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PASSIVE Present since 1.14 or earlier

Wandering Trader mob in Minecraft

The Wandering Trader is a travelling merchant who shows up near you from time to time with two Trader Llamas, sells blocks you cannot easily find nearby, then leaves. He sells for emeralds, buys a few everyday items, and never restocks, so take what you need before he goes.

Health: 2010 hearts
Behavior: Passive
Found in: Not in the wild

Wandering Trader stats

Health: 20 10 hearts
Behavior: Passive
Spawns in: —
Size: 0.6 × 1.95 blocks
XP when killed: None
Detection range: 16 blocks

// Experience drops only when a player kills it.

Trades and prices

Each Wandering Trader draws its offers from three lists when it appears, and never restocks. These are base prices.

Buys from you2 of 6 offers

You giveYou getUses

1 ×Water Bottle

1 ×Emerald22 uses

1 ×Water Bucket

2 ×Emerald22 uses

1 ×Milk Bucket

2 ×Emerald22 uses

1 ×Fermented Spider Eye

3 ×Emerald22 uses

4 ×Baked Potato

1 ×Emerald22 uses

1 ×Hay Bale

1 ×Emerald22 uses

Rarer offers2 of 16 offers

You giveYou getUses

1 ×Emerald

1 ×Packed Ice66 uses

6 ×Emerald

1 ×Blue Ice66 uses

1 ×Emerald

4 ×Gunpowder22 uses

3 ×Emerald

3 ×Podzol66 uses

1 ×Emerald

8 ×Acacia Log4*4 uses*

10 kinds

One offer per kind, each drawn separately.

6-20 ×Emerald

1 ×Iron PickaxeEnchanted as with 5 to 19 levels11 use

5 ×Emerald

1 ×Potion of InvisibilityExtended duration11 use

Common offers5 of 78 offers

You giveYou getUses

1 ×Emerald

3 ×White Dye1212 uses

17 kinds

One offer per kind, each drawn separately.

White Dye

Orange Dye

Magenta Dye

Light Blue Dye

Yellow Dye

Lime Dye

Pink Dye

Gray Dye

Light Gray Dye

Cyan Dye

Purple Dye

Blue Dye

Brown Dye

Green Dye

Red Dye

Black Dye

Shelf Mushroom

3 ×Emerald

1 ×Bucket of Tropical Fish4*4 uses*

3 ×Emerald

1 ×Bucket of Pufferfish4*4 uses*

2 ×Emerald

1 ×Sea Pickle55 uses

4 ×Emerald

1 ×Slimeball55 uses

2 ×Emerald

1 ×Glowstone55 uses

5 ×Emerald

1 ×Nautilus Shell55 uses

1 ×Emerald

1 ×Fern1212 uses

17 kinds

One offer per kind, each drawn separately.

1 ×Emerald

1 ×Sugar Cane88 uses

1 ×Emerald

1 ×Pumpkin4*4 uses*

3 ×Emerald

1 ×Kelp1212 uses

3 ×Emerald

1 ×Cactus88 uses

6 kinds

One offer per kind, each drawn separately.

1 ×Emerald

1 ×Blue Orchid88 uses

1 ×Emerald

1 ×Lily of the Valley77 uses

1 ×Emerald

1 ×Open Eyeblossom77 uses

5 ×Emerald

1 ×Acacia Sapling88 uses

10 kinds

One offer per kind, each drawn separately.

1 ×Emerald

3 ×Vines4*4 uses*

4 kinds

One offer per kind, each drawn separately.

1 ×Emerald

5 ×Lily Pad22 uses

1 ×Emerald

2 ×Small Dripleaf55 uses

6 kinds

One offer per kind, each drawn separately.

1 ×Emerald

8 ×Sand88 uses

1 ×Emerald

4 ×Red Sand66 uses

3 ×Emerald

1 ×Firefly Bush1212 uses

2 ×Emerald

1 ×Golden Dandelion1212 uses

1 ×Emerald

1 ×Name Tag55 uses

* Not set in the trade file: the game code default applies (4 uses).

Where to find Wandering Trader

Doesn’t spawn naturally in a biome: it comes from a structure, a spawner, a block or an event.

Wandering Trader drops

Nothing.

Health compared

Health vs other passive mobshealth points

Happy Ghast20

Strider20

Villager20

Wandering Trader20

Skeleton Horse15

Axolotl14

Sniffer14

What you can do with Wandering Trader

Items to use on it and what happens.

TradeEmeraldUse it with an empty hand to see what it sells today.

Advancements with Wandering Trader

Advancements whose criteria involve this mob, from the game files.

What a Deal!Successfully trade with a Villager Star TraderTrade with a Villager at the build height limit

Command

Summon a Wandering Trader/summon →

/summon minecraft:wandering_trader ~ ~ ~

When the Wandering Trader appears

The game regularly tries to spawn a Wandering Trader close to a player, sometimes near a village bell. Usually only one is around, but the game does not stop a second one from arriving. He arrives with two Trader Llamas on leads and stays for a while before he disappears on his own.

He has his own little routine. At night he drinks a Potion of Invisibility to hide, and at dawn he drinks a milk bucket to become visible again. Zombies and illagers attack him, and he runs from them, so a trader that spawns at night does not always survive until morning.

What he sells

A Wandering Trader offers nine deals: five common ones, two rarer ones and two items he buys from you. He trades in emeralds and has no levels to unlock, so what you see is all he has. The most useful offers:

Blocks from other biomes: saplings of every tree, coral blocks, sand, red sand, moss, pointed dripstone, small dripleaf, flowers and dyes.
Blue ice and packed ice, handy for fast boat roads in the Nether.
A name tag for a single emerald, by far the cheapest way to get one.
Logs, eight at a time, and slime balls, nautilus shells or gunpowder.
Now and then, a long Potion of Invisibility or an enchanted iron pickaxe.

What he buys

He also pays emeralds for a few things that are easy to make: a water bucket, a milk bucket, a water bottle, a fermented spider eye, baked potatoes or a hay bale. It is a small but easy source of emeralds early in a world.

Tips

Check the offers quickly. His stock never refills: once an offer is used up, it stays closed.
Keep him safe. If he appears at night, fence him in or bring him into a lit area.
Keep the llamas if you want them: take them on your own lead and they stay behind when he leaves.

✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026

Wandering Trader — FAQ

Does the Wandering Trader restock?

No. Each offer has a limited number of uses, and once it runs out it does not come back. A new trader brings new offers.

How long does the Wandering Trader stay?

A limited time. After a while he disappears on his own, along with his llamas if they are still tied to him.

Why does the Wandering Trader turn invisible?

He drinks a Potion of Invisibility at night to hide from monsters, then a milk bucket at dawn to become visible again.

Where does the Wandering Trader spawn?

Out of nowhere, near players: the game regularly tries to spawn one close to a player, often around a village bell, leading two Trader Llamas. He leaves again after a while.

What does a Wandering Trader drop?

Nothing.

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