Overview
The Wandering Trader is how the game gets you things your biome does not have. His stock rotates through six offers drawn from a list that includes saplings from trees you have never seen, coral for a landlocked base, exotic flowers and dyes, bamboo, cactus, and buckets of tropical fish for breeding axolotls — which is often the single reason players stop him. He appears near you on a timer, roughly every 20 minutes with a rising chance, always escorted by two leashed Trader Llama, and despawns again after about 40 to 60 minutes whether you traded or not. At night he drinks a potion of Invisibility and reappears at dawn, which is why he sometimes seems to vanish mid-negotiation. He has 20 health and no attack. Killing him drops nothing at all, so the reward for violence is purely the two leads you can recover by breaking the llamas' tethers, plus two free pack animals that then never despawn, bought for no emeralds at all. His prices are poor and his stock is random, but a sapling you cannot otherwise reach is worth more than the emeralds it costs. Check his offers every time; they are rolled fresh for each trader.
Buying what your biome lacks — saplings, coral, exotic flowers, dyes, bamboo, cactus and buckets of tropical fish, the last being the only portable way to start breeding axolotls far from a warm ocean.
The wandering trader carries a rotating stock of six trades and is often the only practical source of things far from your biome: saplings, coral, exotic flowers, dyes, and buckets of tropical fish for breeding axolotls. He drinks an invisibility potion at night and reappears at dawn. Killing him drops nothing but frees his llamas and, if you break the leads, gives you two leads.
In Minecraft, Wandering Trader is classified as a villager & trader mob. It has 20 health points, or 10 hearts. There is no experience to be had from it.
Properties
Wandering Trader has 20 health, which is 10 hearts. It drops no experience when a player kills it. Its hitbox is 0.6 blocks wide and 1.95 tall, which is what decides whether it fits through a gap or a one-block-high opening.
- Health
- 20 (10 ♥)
- Experience dropped
- 0
- Size
- 0.6 × 1.95
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Added in
- 1.14
Spawns in
Spawns periodically near a player, roughly every 20 minutes with a rising chance, always with two leashed trader llamas. Despawns after about 40 to 60 minutes.
It has no biome restriction, so anywhere in the Overworld that meets the light and space conditions is a valid spawn.
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Added in
- 1.14
Dimension: Overworld · Added in 1.14
How it behaves
The Wandering Trader trades rather than fights. Its value is entirely in what it will sell you, and in how cheaply you can get it there.
It drops no experience however it dies, so there is nothing to farm here.
Command
In a world with cheats on, this spawns one Wandering Trader where you are standing.
Summon
/summon minecraft:wandering_trader ~ ~ ~Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How often does the Wandering Trader spawn?
Roughly every 20 minutes with a rising chance, near the player, and he leaves again after about 40 to 60 minutes.
What does the Wandering Trader sell?
Six randomly rolled trades from a list including saplings, coral, flowers, dyes, bamboo, cactus and buckets of tropical fish.
What does the Wandering Trader drop?
Nothing. The only gain from killing him is freeing his two llamas and recovering the leads.
Why did the Wandering Trader disappear?
He drinks Invisibility at night and reappears at dawn, and he despawns permanently after roughly an hour.
How much health does the Wandering Trader have in Minecraft?
The Wandering Trader has 20 health points, which is 10 hearts.
What does the Wandering Trader drop?
It drops no items, only 0 experience.
Where does the Wandering Trader spawn?
Spawns periodically near a player, roughly every 20 minutes with a rising chance, always with two leashed trader llamas. Despawns after about 40 to 60 minutes.
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How to get it
A Wandering Trader spawns near the player on a timer, roughly every 20 minutes with a rising chance, always with 2 leashed trader llamas. He despawns after about 40 to 60 minutes and carries 6 randomly rolled trades.
Tips
- Check all 6 offers immediately, because the stock is rolled per trader and he despawns within an hour.
- Break the llamas' leads rather than killing anything — you keep 2 leads and 2 permanent pack animals.
- Buy buckets of tropical fish if you want axolotls, since they are otherwise a long trip to a warm ocean.
- Do not expect drops: killing the trader gives nothing at all, unlike almost every other mob in the game.