What does the fletcher trade?

The fletcher buys sticks, flint, feathers, and tripwire hooks for emeralds, and sells arrows, bows, crossbows, enchanted bows, enchanted crossbows, and tipped arrows. It is the only profession that sells any ranged weapon.

What workstation turns a villager into a fletcher?

A fletching table placed near an unemployed villager assigns the fletcher job. Break the fletching table and the villager loses the job and its trades with it.

Why is the fletcher such a fast source of emeralds?

Its Novice trade pays an emerald for 32 sticks, one of the easiest emerald trades. Sticks, flint, and feathers all come from routine mining and hunting, so there is little farming needed to keep feeding it.

How does flint work with a fletcher?

At Novice the villager converts 10 gravel plus 1 emerald into 10 guaranteed flint. From Apprentice it flips around and buys 26 raw flint off you for an emerald instead.

How many levels does it take to unlock every fletcher trade?

Five, from Novice to Master. Trading experience earned from completed trades pushes the villager up each level and reveals its next tier of offers.

Is the fletcher really the only place to buy an enchanted bow or crossbow?

Yes. No other villager profession sells a bow, a crossbow, an enchanted bow, or an enchanted crossbow, which makes this the only reliable, repeatable shop for any of them outside of loot chests.

What determines the enchantment on an enchanted crossbow?

It is random on every purchase and priced between 8 and 22 emeralds depending on the roll, so the same trade slot can cost more or less each time it is bought.

What is the cheapest item a fletcher sells?

Arrows at 1 emerald for 16 are the cheapest sale on the list.

What does a fletcher do with tipped arrows?

From Master it converts 5 plain arrows and 2 emeralds into 5 tipped arrows carrying a random potion effect, the only trade in the game that adds an effect to arrows this way.

Does a Master fletcher still buy raw materials?

Yes, it takes 8 tripwire hooks for an emerald alongside its weapon sales, so the buy side of this profession never fully disappears even at the top tier.

How often does a fletcher restock its trades?

Up to 2 times a day, and only when it can reach its fletching table to work. Each trade also has its own use limit separate from the villager's overall level, so a maxed out offer needs a restock, not a level up.

FLETCHER

Workstation: Fletching Table|12 trades across 5 levels

Sells bows, crossbows, arrows, and tipped arrows. Buys sticks, flint, feathers, and string. One of the best stick-to-emerald trades.

Last checked: 26 September 2026
Java Edition: 26.3, 10 of 12 rows found
Bedrock Edition: 1.26.50.4, 9 of 12 matching
Edition differences: none, 3 rolled prices aside

What is the Fletcher?

The fletcher works the fletching table and is the only villager in the game that sells bow, crossbow, enchanted bow, and enchanted crossbow. No other profession touches ranged weapons at all, so if a build needs a bow and there is no chest nearby, this is the one shop in the village that can supply it.

The buy side is almost the same story in reverse. 32 sticks for an emerald at Novice cost nothing but a couple of planks to make, and the trade data itself flags it as one of the easiest emerald trades. The villager also takes 26 raw flint at Apprentice and feathers at Journeyman, both things that pile up on their own from normal mining and hunting. There is barely a farming step between finding materials on the ground and walking away with emeralds.

Flint actually runs both directions here. At Novice the villager turns 10 gravel plus 1 emerald into 10 guaranteed flint, no digging through gravel drop chances required. Then from Apprentice it buys raw flint back off you for emeralds instead, so depending on the tier unlocked, the same block is either something you pay to convert or something you get paid to hand over.

The top tier also turns plain arrows into tipped arrows, 5 arrows and 2 emeralds for 5 tipped arrows with a random effect attached, the only place a villager hands out a potion effect on a projectile. Most tiers here are also close to guaranteed: Apprentice through Expert show every offer in their pool every time, and even Novice only hides 1 out of 3 possible slots, about a 67% chance for any one of them. That is a far steadier villager to plan around than most.

Fletcher trades at Novice level
Input	Output	Uses	Villager XP	Java 26.3	Bedrock 1.26.50.4	Notes
Stick		16	2same in Bedrock	verified	verified	One of the easiest emerald trades
	Arrow	12	1same in Bedrock	verified	verified
Gravel+		12	1same in Bedrock	verified	verified

3 trades at Novice level

The game draws 2 of the 3 offers this tier can hold, so any one of them is on 67% of novice fletchers, 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 6 off every trade, so the stick goes from 32 to 26. No cost ever drops below one.

The stick offer pays the villager 2 XP a use and the gravel for flint 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 3 trades on this page were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on 26 September 2026 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.

Fletcher trades at Apprentice level
Input		Output	Emeralds	Uses	Villager XP	Java 26.3	Bedrock 1.26.50.4	Notes
Flint				12	10same in Bedrock	verified	verified
		Bow		12	5same in Bedrock	verified	verified

2 trades at Apprentice level

The game draws 2 of the 2 offers this tier holds, which is all of them, so every apprentice fletcher 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 1 on the bow (2 to 1) up to 6 on the flint (26 to 20). No cost ever drops below one.

The flint offer pays the villager 10 XP a use and the bow 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 2 trades on this page were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on 26 September 2026 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.

Fletcher trades at Journeyman level
Input		Output	Emeralds	Uses	Villager XP	Java 26.3	Bedrock 1.26.50.4	Notes
String				16	20same in Bedrock	verified	verified
		Crossbow		12	10same in Bedrock	verified	verified

2 trades at Journeyman level

The game draws 2 of the 2 offers this tier holds, which is all of them, so every journeyman fletcher 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 crossbow (3 to 1) up to 6 on the string (14 to 8). No cost ever drops below one.

The string offer pays the villager 20 XP a use and the crossbow offer pays 10, so the 80 XP from Journeyman to Expert is 4 trades one way and 8 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.

Fletcher trades at Expert level
Input		Output	Emeralds	Uses	Villager XP	Java 26.3	Bedrock 1.26.50.4	Notes
Feather				16	30same in Bedrock	verified	verified
		Enchanted Bow		3	15same in Bedrock	not checked	price computed in game	Random enchantment

2 trades at Expert level

The game draws 2 of the 2 offers this tier holds, which is all of them, so every expert fletcher 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 6 off every trade, so the feather goes from 24 to 18. No cost ever drops below one.

The feather offer pays the villager 30 XP a use and the enchanted bow offer pays 15, so the 100 XP from Expert to Master is 4 trades one way and 7 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.

1 of 2 trade on this page was read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on 26 September 2026 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.

Fletcher trades at Master level
Input	Output	Uses	Villager XP	Java 26.3	Bedrock 1.26.50.4	Notes
Tripwire Hook		12	30same in Bedrock	verified	verified
	Enchanted Crossbow	3	15same in Bedrock	not checked	price computed in game	Random enchantment
	Tipped Arrow	12	30same in Bedrock	verified	price computed in game	Random tipped arrow type

3 trades at Master level

The game draws 2 of the 3 offers this tier can hold, so any one of them is on 67% of master fletchers, 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. The discount is capped by the price, so here it runs from 1 on the tipped arrow (2 to 1) up to 6 on the enchanted crossbow (8 to 2). No cost ever drops below one.

Master is the top tier. Its offers still pay between 15 and 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.

2 of 3 trades on this page were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.3 ships in its own data, checked on 26 September 2026 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 Fletcher 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: 19 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.

The fewest trades that take a Fletcher from Novice to Master, tier by tier
Climb	XP	Offer that pays most	Trades	You hand over	You get back
Novice to Apprentice	10	The stick offer, 2 XP a useon 67% of fletchers at this tier	5	160 sticks	5 emeralds
Apprentice to Journeyman	60	The flint offer, 10 XP a use	6	156 flint	6 emeralds
Journeyman to Expert	80	The string offer, 20 XP a use	4	56 string	4 emeralds
Expert to Master	100	The feather offer, 30 XP a use	4	96 feathers	4 emeralds
Novice to Master	250	no restock needed	19	160 sticks, 156 flint, 56 string and 96 feathers	19 emeralds

The bill for the whole climb is 160 sticks (2.5 stacks), 156 flint (2.4 stacks), 56 string and 96 feathers. It pays for itself: 19 emeralds more than you started with by the time it is Master. No offer in the route runs past what its slot holds, so a Fletcher 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 Fletcher trade

Trade	Java odds	Bedrock odds	Bedrock group	Price multiplier	One cure takes off
32Stickfor1EmeraldFletcher, Novice	67%	100%	1	0.05	6 items
1Emeraldfor16ArrowFletcher, Novice	67%	50%	2	0.05	6 items
10Gravelfor10FlintFletcher, Novice	67%	50%	2	0.05	6 items
26Flintfor1EmeraldFletcher, Apprentice	100%	100%	1	0.05	6 items
2Emeraldfor1BowFletcher, Apprentice	100%	100%	2	0.05	6 items
14Stringfor1EmeraldFletcher, Journeyman	100%	100%	1	0.05	6 items
3Emeraldfor1CrossbowFletcher, Journeyman	100%	100%	2	0.05	6 items
24Featherfor1EmeraldFletcher, Expert	100%	100%	1	0.05	6 items
7Emeraldfor1Enchanted BowFletcher, Expert	100%	100%	2	0.05	6 items
8Tripwire Hookfor1EmeraldFletcher, Master	67%	100%	1	0.05	6 items
8Emeraldfor1Enchanted CrossbowFletcher, Master	67%	50%	2	0.05	6 items
2Emeraldfor5Tipped ArrowFletcher, Master	67%	50%	2	0.05	6 items

Fletcher trades by tier (Novice to Master)

A Fletcher 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 3 offers, 10 more trade-XP points unlock Apprentice (2 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 (3 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

3 trades · available from the start

Sell to villager: 32 sticks for 1 emerald and 10 gravels for 10 emeralds.

Buy from villager: 16 arrow for 1 emerald.

Tier 2 · Apprentice

2 trades · 10 cumulative XP

Sell to villager: 26 flints for 1 emerald.

Buy from villager: bow for 2 emeralds.

Tier 3 · Journeyman

2 trades · 70 cumulative XP

Sell to villager: 14 strings for 1 emerald.

Buy from villager: crossbow for 3 emeralds.

Tier 4 · Expert

2 trades · 150 cumulative XP

Sell to villager: 24 feathers for 1 emerald.

Buy from villager: enchanted bow for 7-21 emeralds.

Tier 5 · Master

3 trades · 250 cumulative XP

Sell to villager: 8 tripwire hooks for 1 emerald.

Buy from villager: enchanted crossbow for 8-22 emeralds and 5 tipped arrow for 2 emeralds plus 5 arrows.

Fletcher trading tips

32 sticks for an emerald at Novice is genuinely one of the best emerald rates in the game, the trade table itself calls it out as one of the easiest. Two crafting tables worth of planks turn into more sticks than you can spend, so this is usually the fastest single trade to lean on for early emeralds.

Do not throw away spare gravel. At Novice the villager turns it straight into flint for you, which skips the usual gamble of mining gravel over and over hoping it drops flint instead of a gravel block.

The enchantment on enchanted bow and enchanted crossbow is random on every purchase, so if the first roll is not worth the emeralds, do not buy it. Check what enchantment is on offer against the enchantment guide before spending, since the price band moves with how good the roll is.

Both the Novice and Master tiers hold back part of their offer pool, about a 67% chance for any one master trade on a given villager, so a fletcher that will not sell an enchanted crossbow yet is not stuck, it just has not shown that slot. Curing a zombie villager forces a fresh set of trades, explained in the zombie villager discount guide, and the villager rolling guide covers resets that skip the zombie step entirely, useful here specifically to reroll a bad enchantment.

Do not overlook the Master buy trade either. It takes 8 tripwire hooks for an emerald, an item most players only ever craft to trip a trap, so if you are pulling apart old redstone builds there is a use for the leftovers. Every offer here runs on the same use limit as any other villager, and this one restocks by walking to the fletching table up to 2 times a day, so a maxed out trade comes back on its own rather than needing a whole new villager.

Rerolling a Fletcher and feeding his trades

Break the Fletching Table before the first trade and the Fletcher rolls new Novice offers, as How to Reset Villager Trades in Minecraft shows. The Arrows and Bows he sells also drop from skeletons, which How to Build a Skeleton Farm in Minecraft collects in bulk.

Stick, 32 per emerald at Novice: How to Build a Tree Farm in Minecraft
String, 14 per emerald at Journeyman: How to Build a String Farm in Minecraft
Feather, 24 per emerald at Expert: How to Make an Auto Chicken Cooker in Minecraft

Fletcher trading FAQ

What does the fletcher trade?
The fletcher buys sticks, flint, feathers, and tripwire hooks for emeralds, and sells arrows, bows, crossbows, enchanted bows, enchanted crossbows, and tipped arrows. It is the only profession that sells any ranged weapon.
What workstation turns a villager into a fletcher?
A fletching table placed near an unemployed villager assigns the fletcher job. Break the fletching table and the villager loses the job and its trades with it.
Why is the fletcher such a fast source of emeralds?
Its Novice trade pays an emerald for 32 sticks, one of the easiest emerald trades. Sticks, flint, and feathers all come from routine mining and hunting, so there is little farming needed to keep feeding it.
How does flint work with a fletcher?
At Novice the villager converts 10 gravel plus 1 emerald into 10 guaranteed flint. From Apprentice it flips around and buys 26 raw flint off you for an emerald instead.
How many levels does it take to unlock every fletcher trade?
Five, from Novice to Master. Trading experience earned from completed trades pushes the villager up each level and reveals its next tier of offers.
Is the fletcher really the only place to buy an enchanted bow or crossbow?
Yes. No other villager profession sells a bow, a crossbow, an enchanted bow, or an enchanted crossbow, which makes this the only reliable, repeatable shop for any of them outside of loot chests.
What determines the enchantment on an enchanted crossbow?
It is random on every purchase and priced between 8 and 22 emeralds depending on the roll, so the same trade slot can cost more or less each time it is bought.
What is the cheapest item a fletcher sells?
Arrows at 1 emerald for 16 are the cheapest sale on the list.
What does a fletcher do with tipped arrows?
From Master it converts 5 plain arrows and 2 emeralds into 5 tipped arrows carrying a random potion effect, the only trade in the game that adds an effect to arrows this way.
Does a Master fletcher still buy raw materials?
Yes, it takes 8 tripwire hooks for an emerald alongside its weapon sales, so the buy side of this profession never fully disappears even at the top tier.
How often does a fletcher restock its trades?
Up to 2 times a day, and only when it can reach its fletching table to work. Each trade also has its own use limit separate from the villager's overall level, so a maxed out offer needs a restock, not a level up.