SWEET BERRIES
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
Sweet Berries in villager trading
Sweet Berries 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.
Sweet Berries is a farmable crop. Large automated farms make it trivial to mass-produce, which is exactly why villagers buying it form the backbone of most emerald farms. No recipe in Java 26.2 produces it: it comes out of sweet berry bush.
Villagers that buy Sweet Berries(you give Sweet Berries, get emeralds)
| Profession | Level | You Give | You Get | Villager XP |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher | Master | Sweet Berries |  | 30same 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 Sweet Berries
Every villager listed below shows this trade: their tier draws its whole pool, so there is nothing to roll for. What is left to plan is throughput.
| Villager | Tier | Villagers with this offer | Rolls to see it | Most from one villager | After a cure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher | Master | 100% (1 in 1)same in Bedrock | none, it is always there | 24 emeralds a day2 restocks a day | 4 sweet berrieswas 10, 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 Sweet Berries, and at what price
To sell Sweet Berries for emeralds, bring it to a Butcher at the Master tier (10 units per 1 emerald).
Is trading Sweet Berries worth it?
The best rate any villager offers is an emerald per 10 sweet berries, from the Butcher, and 5 of the other 7 pay out faster. No villager sells sweet berries back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.
 | Raw RabbitNovice | 4 | |
 | Raw MuttonJourneyman | 7 | |
 | Raw PorkchopNovice | 7 | |
| Dried Kelp BlockExpert | 10 | ||
 | Raw BeefJourneyman | 10 | |
| Sweet BerriesMaster | 10 | |
 | Raw ChickenNovice | 14 | |
 | CoalApprentice | 15 |
Sweet Berries against the other 71 ways to earn an emerald
One slot at the Butcher takes 10 sweet berries a trade, 12 trades, 12 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Worth in Sweet Berries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 acacia boats | master Fisherman | 12 | 120 sweet berries |
| 48 iron ingots | apprentice Toolsmith | 12 | 120 sweet berries |
| 72 pumpkins | apprentice Farmer | 12 | 120 sweet berries |
| 108 rabbit hides | journeyman Leatherworker | 12 | 120 sweet berries |
| 192 any dye | expert Shepherd | 16 | 160 sweet berries |
| 240 coal | novice Weaponsmith | 16 | 160 sweet berries |
| 288 white wool | novice Shepherd | 16 | 160 sweet berries |
| 360 flint | journeyman Toolsmith | 12 | 120 sweet berries |
12 acacia boats against 360 flint for the same 12 emeralds, 30 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Shepherd at 7.5 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Sweet Berries itself pays 10 an emerald, so 31 of the 72 ask less and 36 ask more.
How Sweet Berries trading works
Every sweet berries 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 sweet berries shows up is the Butcher's Master tier, level 5 of five, which a villager reaches at 250 trade experience. A freshly employed one is 4 tiers short of offering sweet berries at all.
How long Sweet Berries takes in real time
120 sweet berries empty one slot at the Butcher, 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 butcher moves 240 sweet berries against 24 emeralds a Minecraft day, 10 sweet berries every 50 real seconds, 1.2 emeralds a real minute. 64 sweet berries fit inside one of those slots, refill untouched.
Tips for trading Sweet Berries
- One villager, one restock: the Butcher pays an emerald per 10 sweet berries and that slot runs 12 trades, so 120 sweet berries is all one will take before it locks, for 12 emeralds in total.
- Where they go back: that Butcher also sells rabbit stew at 1 emerald each, its cheapest offer.
- Also on the Butcher's list: raw chicken, raw porkchop, raw rabbit, coal, cooked porkchop, cooked chicken.
Sweet Berries trading FAQ
How many sweet berries make an emerald?
Which villager sells Sweet Berries?
Same trader, other items
The Butcher works at a smoker and also trades:
Rabbit Stew
Cooked Porkchop
Cooked Chicken