CROSSBOW
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, 1 of 1 matching
- Edition differences
- none, both editions match
Crossbow in villager trading
Crossbow 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.
A crafting grid makes one from 3 × stick, 1 × iron ingot, 2 × string and 1 × tripwire hook. It also sits in 5 of the game's chest loot tables.
Villagers that sell Crossbow(you give emeralds, get Crossbow)
| Profession | Level | Price | Amount | Villager XP |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | Journeyman |  | | 10same 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 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 Crossbow
Every villager listed below shows this trade: their tier draws its whole pool, so there is nothing to roll for. What is left to plan is throughput.
| Villager | Tier | Villagers with this offer | Rolls to see it | Most from one villager | After a cure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | Journeyman | 100% (2 in 2)same in Bedrock | none, it is always there | 24 crossbow 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.
Buying a crossbow against making it
The game's recipe makes one, made from 3 sticks, 1 iron ingot, 2 string and 1 tripwire hook. Villagers here buy every one of those, so the parts have a price of their own: stick at 32 an emerald, iron ingot at 4 an emerald, string at 14 an emerald and tripwire hook at 8 an emerald. That puts one at 0.61 emeralds of goods.
A Fletcher sells a crossbow at Journeyman for 3 emeralds. That is 4.9 times what the parts are worth, so gathering the materials and making it yourself is the cheaper side of the same trade.
Recipe out of data/minecraft/recipe in the same client jar the trades are read from. Part prices are the best rate any villager on this site pays, before any cure discount, and each of those is a trade with a page of its own. How that check works. The grid itself is on the crossbow recipe page.
Who trades Crossbow, and at what price
To buy Crossbow, visit a Fletcher at the Journeyman tier (3 emeralds).
Is trading Crossbow worth it?
Crossbow sells for as little as 3 emeralds, from the Fletcher at the Journeyman tier, and 2 of the other 4 cost less. The price is fixed rather than rolled, so a second Fletcher will quote you exactly the same.
 | ArrowNovice | 1 | |
 | BowApprentice | 2 | |
| CrossbowJourneyman | 3 | |
| Enchanted BowExpert | 7-21 | |
| Enchanted CrossbowMaster | 8-22 |
What 3 emeralds cost in goods
The Fletcher at its journeyman tier asks 3 emeralds for a crossbow. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 dark oak boats | master Fisherman | 12 | 4 crossbows |
| 36 gold ingots | apprentice Cleric | 12 | 4 crossbows |
| 72 tropical fish | expert Fisherman | 12 | 4 crossbows |
| 120 dried kelp blocks | expert Butcher | 12 | 4 crossbows |
| 208 raw salmon | journeyman Fisherman | 16 | 5.3 crossbows |
| 240 coal | apprentice Butcher | 16 | 5.3 crossbows |
| 288 gray wool | novice Shepherd | 16 | 5.3 crossbows |
| 512 rotten flesh | novice Cleric | 16 | 5.3 crossbows |
3 dark oak boats against 96 rotten flesh for the same 3 emeralds, 32 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Fisherman at 1.9 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted.
How Crossbow trading works
Every crossbow 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 crossbow shows up is the Fletcher'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 crossbow at all.
How long Crossbow takes in real time
12 crossbows empty one slot at the Fletcher, 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 fletcher moves 24 crossbows against 72 emeralds a Minecraft day, a crossbow every 50 real seconds, 3.6 emeralds a real minute. 27 crossbows take 3 fills across 2 Minecraft days, 2 minutes of it watching the fletcher walk back to its fletching table.
Tips for trading Crossbow
- Clearing the shelf: one Fletcher sells 12 crossbows before it has to restock, 36 emeralds for the full slot.
- Where the emeralds come from: the same Fletcher pays an emerald per 14 string.
- Also on the Fletcher's list: feather, enchanted bow, tripwire hook, enchanted crossbow, tipped arrow, stick.
Stick
Flint
String
Feather