SLIMEBALL
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
Slimeball in Minecraft trading
Slimeball is a Wandering Trader exclusive: no job villager buys or sells it at all, so the roaming merchant with the two llamas is the only source, at 4 emeralds each.
No recipe in Java 26.2 produces it, unless you count unpacking a block of slimeball: it drops from slimes.
The Wandering Trader sells Slimeball(you give emeralds, get Slimeball)
| Trader | Stock | Price | Amount |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandering Trader | common |  | | 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 Slimeball
A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades slimeball is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the wandering trader (common pool): 6.6% of them carry it, so it takes about 15.2 of them on average before one does.
| Villager | Tier | Villagers with this offer | Rolls to see it | Most from one villager | After a cure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandering Trader | common pool | 6.6% (5 in 76)same in Bedrock | about 15.2 | 5 slimeball in totalhe never restocks | cannot be cured |
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 wandering trader has no workstation and never restocks, so his row is everything that offer will ever give you, and he has no reputation to earn, so curing does nothing for him. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Who trades Slimeball, and at what price
The Wandering Trader sells Slimeball for 4 emeralds each. He does not buy slimeball back: that offer runs one way.
No standard villager profession lists Slimeball in its trade table, so the trader above is the whole market for it.
Is buying Slimeball from the Wandering Trader worth it?
He asks 4 emeralds each, and 62 of the other 75 come cheaper. Price is the easy part: he draws his stock from a shared pool, so catching one that happens to be carrying slimeball is the real constraint.
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 | Gunpowder | 1 for 4 | |
| Rooted Dirt | 1 for 2 | ||
 | Melon Seeds | 1 | |
 | Red Tulip | 1 | |
 | Cactus | 3 | |
| Slimeball | 4 | |
 | Enchanted Iron Pickaxe | 6 |
What 4 emeralds cost in goods
The Wandering Trader asks 4 emeralds for a slimeball. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 diamonds | expert Weaponsmith | 12 | 3 slimeballs |
| 36 gold ingots | apprentice Cleric | 12 | 3 slimeballs |
| 48 pufferfish | master Fisherman | 12 | 3 slimeballs |
| 108 rabbit hides | journeyman Leatherworker | 12 | 3 slimeballs |
| 192 any dye | journeyman Shepherd | 16 | 4 slimeballs |
| 240 coal | apprentice Butcher | 16 | 4 slimeballs |
| 320 stone | apprentice Mason | 16 | 4 slimeballs |
| 288 flint | journeyman Weaponsmith | 12 | 3 slimeballs |
4 diamonds against 96 flint for the same 4 emeralds, 24 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Shepherd at 2.5 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted.
How to actually get Slimeball from the trader
The Wandering Trader is not part of any village. He arrives on his own near where you are playing, with two leashed trader llamas behind him, stays for roughly forty minutes to an hour, and then vanishes whether or not you traded with him. There is no workstation to place and no job block to break, so the usual tricks for steering a villager toward a particular offer do nothing.
He does not buy slimeball. He takes six kinds of item and this is not one of them, so the offer runs one way: emeralds out of your inventory, slimeball into it.
Each trader carries only a slice of the full stock list, so the one standing in front of you may simply not have slimeball today. If he does and you want more than one visit's worth, put a name tag on him: a named mob will not despawn, which turns a passing merchant into a permanent shop you can come back to.
Tips for trading Slimeball
- What a full stack costs: he asks 4 emeralds each, so a full stack of 64 comes to 256 emeralds.
- Also on the wandering trader's list: open eyeblossom, pale oak sapling, brain coral block, bubble coral block, fire coral block, horn coral block.
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