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STONE HOE

1 trade involving this item across 1 profession.

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Stone Hoe in villager trading

Stone Hoe 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 Hoe is an early-game tool that costs a single emerald, undercutting the cobblestone and stick you would otherwise gather to craft one yourself.

Only the Toolsmith deals in it, so any trading hall that supplies Stone Hoe is built around that one profession. Stone Hoe can also be obtained outside of trading, but buying it from a villager is often faster than gathering or smelting the ingredients yourself.

Villagers that sell Stone Hoe(you give emeralds, get Stone Hoe)

ProfessionLevelPriceAmountEditionNotes
ToolsmithNovice1 Emerald1x

Who trades Stone Hoe, and at what price

To buy Stone Hoe, visit a Toolsmith at the Novice tier (1 emerald).

Is trading Stone Hoe worth it?

On the demand side, the cheapest a villager will sell stone hoe for is 1 emerald (the Toolsmith). Stack multiple villagers offering it, or cure one for a discount, and you can pull large quantities cheaply.

How Stone Hoe trading works

Every Stone Hoe trade follows Minecraft's standard supply-and-demand rules. A trade can be used a limited number of times — 12 for the slot in question — before it greys out and locks until the villager restocks. A villager restocks up to twice per in-game day, but only if it can path to its job-site block and "work" there, which is why a trading hall must leave the workstation reachable.

Buying stone hoe repeatedly nudges its price up: heavy demand temporarily inflates the emerald cost, and the price drifts back down over time or resets when the villager restocks. Curing the villager from zombie form, or triggering the Hero of the Village effect, applies a discount on top of that, which is the cheapest way to acquire stone hoe in bulk.

One caution: the first trade you complete with a fresh villager permanently locks its current offers, including the stone hoe slot at whatever price it rolled. If you are chasing a specific price, decide before you trade, because there is no re-rolling a villager once it has done business with you.

Tips for trading Stone Hoe

  • Cheapest source: the Toolsmith sells stone hoe for 1 emerald once it reaches the Novice tier, the lowest emerald cost recorded for this item.
  • Cure for a discount: curing a zombie villager of the relevant profession permanently slashes its prices, so stone hoe can often drop to a single emerald. See how.
  • Lock the price: once you complete a trade the offer is fixed, so a cheap roll of stone hoe stays cheap for that villager. Reset only happens on never-traded Novice villagers via the rolling method.

Stone Hoe trading FAQ

Which villager trades Stone Hoe?
Stone Hoe is traded by Toolsmith. These professions sell it for emeralds.
How much does Stone Hoe cost from a villager?
The cheapest seller is the Toolsmith, which offers stone hoe for 1 emerald at the Novice tier. Curing a zombie Toolsmith can lower that to about one emerald.
Can you sell Stone Hoe to a villager?
No standard villager profession buys Stone Hoe for emeralds; it only appears as something villagers sell, so trade for it rather than expecting to offload it.
What tier do you need to buy Stone Hoe?
A villager must reach the Novice tier before it offers stone hoe, which means trading with it until it earns enough career experience to rank up to that level.