LEATHER

1 trade involving this item across 1 trader.

Last checked: 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

Leather in villager trading

Leather 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.

A crafting grid makes one from 4 × rabbit hide. It also sits in 8 of the game's chest loot tables.

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

Profession	Level	You Give	You Get	Villager XP	Java 26.2	Bedrock 1.26.30.5
Leatherworker	Novice	Leather		2same 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 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 Leather

A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades leather is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the leatherworker (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 Leather
Villager	Tier	Villagers with this offer	Rolls to see it	Most from one villager	After a cure
Leatherworker	Novice	67% (2 in 3)Bedrock 100% (1 in 1)	about 1.5	32 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	1 leatherwas 6, 5 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 leather against making it

The game's recipe makes one, made from 4 rabbit hides. Villagers here buy every one of those, so the parts have a price of their own: rabbit hide at 9 an emerald. That puts one at 0.44 emeralds of goods.

A Leatherworker pays an emerald for 6 of them, and the parts for 6 come to 2.67 emeralds. Crafting them up to sell loses 1.67 emeralds a batch, so sell the parts instead.

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.

Who trades Leather, and at what price

To sell Leather for emeralds, bring it to a Leatherworker at the Novice tier (6 units per 1 emerald).

Is trading Leather worth it?

The best rate any villager offers is an emerald per 6 leather, from the Leatherworker, and 1 of the other 3 pays out faster. No villager sells leather back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.

What the Leatherworker pays for, best rate first
	ScuteExpert		4
	LeatherNovice		6
	Rabbit HideJourneyman		9
	FlintApprentice		26

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

Leather against the other 71 ways to earn an emerald

One slot at the Leatherworker takes 6 leather a trade, 16 trades, 16 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:

8 emerald routes measured against Leather
A full slot of	To	Emeralds	Worth in Leather
12 acacia boats	master Fisherman	12	72 leather
48 iron ingots	apprentice Armorer	12	72 leather
48 melons	journeyman Farmer	12	72 leather
96 tripwire hooks	master Fletcher	12	72 leather
240 beetroot	novice Farmer	16	96 leather
240 raw cod	apprentice Fisherman	16	96 leather
320 string	novice Fisherman	16	96 leather
512 rotten flesh	novice Cleric	16	96 leather

16 acacia boats against 512 rotten flesh for the same 16 emeralds, 32 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Farmer at 10 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Leather itself pays 6 an emerald, so 23 of the 72 ask less and 46 ask more.

How Leather trading works

Every leather 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 leather shows up is the Leatherworker's Novice tier, which a villager has the moment it claims the workstation.

How long Leather takes in real time

96 leather empty one slot at the Leatherworker, 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 leatherworker moves 192 leather against 32 emeralds a Minecraft day, 6 leather every 37.5 real seconds, 1.6 emeralds a real minute. 64 leather fit inside one of those slots, refill untouched.

Tips for trading Leather

One villager, one restock: the Leatherworker pays an emerald per 6 leather and that slot runs 16 trades, so 96 leather is all one will take before it locks, for 16 emeralds in total.
Where they go back: that Leatherworker also sells leather leggings at 3 emeralds each, its cheapest offer.
Also on the Leatherworker's list: leather tunic, flint, leather cap, leather boots, rabbit hide, leather horse armor.

Leather trading FAQ

How many leather make an emerald?

6 leather at the best rate any villager offers, from the Leatherworker at the Novice tier. That slot runs 16 trades before it locks, so one villager takes 96 of them per restock.

Which villager sells Leather?

None. Leather 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.

Same trader, other items

The Leatherworker works at a cauldron and also trades: