How to get Emeralds in Minecraft — the fast way!

You’ll want to make sure, of course, that there are already villagers about, and that it is not an Abandoned Village. Villagers do not spawn naturally without two parent Villagers and other spawn requirements, so an empty village will always be an empty village.

Once you’ve found some Villagers, you’ll want to turn one into a Fletcher. You can do this with any Villager that’s not a Nitwit (wears a green tunic), even if they already have a different profession – provided you haven’t already traded with them. To make a Villager lose its profession, find its job block and break it. At this point, place a Fletching Table near the recently unemployed Villager, and it will take on the new role. Check to make sure that the Fletcher is offering Emeralds for Sticks as one of its first trades. If not, break the Fletching Table and keep placing it back down until it does. This shouldn’t take long.

Now you’ll just need to gather plenty of wood. We recommend a nice empty inventory for this, as you’ll need lots of space to turn your wood into sticks – one stack of logs becomes eight stacks of sticks.

Finally, trade Sticks for Emeralds with your Fletcher! The limits to this are that the Villager will run out of sticks, and you’ll need to wait for a new Minecraft day for him to restock. Keep a bed to hand, though, and you can fast forward straight into a brand-new morning. You’ll also need to make sure the Fletcher has access to his Fletching Table to restock, as well. At the standard price (though this does change slightly), you’ll be able to earn 16 Emeralds a day using this method, with just one stack of logs.