FARMER
Workstation: Composter|14 trades across 5 levels
Buys crops and sells food. The most versatile villager for emerald farming. Buys wheat, potatoes, carrots, beetroots, and pumpkins.
- Last checked
- 26 September 2026
- Java Edition
- 26.3, 14 of 14 rows found
- Bedrock Edition
- 1.26.50.4, 12 of 14 matching
- Edition differences
- 1 row differs, 1 rolled, not comparable
What is the Farmer?
The Farmer is one of Minecraft's 13 working villager professions, and an unemployed adult villager takes the job the moment it claims a Composter, the block that also doubles as its job-site marker. Bring one within reach of a jobless villager and it walks over, changes into farmer clothing, and opens its novice-tier offers on the spot. Pull the composter away before a trade is struck and the villager goes back to being jobless.
Alongside the Butcher and the Fisherman, the Farmer is one of the three villagers who deal in something you eat, and it is the odd one out among them. Every item on its 6-item buy list is a crop, and a crop is the only kind of trading stock in this game that a player can grow more of without mining a block, fighting a mob, or breeding an animal first. Plant it, wait, and the Farmer restocks itself on your schedule rather than the other way around.
It is also the more generous half of the deal. Where most emerald sinks hand back one kind of good, the Farmer sells 8 distinct dishes across its five ranks, and more than one of them is the same crop it just bought, baked. Hand over wheat at novice and the same villager will sell you bread out of the other side of its counter; hand over pumpkin at apprentice and it sells pumpkin pie. No other food profession runs that same loop, field to table, through one villager.
For pure emerald income the fastest single trade is handing over 4 melon at journeyman, which is not the single best rate in the game (a few offers elsewhere pay 1 item per emerald), but it costs nothing riskier than a hoe and a season of waiting, which is the part none of those faster trades can claim.
| Input | Output | Emeralds | Uses | Villager XP |  Java 26.3 |  Bedrock 1.26.50.4 | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | | 16 | 2same in Bedrock | verified | verified | |||
| | 16 | 2same in Bedrock | verified | verified | |||
| | 16 | 2same in Bedrock | verified | verified | |||
| | 16 | 2same in Bedrock | verified | verified | |||
| | 16 | 1same in Bedrock | verified | verified |
The game draws 2 of the 5 offers this tier can hold, so any one of them is on 40% of novice farmers, and a specific one takes about 2.5 rolls to turn up. Bedrock builds this tier out of 2 groups and draws 1 of 4 and 1 of 1, so there the same offer is on 25% or 100% of them. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Curing a zombie villager is worth 125 reputation, taken off the first thing you hand over. On this tier that is 6 off every trade, so the wheat goes from 20 to 14. No cost ever drops below one.
The wheat offer pays the villager 2 XP a use and the bread offer pays 1, so the 10 XP from Novice to Apprentice is 5 trades one way and 10 the other. That fits inside the 16 uses the offer holds, so one stock run covers it. Read out of each trade's own file. How that check works.
All 5 trades on this page were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.50.4 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.
| Input | Output | Emeralds | Uses | Villager XP | Java 26.3 | Bedrock 1.26.50.4 | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 12 | 10same in Bedrock | verified | verified | |||
| | 12 | 5same in Bedrock | verified | verified | |||
| | 16 | 5same in Bedrock | verified | verified |
The game draws 2 of the 3 offers this tier can hold, so any one of them is on 67% of apprentice farmers, and a specific one takes about 1.5 rolls to turn up. Bedrock builds this tier out of 2 groups and draws 1 of 1 and 1 of 2, so there the same offer is on 100% or 50% of them. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Curing a zombie villager is worth 125 reputation, taken off the first thing you hand over. On this tier that is 5 off every trade, so the pumpkin goes from 6 to 1. No cost ever drops below one.
The pumpkin offer pays the villager 10 XP a use and the apple offer pays 5, so the 60 XP from Apprentice to Journeyman is 6 trades one way and 12 the other. That fits inside the 12 uses the offer holds, so one stock run covers it. Read out of each trade's own file. How that check works.
All 3 trades on this page were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.50.4 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.
| Input | Output | Emeralds | Uses | Villager XP | Java 26.3 | Bedrock 1.26.50.4 | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 12 | 20same in Bedrock | verified | verified | |||
| | 12 | 10same in Bedrock | verified | verified |
The game draws 2 of the 2 offers this tier holds, which is all of them, so every journeyman farmer shows this whole table. Nothing to roll for at this tier. Bedrock lands on the same chance from its own table. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Curing a zombie villager is worth 125 reputation, taken off the first thing you hand over. The discount is capped by the price, so here it runs from 2 on the cookie (3 to 1) up to 3 on the melon (4 to 1). No cost ever drops below one.
The melon offer pays the villager 20 XP a use and the cookie offer pays 10, so the 80 XP from Journeyman to Expert is 4 trades one way and 8 the other. That fits inside the 12 uses the offer holds, so one stock run covers it. Read out of each trade's own file. How that check works.
All 2 trades on this page were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.50.4 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.
| Input | Output | Emeralds | Uses | Villager XP | Java 26.3 | Bedrock 1.26.50.4 | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 12 | 15same in Bedrock | verified | Bedrock asks 1 emerald rather than 3. | |||
| | 12 | 15same in Bedrock | verified | price computed in game | Random effect |
The game draws 2 of the 2 offers this tier holds, which is all of them, so every expert farmer shows this whole table. Nothing to roll for at this tier. Bedrock lands on the same chance from its own table. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Curing a zombie villager is worth 125 reputation, taken off the first thing you hand over. On this tier that is 2 off every trade, so the cake goes from 3 to 1. No cost ever drops below one.
Every offer here pays the villager 15 XP a use, so the 100 XP from Expert to Master is 7 trades whichever one you use. That fits inside the 12 uses the offer holds, so one stock run covers it. Read out of each trade's own file. How that check works.
All 2 trades on this page were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.50.4 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.
| Input | Output | Emeralds | Uses | Villager XP | Java 26.3 | Bedrock 1.26.50.4 | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 12 | 30same in Bedrock | verified | verified | |||
| | 12 | 30same in Bedrock | verified | verified |
The game draws 2 of the 2 offers this tier holds, which is all of them, so every master farmer shows this whole table. Nothing to roll for at this tier. Bedrock builds this tier out of 1 group and draws 1 of 2, so there the same offer is on 50% of them. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Curing a zombie villager is worth 125 reputation, taken off the first thing you hand over. The discount is capped by the price, so here it runs from 2 on the golden carrot (3 to 1) up to 3 on the glistering melon slice (4 to 1). No cost ever drops below one.
Master is the top tier. Its offers still pay 30 XP a use, but there is no tier above for that XP to open. Read out of each trade's own file. How that check works.
All 2 trades on this page were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.50.4 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.
Novice to Master: what the climb costs
A Farmer does not level up on time served, it levels up on trading XP, and each of its offers pays a fixed amount of it. That makes the climb a countable thing rather than a chore: 22 trades take one from Novice to Master if you use the offer that pays most at every tier, and the tiers below say which offer that is.
| Climb | XP | Offer that pays most | Trades | You hand over | You get back |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novice to Apprentice | 10 | The beetroot offer, 2 XP a useor any of the 3 others that pay 2 | 5 | 75 beetroot | 5 emeralds |
| Apprentice to Journeyman | 60 | The pumpkin offer, 10 XP a useon 67% of farmers at this tier | 6 | 36 pumpkins | 6 emeralds |
| Journeyman to Expert | 80 | The melon offer, 20 XP a use | 4 | 16 melons | 4 emeralds |
| Expert to Master | 100 | The suspicious stew offer, 15 XP a useor the other offer here, which pays 15 too | 7 | 7 emeralds | 7 suspicious stew |
| Novice to Master | 250 | no restock needed | 22 | 75 beetroot, 36 pumpkins, 16 melons and 7 emeralds | 15 emeralds and 7 suspicious stew |
The bill for the whole climb is 75 beetroot, 36 pumpkins, 16 melons and 7 emeralds. It pays for itself: 8 emeralds more than you started with by the time it is Master, plus 7 suspicious stew. No offer in the route runs past what its slot holds, so a Farmer with full stock can be walked all the way up in one sitting.
Counted, not timed. The XP each offer pays is the xp field of its own trade file, the 10, 60, 80, 100 XP between the tiers is VillagerData.NEXT_LEVEL_XP_THRESHOLDS, and the prices and use counts are the table above. Where a tier has more than one offer paying the top rate, the route takes the one any villager can hold, then the one that pays rather than costs, then the cheapest. XP over the line is not lost, it counts toward the next tier, so no trade in the route is wasted. How that check works.
Odds, groups and price rules for every Farmer trade
| Trade | Java odds | Bedrock odds | Bedrock group | Price multiplier | One cure takes off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 Wheatfor1EmeraldFarmer, Novice | 40% | 25% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
26 Potatofor1EmeraldFarmer, Novice | 40% | 25% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
22 Carrotfor1EmeraldFarmer, Novice | 40% | 25% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
15 Beetrootfor1EmeraldFarmer, Novice | 40% | 25% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
1Emeraldfor6 BreadFarmer, Novice | 40% | 100% | 2 | 0.05 | 6 items |
| 6Pumpkinfor1EmeraldFarmer, Apprentice | 67% | 100% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
1Emeraldfor4 Pumpkin PieFarmer, Apprentice | 67% | 50% | 2 | 0.05 | 6 items |
1Emeraldfor4 AppleFarmer, Apprentice | 67% | 50% | 2 | 0.05 | 6 items |
| 4Melonfor1EmeraldFarmer, Journeyman | 100% | 100% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
3Emeraldfor18 CookieFarmer, Journeyman | 100% | 100% | 2 | 0.05 | 6 items |
| 3Emeraldfor1CakeFarmer, Expert | 100% | 100% | 2 | 0.05 | 6 items |
1Emeraldfor1 Suspicious StewFarmer, Expert | 100% | 100% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
3Emeraldfor3 Golden CarrotFarmer, Master | 100% | 50% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
4Emeraldfor3 Glistering Melon SliceFarmer, Master | 100% | 50% | 1 | 0.05 | 6 items |
Farmer trades by tier (Novice to Master)
A Farmer climbs five career ranks, and each rank it reaches adds a fresh batch of offers on top of the ones below it. The experience gates are fixed: the Novice tier opens immediately with 5 offers, 10 more trade-XP points unlock Apprentice (3 offers), 60 more trade-XP points unlock Journeyman (2 offers), 80 more trade-XP points unlock Expert (2 offers), and 100 more trade-XP points unlock Master (2 offers). The full price list for every rank is laid out below; emerald costs marked as a range roll randomly within that band each time the trade is generated or restocked.
Tier 1 · Novice
5 trades · available from the startSell to villager: 20 wheats for 1 emerald, 26 potatos for 1 emerald, 22 carrots for 1 emerald, and 15 beetroots for 1 emerald.
Buy from villager: 6 bread for 1 emerald.
Tier 2 · Apprentice
3 trades · 10 cumulative XPSell to villager: 6 pumpkins for 1 emerald.
Buy from villager: 4 pumpkin pie for 1 emerald and 4 apple for 1 emerald.
Tier 3 · Journeyman
2 trades · 70 cumulative XPSell to villager: 4 melons for 1 emerald.
Buy from villager: 18 cookie for 3 emeralds.
Tier 4 · Expert
2 trades · 150 cumulative XPBuy from villager: cake for 3 emeralds and suspicious stew for 1 emerald.
Tier 5 · Master
2 trades · 250 cumulative XPBuy from villager: 3 golden carrot for 3 emeralds and 3 glistering melon slice for 4 emeralds.
Farmer trading tips
Grow before you trade. Because every item this villager buys is a crop rather than something dropped by a mob or dug out of stone, the honest bottleneck is field size, not combat or exploration. A patch large enough to refill melon between restocks turns this Farmer into an emerald tap you never have to defend.
Sell the crop that pays best. Melon clears at 4 per emerald, the cheapest of anything on this villager's buy list, and that slot alone can be used 12 times before it locks, worth 12 emeralds a fill and up to 24 a full villager day once both restocks land.
Do not skip the sell side. This is the one food profession that hands you back more kinds of finished food than raw crop it took, so once your emeralds are flowing, the same villager is also the cheapest place to spend them: Bread runs 1 emerald at novice, against 4 for glistering melon slice once the villager reaches master.
Leveling up only happens through trading. This Farmer needs 10 XP to leave novice, 70 to reach journeyman, 150 for expert, and 250 for master; the earliest sale of bread pays toward that total just as much as any crop it buys. It still needs a clear path back to its composter to restock and bank the XP, same as any other villager.
Cure it before you empty the shelf. Let a zombie infect this Farmer on Hard difficulty, trap it, hit it with a Splash Potion of Weakness, then feed it a golden apple; every price on its list drops hard once the cure finishes, crop and baked good alike. The full method is in our zombie villager discount guide.
The offer list locks on the very first completed trade, so if this particular novice roll is not the crop mix you wanted, reset it before you trade at all: pull the composter, wait for the job to drop, then give it back for a fresh draw. Our villager rolling guide walks through the whole reset.
Farmers that farm for you
A Farmer villager harvests and replants crops on his own, the idea behind How to Make a Villager Crop Farm in Minecraft. The bread and carrots he throws to other villagers are also what gets them breeding: How to Build a Villager Breeder. For the crops he buys from you, each has its own farm below.
- Wheat, 20 per emerald at Novice: How to Build a Wheat Farm in Minecraft
- Potato, 26 per emerald at Novice: How to Build a Carrot and Potato Farm in Minecraft
- Carrot, 22 per emerald at Novice: How to Build a Carrot and Potato Farm in Minecraft
- Beetroot, 15 per emerald at Novice: How to Build a Beetroot Farm in Minecraft
- Pumpkin, 6 per emerald at Apprentice: How to Build a Melon and Pumpkin Farm
- Melon, 4 per emerald at Journeyman: How to Build a Melon and Pumpkin Farm