions

How many sticks for an emerald?

32 sticks for 1 emerald at novice level - the classic emerald farm, since a single large tree yields well over a stack of sticks.

What is the best fletcher trade?

The stick trade by far - it is the fastest renewable emerald source in the game. The tipped arrow and enchanted crossbow trades are the best on the selling side.

Why is my fletcher not restocking?

It cannot reach its fletching table. Villagers restock twice a day only at their own workstation - unblock the path or replace the table next to it.