SHEARS
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
Shears in villager trading
Shears 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.
Shears is a utility item rather than a material or a weapon, which is why it sits on a villager's shelf next to the food and the gear. A crafting grid makes one from 2 × iron ingot.
Villagers that sell Shears(you give emeralds, get Shears)
| Profession | Level | Price | Amount | Villager XP |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd | Novice |  | | 1same 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 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 Shears
A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades shears 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 | 24 shears a day2 restocks a day | 1 emeraldwas 2, 1 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 shears against making it
The game's recipe makes one, made from 2 iron ingots. Villagers here buy every one of those, so the parts have a price of their own: iron ingot at 4 an emerald. That puts one at 0.5 emeralds of goods.
A Shepherd sells shears at Novice for 2 emeralds. That is 4 times what the parts are worth, so gathering the materials and making it yourself is the cheaper side of the same trade.
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. The grid itself is on the shears recipe page.
Who trades Shears, and at what price
To buy Shears, visit a Shepherd at the Novice tier (2 emeralds).
Is trading Shears worth it?
Shears sells for as little as 2 emeralds, from the Shepherd at the Novice tier, and 3 of the other 5 cost less. The price is fixed rather than rolled, so a second Shepherd will quote you exactly the same.
| Colored CarpetApprentice | 1 | ||
| Colored WoolApprentice | 1 | ||
 | PaintingMaster | 2 | |
| ShearsNovice | 2 | |
| BannerExpert | 3 | ||
| BedJourneyman | 3 |
What 2 emeralds cost in goods
The Shepherd at its novice tier asks 2 emeralds for shears. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 compasses | journeyman Cartographer | 12 | 6 shears |
| 36 gold ingots | apprentice Cleric | 12 | 6 shears |
| 112 raw mutton | journeyman Butcher | 16 | 8 shears |
| 108 rabbit hides | journeyman Leatherworker | 12 | 6 shears |
| 192 any dye | apprentice Shepherd | 16 | 8 shears |
| 240 coal | novice Armorer | 16 | 8 shears |
| 288 gray wool | novice Shepherd | 16 | 8 shears |
| 512 rotten flesh | novice Cleric | 16 | 8 shears |
2 compasses against 64 rotten flesh for the same 2 emeralds, 32 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 1.3 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted.
How Shears trading works
Every shears 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 shears shows up is the Shepherd's Novice tier, which a villager has the moment it claims the workstation.
How long Shears takes in real time
12 shears 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 24 shears against 48 emeralds a Minecraft day, shears every 50 real seconds, 2.4 emeralds a real minute. 27 shears take 3 fills across 2 Minecraft days, 2 minutes of it watching the shepherd walk back to its loom.
Tips for trading Shears
- Clearing the shelf: one Shepherd sells 12 shears before it has to restock, 24 emeralds for the full slot.
- Where the emeralds come from: the same Shepherd pays an emerald per 18 white wool.
- Also on the Shepherd's list: any dye, colored wool, colored carpet, bed, banner, painting.
Shears trading FAQ
How much does Shears cost from a villager?
Can you sell Shears to a villager for emeralds?
Same trader, other items
The Shepherd works at a loom and also trades:
Any Dye