Mason Trades in Minecraft: Every Trade by Level

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Masons buy clay balls (10), stone (20), granite, andesite and diorite (16 each) and nether quartz (12) for emeralds, and sell bricks (10 per emerald), chiseled stone bricks (4), dripstone blocks (4), polished stones (4), terracotta and glazed terracotta, quartz pillars and quartz blocks. Give one a stonecutter and your stone generator becomes an emerald printer.

What you need

A stonecutter and an unemployed villager
A cobblestone generator with a smelting setup for the stone trade
Clay (rivers, lush caves) and nether quartz for the other buy offers

Step by step

Novice: buys 10 clay balls for 1 emerald; sells 10 bricks for 1 emerald.
Apprentice: buys 20 stone for 1 emerald; sells 4 chiseled stone bricks for 1 emerald - the signature trade, a stone generator makes it infinite.
Journeyman: buys 16 granite, andesite or diorite for 1 emerald; sells 4 dripstone blocks or 4 polished granite, andesite or diorite for 1 emerald.
Expert: buys 12 nether quartz for 1 emerald; sells any-color terracotta or glazed terracotta for 1 emerald each.
Master: sells quartz pillars and blocks of quartz for 1 emerald each - decorative quartz without mining the Nether.
Best emerald route: a cobblestone generator plus an auto-smelter converts fuel into emeralds through the apprentice stone trade, fully AFK.
Builder note: the expert terracotta trades skip the smelting and dyeing pipeline entirely - buy colors straight for big builds.
Level the mason with clay and stone, keep the stonecutter reachable, and cure it for cheaper quartz and terracotta.

Java vs Bedrock

The mason is the building profession: raw stone and clay in, bricks, terracotta, quartz and polished stone out - a builder's best friend.

Versions: Trade amounts are the same on Java and Bedrock, with small offer-probability differences. Verified against the current trading table as of 26.x.

Frequently asked questions

What workstation does a mason need?

A stonecutter. Place it near an unemployed villager and it becomes a mason; breaking the stonecutter removes the profession.

What do masons buy for emeralds?

Clay balls (10) at novice, stone (20) at apprentice, granite, andesite and diorite (16 each) at journeyman, and nether quartz (12) at expert.

What is the best mason trade?

The apprentice stone trade (20 stone for 1 emerald): a cobblestone generator and an auto-smelter turn it into unlimited, fully automatic emeralds.