RAW SALMON

2 trades involving this item across 1 trader.

Last checked: 11 August 2026
Java Edition: 26.2, 2 of 2 rows found
Bedrock Edition: 1.26.30.5, 2 of 2 matching
Edition differences: none, both editions match

Raw Salmon in villager trading

Raw Salmon 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.

Raw Salmon is pulled out of the water with a fishing rod, and a Fisherman is the villager who deals in it. No recipe in Java 26.2 produces it: it drops from polar bears and salmon.

Villagers that buy Raw Salmon(you give Raw Salmon, get emeralds)

Profession	Level	You Give	You Get	Villager XP	Java 26.2	Bedrock 1.26.30.5
Fisherman	Journeyman	Raw Salmon		20same in Bedrock	verified	verified

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

Profession	Level	You Give	You Get	Uses	Villager XP	Java 26.2	Bedrock 1.26.30.5
Fisherman	Apprentice	Raw Salmon+	Cooked Salmon	16x	5same in Bedrock	verified	verified

All 2 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 Raw Salmon

A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades raw salmon is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the fisherman (apprentice): 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 Raw Salmon
Villager	Tier	Villagers with this offer	Rolls to see it	Most from one villager	After a cure
Fisherman	Apprentice	67% (2 in 3)Bedrock 50% (1 in 2)	about 1.5	192 cooked salmon a day32 uses, 2 restocks a day	1 raw salmonwas 6, 5 off
Fisherman	Journeyman	100% (2 in 2)same in Bedrock	none, it is always there	32 emeralds a day2 restocks a day	7 raw salmonwas 13, 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 Raw Salmon, and at what price

To sell Raw Salmon for emeralds, bring it to a Fisherman at the Journeyman tier (13 units per 1 emerald).

a Fisherman at the Apprentice tier takes 6 raw salmon and 1 emerald for 6 cooked salmon. 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 Raw Salmon worth it?

The best rate any villager offers is an emerald per 13 raw salmon, from the Fisherman, and 8 of the other 10 pay out faster. No villager sells raw salmon back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.

What the Fisherman pays for, best rate first
	Acacia BoatMaster		1
	Dark Oak BoatMaster		1
	Jungle BoatMaster		1
	Oak BoatMaster		1
	Spruce BoatMaster		1
	PufferfishMaster		4
	Tropical FishExpert		6
	CoalNovice		10
	Raw SalmonJourneyman		13
	Raw CodApprentice		15
	StringNovice		20

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

Raw Salmon against the other 71 ways to earn an emerald

One slot at the Fisherman takes 13 raw salmon a trade, 16 trades, 16 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:

8 emerald routes measured against Raw Salmon
A full slot of	To	Emeralds	Worth in Raw Salmon
12 acacia boats	master Fisherman	12	156 raw salmon
36 gold ingots	apprentice Cleric	12	156 raw salmon
48 melons	journeyman Farmer	12	156 raw salmon
160 coal	novice Fisherman	16	208 raw salmon
192 any dye	journeyman Shepherd	16	208 raw salmon
256 andesite	journeyman Mason	16	208 raw salmon
288 gray wool	novice Shepherd	16	208 raw salmon
288 flint	journeyman Weaponsmith	12	156 raw salmon

16 acacia boats against 384 flint for the same 16 emeralds, 24 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Fisherman at 10 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Raw Salmon itself pays 13 an emerald, so 41 of the 72 ask less and 30 ask more.

How Raw Salmon trading works

Every raw salmon 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 raw salmon shows up is the Fisherman'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 raw salmon at all.

How long Raw Salmon takes in real time

208 raw salmon empty one slot at the Fisherman, 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 fisherman moves 416 raw salmon against 32 emeralds a Minecraft day, 13 raw salmon every 37.5 real seconds, 1.6 emeralds a real minute. 64 raw salmon fit inside one of those slots, refill untouched.

Tips for trading Raw Salmon

One villager, one restock: the Fisherman pays an emerald per 13 raw salmon and that slot runs 16 trades, so 208 raw salmon (3.3 stacks) is all one will take before it locks, for 16 emeralds in total.
Where they go back: that Fisherman also sells campfires at 2 emeralds each, its cheapest offer.
Also on the Fisherman's list: enchanted fishing rod, tropical fish, pufferfish, oak boat, spruce boat, jungle boat.

Raw Salmon trading FAQ

How many raw salmon make an emerald?

13 raw salmon at the best rate any villager offers, from the Fisherman at the Journeyman tier. That slot runs 16 trades before it locks, so one villager takes 208 of them per restock.

Which villager sells Raw Salmon?

None. Raw Salmon 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 Fisherman works at a barrel and also trades: