GRAY WOOL
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
Gray Wool in villager trading
Gray Wool 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.
Gray Wool is dyed or natural wool, useful for beds, banners, and builds. A Shepherd both buys wool from you and sells coloured variants back. A crafting grid makes one from 1 × gray dye and 1 × white wool. 2 of them make 3 gray carpet.
Villagers that buy Gray Wool(you give Gray Wool, get emeralds)
Java 26.2
Bedrock 1.26.30.5
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 Gray Wool
A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades gray wool is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the shepherd (novice): 40% of them carry it, so it takes about 2.5 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 | Novice | 40% (2 in 5)Bedrock 100% (1 in 1) | about 2.5 | 32 emeralds a day2 restocks a day | 12 gray woolwas 18, 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 Gray Wool, and at what price
To sell Gray Wool for emeralds, bring it to a Shepherd at the Novice tier (18 units per 1 emerald).
Is trading Gray Wool worth it?
The best rate any villager offers is an emerald per 18 gray wool, from the Shepherd, and 3 of the other 4 pay out faster. No villager sells gray wool back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.
 | Any DyeApprentice | 12 | |
| Black WoolNovice | 18 | ||
| Brown WoolNovice | 18 | ||
| Gray WoolNovice | 18 | ||
| White WoolNovice | 18 |
Gray Wool against the other 71 ways to earn an emerald
One slot at the Shepherd takes 18 gray wool a trade, 16 trades, 16 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Worth in Gray Wool |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 acacia boats | master Fisherman | 12 | 216 gray wool |
| 24 book and quills | expert Librarian | 12 | 216 gray wool |
| 64 raw rabbit | novice Butcher | 16 | 288 gray wool |
| 96 tripwire hooks | master Fletcher | 12 | 216 gray wool |
| 192 any dye | apprentice Shepherd | 16 | 288 gray wool |
| 256 granite | journeyman Mason | 16 | 288 gray wool |
| 264 nether wart | master Cleric | 12 | 216 gray wool |
| 312 flint | apprentice Fletcher | 12 | 216 gray wool |
16 acacia boats against 416 flint for the same 16 emeralds, 26 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 10 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Gray Wool itself pays 18 an emerald, so 53 of the 72 ask less and 15 ask more.
How Gray Wool trading works
Every gray wool 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 gray wool shows up is the Shepherd's Novice tier, which a villager has the moment it claims the workstation.
How long Gray Wool takes in real time
288 gray wool 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 576 gray wool against 32 emeralds a Minecraft day, 18 gray wool every 37.5 real seconds, 1.6 emeralds a real minute. 64 gray wool fit inside one of those slots, refill untouched.
Tips for trading Gray Wool
- One villager, one restock: the Shepherd pays an emerald per 18 gray wool and that slot runs 16 trades, so 288 gray wool (4.5 stacks) is all one will take before it locks, for 16 emeralds in total.
- Where they go back: that Shepherd also sells shears at 2 emeralds each, its cheapest offer.
- Also on the Shepherd's list: any dye, colored wool, colored carpet, bed, banner, painting.
Gray Wool trading FAQ
How many gray wool make an emerald?
Which villager sells Gray Wool?
Same trader, other items
The Shepherd works at a loom and also trades:
Shears