FLINT

5 trades involving this item across 4 traders.

Last checked: 11 August 2026
Java Edition: 26.2, 5 of 5 rows found
Bedrock Edition: 1.26.30.5, 5 of 5 matching
Edition differences: none, both editions match

Flint in villager trading

Flint 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.

No recipe in Java 26.2 produces it: it comes out of gravel, 10% of the time, every time with Fortune III.

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

Profession	Level	You Give	Villager XP	Java 26.2	Bedrock 1.26.30.5
Fletcher	Apprentice	Flint	10same in Bedrock	verified	verified
Leatherworker	Apprentice	Flint	10same in Bedrock	verified	verified
Toolsmith	Journeyman	Flint	20same in Bedrock	verified	verified
Weaponsmith	Journeyman	Flint	20same in Bedrock	verified	verified

Villagers that convert Flint(goods and an emerald in, goods out)

Profession	Level	You Give	You Get	Uses	Villager XP	Java 26.2	Bedrock 1.26.30.5
Fletcher	Novice	Gravel+	Flint	12x	1same in Bedrock	verified	verified

All 5 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 Flint

A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades flint is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the fletcher (novice): 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 Flint
Villager	Tier	Villagers with this offer	Rolls to see it	Most from one villager	After a cure
Fletcher	Novice	67% (2 in 3)Bedrock 50% (1 in 2)	about 1.5	240 flint a day24 uses, 2 restocks a day	4 gravelwas 10, 6 off
Fletcher	Apprentice	100% (2 in 2)same in Bedrock	none, it is always there	24 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	20 flintwas 26, 6 off
Leatherworker	Apprentice	67% (2 in 3)Bedrock 100% (1 in 1)	about 1.5	24 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	20 flintwas 26, 6 off
Toolsmith	Journeyman	40% (2 in 5)Bedrock 100% (1 in 1)	about 2.5	24 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	24 flintwas 30, 6 off
Weaponsmith	Journeyman	100% (1 in 1)same in Bedrock	none, it is always there	24 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	18 flintwas 24, 6 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 Flint, and at what price

To sell Flint for emeralds, bring it to a Fletcher at the Apprentice tier (26 units per 1 emerald), a Leatherworker at the Apprentice tier (26 units per 1 emerald), a Toolsmith at the Journeyman tier (30 units per 1 emerald), and a Weaponsmith at the Journeyman tier (24 units per 1 emerald).

a Fletcher at the Novice tier takes 10 gravel and 1 emerald for 10 flint. That is the whole of it: no emeralds come back out, so it is a conversion rather than a sale, and the emerald is part of what you pay.

Is trading Flint worth it?

The best rate any villager offers is an emerald per 24 flint, from the Weaponsmith, and nothing else on that list asks for more. No villager sells flint back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.

What the Weaponsmith pays for, best rate first
	DiamondExpert		1
	Iron IngotApprentice		4
	CoalNovice		15
	FlintJourneyman		24

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

Flint against the other 68 ways to earn an emerald

One slot at the Weaponsmith takes 24 flint a trade, 12 trades, 12 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:

8 emerald routes measured against Flint
A full slot of	To	Emeralds	Worth in Flint
12 acacia boats	master Fisherman	12	288 flint
24 book and quills	expert Librarian	12	288 flint
48 melons	journeyman Farmer	12	288 flint
112 raw mutton	journeyman Butcher	16	384 flint
120 sweet berries	master Butcher	12	288 flint
240 coal	novice Toolsmith	16	384 flint
256 diorite	journeyman Mason	16	384 flint
512 sticks	novice Fletcher	16	384 flint

12 acacia boats against 384 sticks for the same 12 emeralds, 32 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 7.5 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Flint itself pays 24 an emerald, so 62 of the 72 ask less and 6 ask more.

How Flint trading works

Every flint 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 flint shows up is the Fletcher's Apprentice tier, level 2 of five, which a villager reaches at 10 trade experience. A freshly employed one is 1 tier short of offering flint at all.

How long Flint takes in real time

288 flint empty one slot at the Weaponsmith, 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 weaponsmith moves 576 flint against 24 emeralds a Minecraft day, 24 flint every 50 real seconds, 1.2 emeralds a real minute. 64 flint fit inside one of those slots, refill untouched.

Tips for trading Flint

One villager, one restock: the Weaponsmith pays an emerald per 24 flint and that slot runs 12 trades, so 288 flint (4.5 stacks) is all one will take before it locks, for 12 emeralds in total.
Where they go back: that Weaponsmith also sells iron axes at 3 emeralds each, its cheapest offer.
Also on the Weaponsmith's list: diamond, enchanted diamond axe, enchanted diamond sword, coal, enchanted iron sword, iron ingot.

Flint trading FAQ

How many flint make an emerald?

24 flint at the best rate any villager offers, from the Weaponsmith at the Journeyman tier. That slot runs 12 trades before it locks, so one villager takes 288 of them per restock.

Which villager sells Flint?

None. Flint 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.