DIAMOND

3 trades involving this item across 3 traders.

Last checked: 11 August 2026
Java Edition: 26.2, 3 of 3 rows found
Bedrock Edition: 1.26.30.5, 3 of 3 matching
Edition differences: none, both editions match

Diamond in villager trading

Diamond is a raw-material trade: villagers pay emeralds for it, which makes it a candidate for an automated emerald farm rather than something you purchase back.

Diamond is top-tier diamond equipment; villager trading is a steady way to acquire it without mining the diamonds yourself, and the version sold here comes already enchanted. No recipe in Java 26.2 produces it, unless you count unpacking a block of diamond: it comes out of deepslate diamond ore and diamond ore.

Villagers that buy Diamond(you give Diamond, get emeralds)

Profession	Level	Villager XP	Java 26.2	Bedrock 1.26.30.5
Armorer	Journeyman	20same in Bedrock	verified	verified
Toolsmith	Expert	30same in Bedrock	verified	verified
Weaponsmith	Expert	30same in Bedrock	verified	verified

All 3 trades on this item were 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 Diamond

A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades diamond is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the toolsmith (expert): 67% of them carry it, so it takes about 1.5 of them on average before one does.

Chance and daily throughput per villager for Diamond
Villager	Tier	Villagers with this offer	Rolls to see it	Most from one villager	After a cure
Armorer	Journeyman	40% (2 in 5)Bedrock 100% (1 in 1)	about 2.5	24 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	no change
Toolsmith	Expert	67% (2 in 3)Bedrock 100% (1 in 1)	about 1.5	24 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	no change
Weaponsmith	Expert	100% (2 in 2)same in Bedrock	none, it is always there	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 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. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.

Who trades Diamond, and at what price

To sell Diamond for emeralds, bring it to an Armorer at the Journeyman tier (1 unit per 1 emerald), a Toolsmith at the Expert tier (1 unit per 1 emerald), and a Weaponsmith at the Expert tier (1 unit per 1 emerald).

Is trading Diamond worth it?

The best rate any villager offers is an emerald for a single diamond, from the Armorer, and nothing else on the list pays out faster. No villager sells diamond back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.

What the Armorer pays for, best rate first
	DiamondJourneyman		1
	Lava BucketJourneyman		1
	Iron IngotApprentice		4
	CoalNovice		15

Units you hand over per emerald, so a shorter bar is a better deal. Every other row links to that item.

Diamond against the other 69 ways to earn an emerald

One slot at the Armorer takes 1 diamond a trade, 12 trades, 12 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:

8 emerald routes measured against Diamond
A full slot of	To	Emeralds	Worth in Diamond
12 acacia boats	master Fisherman	12	12 diamonds
64 raw rabbit	novice Butcher	16	16 diamonds
48 scutes	expert Cleric	12	12 diamonds
120 sweet berries	master Butcher	12	12 diamonds
144 nether quartz	expert Mason	12	12 diamonds
240 coal	apprentice Butcher	16	16 diamonds
320 stone	apprentice Mason	16	16 diamonds
288 flint	journeyman Weaponsmith	12	12 diamonds

12 acacia boats against 288 flint for the same 12 emeralds, 24 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 7.5 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Diamond itself pays 1 an emerald, so nothing in that table asks less and 62 ask more.

How Diamond trading works

Every diamond 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 diamond shows up is the Armorer'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 diamond at all.

How long Diamond takes in real time

12 diamonds empty one slot at the Armorer, 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 armorer moves 24 diamonds against 24 emeralds a Minecraft day, a diamond every 50 real seconds, 1.2 emeralds a real minute. 64 diamonds take 6 fills across 3 Minecraft days, 6 minutes of it watching the armorer walk back to its blast furnace.

Tips for trading Diamond

One villager, one restock: the Armorer pays an emerald for a single diamond and that slot runs 12 trades, so 12 diamonds is all one will take before it locks, for 12 emeralds in total.
Where they go back: that Armorer also sells chainmail boots at 1 emerald each, its cheapest offer.
Also on the Armorer's list: enchanted diamond leggings, enchanted diamond boots, enchanted diamond helmet, enchanted diamond chestplate, coal, iron leggings.

Diamond trading FAQ

How many diamonds make an emerald?

1 diamond at the best rate any villager offers, from the Armorer at the Journeyman tier. That slot runs 12 trades before it locks, so one villager takes 12 of them per restock.

Which villager sells Diamond?

None. Diamond is bought from you rather than sold to you, so trading is a way to turn it into emeralds and not a way to obtain it.