WHITE WOOL
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
White Wool in villager trading
White Wool 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.
White Wool is dyed or natural wool, useful for beds, banners, and builds. A Shepherd both buys wool from you and sells coloured variants back. A crafting grid makes one from 4 × string. 2 of them make 3 white carpet.
Villagers that buy White Wool(you give White Wool, get emeralds)
| Profession | Level | You Give | You Get | Villager XP |  Java 26.2 |  Bedrock 1.26.30.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd | Novice | White Wool |  | 2same 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 White Wool
A villager only shows part of its trade table, so knowing who trades white wool 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 | 32 emeralds a day2 restocks a day | 12 white woolwas 18, 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.
Buying white wool against making it
The game's recipe makes one, made from 4 string. Villagers here buy every one of those, so the parts have a price of their own: string at 14 an emerald. That puts one at 0.29 emeralds of goods.
A Shepherd pays an emerald for 18 of them, and the parts for 18 come to 5.14 emeralds. Crafting them up to sell loses 4.14 emeralds a batch, so sell the parts instead.
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 white wool recipe page.
Who trades White Wool, and at what price
To sell White Wool for emeralds, bring it to a Shepherd at the Novice tier (18 units per 1 emerald).
Is trading White Wool worth it?
The best rate any villager offers is an emerald per 18 white wool, from the Shepherd, and nothing else on that list asks for more. No villager sells white wool back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.
 | Any DyeApprentice | 12 | |
| Black WoolNovice | 18 | ||
| Brown WoolNovice | 18 | ||
| Gray WoolNovice | 18 | ||
| White WoolNovice | 18 |
White Wool against the other 71 ways to earn an emerald
One slot at the Shepherd takes 18 white wool a trade, 16 trades, 16 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:
| A full slot of | To | Emeralds | Worth in White Wool |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 acacia boats | master Fisherman | 12 | 216 white wool |
| 24 book and quills | expert Librarian | 12 | 216 white wool |
| 64 raw rabbit | novice Butcher | 16 | 288 white wool |
| 160 coal | novice Fisherman | 16 | 288 white wool |
| 192 any dye | apprentice Shepherd | 16 | 288 white wool |
| 240 coal | apprentice Butcher | 16 | 288 white wool |
| 264 nether wart | master Cleric | 12 | 216 white wool |
| 384 paper | novice Librarian | 16 | 288 white wool |
16 acacia boats against 384 paper for the same 16 emeralds, 24 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 10 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. White Wool itself pays 18 an emerald, so 53 of the 72 ask less and 15 ask more.
How White Wool trading works
Every white wool offer here locks after 16 uses, and a villager restocks up to twice per Minecraft day, so one is good for 32 of these trades a day and no more.
The earliest white wool shows up is the Shepherd's Novice tier, which a villager has the moment it claims the workstation.
How long White Wool takes in real time
288 white wool 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 576 white wool against 32 emeralds a Minecraft day, 18 white wool every 37.5 real seconds, 1.6 emeralds a real minute. 64 white wool fit inside one of those slots, refill untouched.
Tips for trading White Wool
- One villager, one restock: the Shepherd pays an emerald per 18 white wool and that slot runs 16 trades, so 288 white wool (4.5 stacks) is all one will take before it locks, for 16 emeralds in total.
- Where they go back: that Shepherd also sells shears at 2 emeralds each, its cheapest offer.
- Also on the Shepherd's list: brown wool, black wool, gray wool, any dye, colored wool, colored carpet.
White Wool trading FAQ
How many white wool make an emerald?
Which villager sells White Wool?
Same trader, other items
The Shepherd works at a loom and also trades:
Shears