ACACIA BOAT
1 trade involving this item across 1 trader.
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- 26 September 2026
- Java Edition
- 26.3, 1 of 1 row found
- Bedrock Edition
- 1.26.50.4, 1 of 1 matching
- Edition differences
- none, both editions match
Acacia Boat in villager trading
A savanna is the only place this trade shows up at all. Only a fisherman who spawned in that biome carries the acacia boat offer, and even one who did still needs to reach master before it appears, so a plains or desert fisherman never has it no matter how many levels he climbs.
A crafting grid makes one from a stack of acacia planks, which is usually the faster route than hunting down a fisherman of the right biome. What the trade is actually good for is the reverse direction, the emeralds that come back for handing boats in.
Villagers that buy Acacia Boat(you give Acacia Boat, get emeralds)
| Profession | Level | You Give | You Get | Villager XP |  Java 26.3 |  Bedrock 1.26.50.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisherman | Master | Acacia Boat |  | 30same in Bedrock | verified | verified |
The acacia boat is a savanna trade: no other fisherman offers it, whatever its tier.
A villager's type is the biome it spawned in, so this is settled before you ever meet it. Read out of merchant_predicate in each trade's own file. How that check works.
The 1 trade on this item was 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.
Odds, groups and price rules for Acacia Boat
| Trade | Java odds | Bedrock odds | Bedrock group | Price multiplier | One cure takes off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Acacia Boatfor1EmeraldFisherman, Master | 33% | not checked | not checked | 0.05 | 6 items |
Your odds of finding Acacia Boat
Biome comes first here, roll comes second. Once a fisherman is confirmed savanna-born, a master one still only shows a draw of his tier, and acacia boat sits on 33% of that draw. Expect to check about 3 savanna fishermen at that tier before one is actually selling it, on top of finding a savanna fisherman in the first place.
| Villager | Tier | Villagers with this offer | Rolls to see it | Most from one villager | After a cure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisherman | Master | 33% (2 in 6)Bedrock does not state a draw | about 3 | 24 emeralds a day2 restocks a day | no change |
The chance is the draw size over the pool size in the game's own trade set file for that tier. The day figure is the trade's use limit times the 2 restocks a villager is allowed per in-game day (Villager.allowedToRestock), so it is a ceiling and not an average: it assumes you are there for every restock. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Who trades Acacia Boat, and at what price
One job, one price, one biome restriction. A Fisherman asks 1 emerald for 1 acacia boat once he reaches master, and that figure never moves between two fishermen of the same tier. The catch is that he has to be a savanna villager to begin with; a fisherman from any other biome cannot roll this offer at any level.
No villager sells an acacia boat to a player. The row only runs one direction, out of your inventory and into the fisherman's till.
Is trading Acacia Boat worth it?
The best rate any villager offers is an emerald for a single acacia boat, from the Fisherman, and nothing else on the list pays out faster. No villager sells acacia boat back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.
| Acacia BoatMaster | 1 | |
 | Dark Oak BoatMaster | 1 | |
 | Jungle BoatMaster | 1 | |
 | Oak BoatMaster | 1 | |
 | Spruce BoatMaster | 1 | |
 | PufferfishMaster | 4 | |
 | Tropical FishExpert | 6 | |
 | CoalNovice | 10 | |
 | Raw SalmonJourneyman | 13 | |
 | Raw CodApprentice | 15 | |
 | StringNovice | 20 |
Acacia Boat against the other 71 ways to earn an emerald
One slot at the Fisherman takes 1 acacia boat a trade, 12 trades, 12 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Worth in Acacia Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
 12 compasses | journeyman Cartographer | 12 | 12 acacia boats |
 24 rabbit feet |  journeyman Cleric | 12 | 12 acacia boats |
 64 raw rabbit | novice Butcher | 16 | 16 acacia boats |
 108 glass bottles | expert Cleric | 12 | 12 acacia boats |
| 132 glass panes | apprentice Cartographer | 12 | 12 acacia boats |
| 240 raw cod | apprentice Fisherman | 16 | 16 acacia boats |
 384 feathers | expert Fletcher | 16 | 16 acacia boats |
 360 flint | journeyman Toolsmith | 12 | 12 acacia boats |
12 compasses against 360 flint for the same 12 emeralds, 30 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 7.5 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Acacia Boat itself pays 1 an emerald, so nothing in that table asks less and 62 ask more.
How Acacia Boat trading works
The trade is gated on the villager's own type, fixed the moment it spawned, not on anything a player can change afterward. A savanna fisherman keeps that identity for life even if he is later moved into a house in a completely different village.
Once it is open, the offer sells 1 boat at a time and runs 12 uses before it locks, refilling on the same restock schedule as everything else he sells.
How long Acacia Boat takes in real time
12 boats close the slot, and the fisherman needs 2 real minutes back at his barrel before it opens again. A Minecraft day runs 20 real minutes, long enough for two of those refills.
A full day of camping one savanna fisherman nets 24 emeralds from boats alone, the hard ceiling regardless of how many acacia trees are within reach.
Tips for trading Acacia Boat
Check the biome before the level. A fisherman with every other trade maxed out is worthless for this one if he was not born in a savanna, so confirm the villager type first and worry about grinding him to master second.
Where they go back: campfires are the cheapest thing that same fisherman sells you.
Also on the Fisherman's list: dark oak boat, string, bucket of cod, coal, cooked cod, and raw cod.
A boat is faster than a horse on water
Five planks make a boat and it carries two, which makes it the cheapest transport in the game. On water it beats sprinting, and on ice it beats everything, which is why long distance routes are built from boats and packed ice rather than rails.
Acacia is only the colour. Every boat handles the same, so a villager selling one is selling convenience and a wood type you may not have nearby. A boat also carries a mob, which is the standard way to move a villager without a minecart.
Chest boats, and what a boat carries
A boat and a chest on a crafting grid give a chest boat, which is a moving container with a seat. That is the cheapest way to shift a base across water long before minecarts or a shulker box exist.
The second seat takes a mob, which is how villagers, animals and the occasional wandering trader get moved without leads or fences.
A boat placed on land still works, badly, and a boat in a one-block hole is the standard way of parking a mob you want to keep exactly where it is.
Same trader, other items
The Fisherman works at a barrel and also trades:
Bucket of Cod
Cooked Cod
Cooked Salmon