BANNER
2 trades involving this item across 2 traders.
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- 11 August 2026
- Java Edition
- 26.2, 2 of 2 rows found
- Bedrock Edition
- 1.26.30.5, 1 of 2 matching
- Edition differences
- none, 1 rolled price aside
Banner in villager trading
Banner is something you buy from villagers rather than sell to them; it does not appear as a raw-material trade, so trading is one of the few survival-friendly ways to stock up on it.
Banner is decoration rather than equipment: it changes how a build looks and nothing else.
Villagers that sell Banner(you give emeralds, get Banner)
| Profession | Level | Price | Amount | Villager XP |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartographer | Expert |  | 15same in Bedrock | verified | verified | ||
| Shepherd | Expert | | 15same in Bedrock | verified | price computed in game | Random color |
The cartographer has not one banner trade but 15, each tied to its own villager types: black banner from a swamp one, blue banner from a snowy or taiga one, brown banner from a jungle or plains one, cyan banner from a desert or snowy one, gray banner from a desert one, green banner from a desert, jungle or savanna one, light blue banner from a snowy or swamp one, lime banner from a desert or taiga one, magenta banner from a savanna one, orange banner from a desert or savanna one, pink banner from a plains or taiga one, purple banner from a swamp or taiga one, red banner from a savanna or snowy one, white banner from a plains or snowy one, yellow banner from a jungle or plains one.
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.
All 2 trades on this item were read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.2 ships in its own data, checked on against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.30.5 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.
Your odds of finding Banner
A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades banner is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the cartographer (expert): 13% of them carry it, so it takes about 8 of them on average before one does.
| Villager | Tier | Villagers with this offer | Rolls to see it | Most from one villager | After a cure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartographer | Expert | 13% (2 in 16)same in Bedrock | about 8 | 24 banner a day2 restocks a day | 1 emeraldwas 2, 1 off |
| Shepherd | Expert | 9.1% (2 in 22)Bedrock 100% (1 in 1) | about 11 | 24 banner a day2 restocks a day | 1 emeraldwas 3, 2 off |
The chance is the draw size over the pool size in the game's own trade set file for that tier. The Bedrock line under it is the same sum on Bedrock's own table, which splits a tier into groups and draws out of each one separately, so the two editions often disagree. 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. The cure column is 125 reputation times the trade's own multiplier, floored, and never takes a cost below one. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Who trades Banner, and at what price
To buy Banner, visit a Cartographer at the Expert tier (2 emeralds) and a Shepherd at the Expert tier (3 emeralds).
Is trading Banner worth it?
Banner sells for as little as 2 emeralds, from the Cartographer at the Expert tier, and nothing else on the list costs less. The price is fixed rather than rolled, so a second Cartographer will quote you exactly the same.
| BannerExpert | 2 | ||
 | Empty MapNovice | 7 | |
 | Item FrameExpert | 7 | |
 | Banner Pattern (Globe)Master | 8 |
What 2 emeralds cost in goods
The Cartographer at its expert tier asks 2 emeralds for a banner. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 diamonds | expert Toolsmith | 12 | 6 banners |
| 12 spruce boats | master Fisherman | 12 | 6 banners |
| 72 pumpkins | apprentice Farmer | 12 | 6 banners |
| 112 raw porkchops | novice Butcher | 16 | 8 banners |
| 208 raw salmon | journeyman Fisherman | 16 | 8 banners |
| 256 granite | journeyman Mason | 16 | 8 banners |
| 320 stone | apprentice Mason | 16 | 8 banners |
| 288 flint | journeyman Weaponsmith | 12 | 6 banners |
2 diamonds against 48 flint for the same 2 emeralds, 24 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 1.3 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted.
How Banner trading works
Every banner offer here locks after 12 uses, and a villager restocks up to twice per Minecraft day, so one is good for 24 of these trades a day and no more.
The earliest banner shows up is the Cartographer's Expert tier, level 4 of five, which a villager reaches at 150 trade experience. A freshly employed one is 3 tiers short of offering banner at all.
How long Banner takes in real time
12 banners empty one slot at the Cartographer, 2400 ticks (Villager.allowedToRestock) at 20 a second (TickRateManager) refill it 2 real minutes later, and the 24000-tick villager day (Timelines) holds 2 of those fills in 20 real minutes.
So one cartographer moves 24 banners against 48 emeralds a Minecraft day, a banner every 50 real seconds, 2.4 emeralds a real minute. 27 banners take 3 fills across 2 Minecraft days, 2 minutes of it watching the cartographer walk back to its cartography table.
Tips for trading Banner
- Clearing the shelf: one Cartographer sells 12 banners before it has to restock, 24 emeralds for the full slot.
- Where the emeralds come from: the same Cartographer pays an emerald for a single compass.
- Also on the Cartographer's list: banner pattern (globe), woodland explorer map, paper, empty map, glass pane, village explorer map.
Banner trading FAQ
How much does Banner cost from a villager?
Can you sell Banner to a villager for emeralds?
Same trader, other items
The Cartographer works at a cartography table and also trades:
Paper
CompassThe Shepherd works at a loom and also trades:
Shears
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