BUCKET OF COD

1 trade involving this item across 1 trader.

Last checked: 11 August 2026
Java Edition: 26.2, 1 of 1 row found
Bedrock Edition: 1.26.30.5, 1 of 1 matching
Edition differences: none, both editions match

Bucket of Cod in villager trading

Bucket of Cod 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.

Bucket of Cod is a utility item rather than a material or a weapon, which is why it sits on a villager's shelf next to the food and the gear. No recipe in Java 26.2 produces it.

Villagers that sell Bucket of Cod(you give emeralds, get Bucket of Cod)

Profession	Level	Price	Amount	Villager XP	Java 26.2	Bedrock 1.26.30.5	Notes
Fisherman	Novice			1same in Bedrock	verified	verified

The 1 trade on this item was read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.2 ships in its own data, checked on 11 August 2026 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 Bucket of Cod

A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades bucket of cod is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the fisherman (novice): 50% of them carry it, so it takes about 2 of them on average before one does.

Chance and daily throughput per villager for Bucket of Cod
Villager	Tier	Villagers with this offer	Rolls to see it	Most from one villager	After a cure
Fisherman	Novice	50% (2 in 4)same in Bedrock	about 2	32 bucket of cod 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 Bucket of Cod, and at what price

To buy Bucket of Cod, visit a Fisherman at the Novice tier (3 emeralds).

Is trading Bucket of Cod worth it?

Bucket of Cod sells for as little as 3 emeralds, from the Fisherman at the Novice tier, and 1 of the other 2 costs less. The price is fixed rather than rolled, so a second Fisherman will quote you exactly the same.

What the Fisherman sells, cheapest first
	CampfireApprentice		2
	Bucket of CodNovice		3
	Enchanted Fishing RodJourneyman		8-22

Emeralds asked per trade. Every other row links to that item.

What 3 emeralds cost in goods

The Fisherman at its novice tier asks 3 emeralds for a bucket of cod. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:

8 emerald routes measured against Bucket of Cod
A full slot of	To	Emeralds	Buys
12 compasses	journeyman Cartographer	12	4 buckets of cod
48 melons	journeyman Farmer	12	4 buckets of cod
48 scutes	expert Leatherworker	12	4 buckets of cod
108 glass bottles	expert Cleric	12	4 buckets of cod
224 raw chicken	novice Butcher	16	5.3 buckets of cod
240 coal	novice Armorer	16	5.3 buckets of cod
264 nether wart	master Cleric	12	4 buckets of cod
312 flint	apprentice Fletcher	12	4 buckets of cod

3 compasses against 78 flint 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 Bucket of Cod trading works

Every bucket of cod offer here locks after 16 uses, and a villager restocks up to twice per Minecraft day, so one is good for 32 of these trades a day and no more.

The earliest bucket of cod shows up is the Fisherman's Novice tier, which a villager has the moment it claims the workstation.

How long Bucket of Cod takes in real time

16 buckets of cod empty one slot at the Fisherman, 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 fisherman moves 32 buckets of cod against 96 emeralds a Minecraft day, a bucket of cod every 37.5 real seconds, 4.8 emeralds a real minute. 27 buckets of cod take 2 fills across 1 Minecraft day, 2 minutes of it watching the fisherman walk back to its barrel.

Tips for trading Bucket of Cod

Clearing the shelf: one Fisherman sells 16 buckets of cod before it has to restock, 48 emeralds for the full slot.
Where the emeralds come from: the same Fisherman pays an emerald per 10 coal.
Also on the Fisherman's list: cooked cod, raw cod, campfire, cooked salmon, raw salmon, enchanted fishing rod.

Bucket of Cod trading FAQ

How much does Bucket of Cod cost from a villager?

3 emeralds from the Fisherman at the Novice tier. That price is fixed, so every Fisherman offering it asks the same.

Can you sell Bucket of Cod to a villager for emeralds?

No. Bucket of Cod only appears on the selling side of the trade window: villagers hand it over for emeralds, none of them take it back.

Same trader, other items

The Fisherman works at a barrel and also trades: