BED
1 trade involving this item across 1 trader.
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- 11 August 2026
- Java Edition
- 26.2, 1 of 1 row found
- Bedrock Edition
- 1.26.30.5, 0 of 1 matching
- Edition differences
- none, 1 rolled price aside
Bed in villager trading
Bed 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.
Bed is decoration rather than equipment: it changes how a build looks and nothing else.
Villagers that sell Bed(you give emeralds, get Bed)
| Profession | Level | Price | Amount | Villager XP |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd | Journeyman |  | 10same in Bedrock | verified | price computed in game | Random color |
The 1 trade on this item was 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 Bed
A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades bed is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the shepherd (journeyman): 9.5% of them carry it, so it takes about 10.5 of them on average before one does.
| Villager | Tier | Villagers with this offer | Rolls to see it | Most from one villager | After a cure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd | Journeyman | 9.5% (2 in 21)Bedrock 100% (1 in 1) | about 10.5 | 24 bed 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 Bed, and at what price
To buy Bed, visit a Shepherd at the Journeyman tier (3 emeralds).
Is trading Bed worth it?
Bed sells for as little as 3 emeralds, from the Shepherd at the Journeyman tier, and nothing else on that list costs more. The price is fixed rather than rolled, so a second Shepherd will quote you exactly the same.
| Colored CarpetApprentice | 1 | ||
| Colored WoolApprentice | 1 | ||
 | PaintingMaster | 2 | |
 | ShearsNovice | 2 | |
| BannerExpert | 3 | ||
| BedJourneyman | 3 |
What 3 emeralds cost in goods
The Shepherd at its journeyman tier asks 3 emeralds for a bed. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 compasses | journeyman Cartographer | 12 | 4 beds |
| 48 books | apprentice Librarian | 12 | 4 beds |
| 60 ink sacs | journeyman Librarian | 12 | 4 beds |
| 120 dried kelp blocks | expert Butcher | 12 | 4 beds |
| 144 nether quartz | expert Mason | 12 | 4 beds |
| 240 coal | apprentice Butcher | 16 | 5.3 beds |
| 320 string | novice Fisherman | 16 | 5.3 beds |
| 416 potatoes | novice Farmer | 16 | 5.3 beds |
3 compasses against 78 potatoes for the same 3 emeralds, 26 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 1.9 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted.
How Bed trading works
Every bed 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 bed shows up is the Shepherd's Journeyman tier, level 3 of five, which a villager reaches at 70 trade experience. A freshly employed one is 2 tiers short of offering bed at all.
How long Bed takes in real time
12 beds empty one slot at the Shepherd, 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 shepherd moves 24 beds against 72 emeralds a Minecraft day, a bed every 50 real seconds, 3.6 emeralds a real minute. 27 beds take 3 fills across 2 Minecraft days, 2 minutes of it watching the shepherd walk back to its loom.
Tips for trading Bed
- Clearing the shelf: one Shepherd sells 12 beds before it has to restock, 36 emeralds for the full slot.
- Where the emeralds come from: the same Shepherd pays an emerald per 12 any dye.
- Also on the Shepherd's list: banner, painting, white wool, brown wool, black wool, gray wool.
Bed trading FAQ
How much does Bed cost from a villager?
Can you sell Bed to a villager for emeralds?
Same trader, other items
The Shepherd works at a loom and also trades:
Any Dye