LAPIS LAZULI
1 trade involving this item across 1 profession.
View on Items Database →Lapis Lazuli in villager trading
Lapis Lazuli 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.
Lapis Lazuli is a utility or magical item tied to the Cleric's brewing-stand economy, and trading is a dependable way to keep it in stock.
Only the Cleric deals in it, so any trading hall that supplies Lapis Lazuli is built around that one profession. Lapis Lazuli can also be obtained outside of trading, but buying it from a villager is often faster than gathering or smelting the ingredients yourself.
Villagers that sell Lapis Lazuli(you give emeralds, get Lapis Lazuli)
| Profession | Level | Price | Amount | Edition | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleric | Apprentice |  1 Emerald | 1x |
Who trades Lapis Lazuli, and at what price
To buy Lapis Lazuli, visit a Cleric at the Apprentice tier (1 emerald).
Is trading Lapis Lazuli worth it?
On the demand side, the cheapest a villager will sell lapis lazuli for is 1 emerald (the Cleric). Stack multiple villagers offering it, or cure one for a discount, and you can pull large quantities cheaply.
How Lapis Lazuli trading works
Every Lapis Lazuli trade follows Minecraft's standard supply-and-demand rules. A trade can be used a limited number of times — 12 for the slot in question — before it greys out and locks until the villager restocks. A villager restocks up to twice per in-game day, but only if it can path to its job-site block and "work" there, which is why a trading hall must leave the workstation reachable.
Buying lapis lazuli repeatedly nudges its price up: heavy demand temporarily inflates the emerald cost, and the price drifts back down over time or resets when the villager restocks. Curing the villager from zombie form, or triggering the Hero of the Village effect, applies a discount on top of that, which is the cheapest way to acquire lapis lazuli in bulk.
One caution: the first trade you complete with a fresh villager permanently locks its current offers, including the lapis lazuli slot at whatever price it rolled. If you are chasing a specific price, decide before you trade, because there is no re-rolling a villager once it has done business with you.
Tips for trading Lapis Lazuli
- Cheapest source: the Cleric sells lapis lazuli for 1 emerald once it reaches the Apprentice tier, the lowest emerald cost recorded for this item.
- Cure for a discount: curing a zombie villager of the relevant profession permanently slashes its prices, so lapis lazuli can often drop to a single emerald. See how.
- Lock the price: once you complete a trade the offer is fixed, so a cheap roll of lapis lazuli stays cheap for that villager. Reset only happens on never-traded Novice villagers via the rolling method.