STONE AXE
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
Stone Axe in villager trading
Stone Axe 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.
Stone Axe is an early-game tool that costs a single emerald, undercutting the cobblestone and stick you would otherwise gather to craft one yourself. A crafting grid makes one from 3 × stone and 2 × stick. It also sits in 4 of the game's chest loot tables.
Villagers that sell Stone Axe(you give emeralds, get Stone Axe)
| Profession | Level | Price | Amount | Villager XP |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toolsmith | 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 Stone Axe
A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades stone axe is not the same as getting it. The friendliest roll here is the toolsmith (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toolsmith | Novice | 40% (2 in 5)Bedrock 25% (1 in 4) | about 2.5 | 24 stone axe a day2 restocks a day | no change |
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. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.
Buying a stone axe against making it
The game's recipe makes one, made from 3 stone and 2 sticks. Villagers here buy every one of those, so the parts have a price of their own: stone at 20 an emerald and stick at 32 an emerald. That puts one at 0.21 emeralds of goods.
A Toolsmith sells a stone axe at Novice for 1 emerald. That is 4.7 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 stone axe recipe page.
Who trades Stone Axe, and at what price
To buy Stone Axe, visit a Toolsmith at the Novice tier (1 emerald).
Is trading Stone Axe worth it?
Stone Axe sells for as little as 1 emerald, from the Toolsmith at the Novice tier, and nothing else on the list costs less. The price is fixed rather than rolled, so a second Toolsmith will quote you exactly the same.
| Stone AxeNovice | 1 | |
 | Stone HoeNovice | 1 | |
 | Stone PickaxeNovice | 1 | |
 | Stone ShovelNovice | 1 | |
 | Diamond HoeJourneyman | 4 | |
 | Enchanted Iron AxeJourneyman | 6-20 | |
 | Enchanted Iron ShovelJourneyman | 7-21 | |
 | Enchanted Iron PickaxeJourneyman | 8-22 | |
 | Enchanted Diamond ShovelExpert | 10-24 | |
 | Enchanted Diamond AxeExpert | 17-31 | |
 | Enchanted Diamond PickaxeMaster | 18-32 | |
 | BellApprentice | 36 |
What 1 emerald costs in goods
The Toolsmith at its novice tier asks 1 emerald for a stone axe. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 diamonds | expert Weaponsmith | 12 | 12 stone axes |
| 48 melons | journeyman Farmer | 12 | 12 stone axes |
| 60 ink sacs | journeyman Librarian | 12 | 12 stone axes |
| 120 sweet berries | master Butcher | 12 | 12 stone axes |
| 224 raw chicken | novice Butcher | 16 | 16 stone axes |
| 240 coal | novice Toolsmith | 16 | 16 stone axes |
| 320 string | novice Fisherman | 16 | 16 stone axes |
| 288 flint | journeyman Weaponsmith | 12 | 12 stone axes |
a diamond against 24 flint for the same 1 emerald, 24 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 37.5 real seconds of shelf, gathering not counted.
How Stone Axe trading works
Every stone axe 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 stone axe shows up is the Toolsmith's Novice tier, which a villager has the moment it claims the workstation.
How long Stone Axe takes in real time
12 stone axes empty one slot at the Toolsmith, 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 toolsmith moves 24 stone axes against 24 emeralds a Minecraft day, a stone axe every 50 real seconds, 1.2 emeralds a real minute. 27 stone axes take 3 fills across 2 Minecraft days, 2 minutes of it watching the toolsmith walk back to its smithing table.
Tips for trading Stone Axe
- Clearing the shelf: one Toolsmith sells 12 stone axes before it has to restock, 12 emeralds for the full slot.
- Where the emeralds come from: the same Toolsmith pays an emerald per 15 coal.
- Also on the Toolsmith's list: stone shovel, stone pickaxe, stone hoe, iron ingot, bell, flint.
Stone Axe trading FAQ
How much does Stone Axe cost from a villager?
Can you sell Stone Axe to a villager for emeralds?
Same trader, other items
The Toolsmith works at a smithing table and also trades:
Coal
Iron Ingot
Flint