Wandering Trader (2024)

FAQs

What is a wandering trader? ›

The wandering trader is a passive mob that randomly spawns near the player. It can trade, making natural items more available, less dangerous to obtain, and in some cases, renewable.

As such, the Wandering Trader is useful for rare saplings, flowers, or even blue ice and podzol. His best trade is most definitely his Nautilus Shell trade for 5 emeralds, which can make building a Conduit with a Heart of the Sea much easier.

Where to Find Wandering Traders. In Minecraft, wandering traders will naturally spawn in the game on land in most Overworld biomes. The wandering trader always spawns with one of two trader llamas leashed to the wandering trader. As you play the game, the wandering trader and its trader llamas will come and find you.

The first spawn attempt has a 2.5% chance of success; if it fails, after another 24000 ticks another spawn attempt is made with a 5% chance of success. If that fails, for all subsequent spawn attempts the chance caps at 7.5%. On average, it takes 14.325 Minecraft days for a wandering trader to spawn.

the wandering trader would have a house made out of frnces with blue carpets on top and a bed in it. he would tie his llamas to one of the fences.

The trader can offer a wide variety of goods, from dyes and flowers to coral blocks or even nautilus shells. Also, since they like to travel, the Wandering Trader has its own way of dealing with hostile mobs.

On average, it takes 14.325 Minecraft days for a wandering trader to spawn. After 48000 or 72000 ticks, the trader despawns along with its llamas, resetting the cycle."

Wandering traders can open iron doors... : r/Minecraft.

Wandering traders can sell a cactus for three emeralds.

As you play the game, the wandering trader and its trader llamas will come and find you. If you break the lead between the wandering trader and the trader llama, you can tame and ride the trader llama, just like you can with a regular llama.

How to turn a wandering trader into a villager? ›

If the wandering trader breeds with a villager, there could be a particle effect and the wandering trader will turn into a nitwit or unemployed villager.

Wandering traders do not spawn at all in deep dark single biome worlds. Wandering traders should spawn at the surface in any type of world when the gamerule wandering traders not spawning is turned of. Create a single biome world with the biome deep dark.

On average, it takes 14.325 Minecraft days for a wandering trader to spawn. After 48000 or 72000 ticks, the trader despawns along with its llamas, resetting the cycle."

When they see a hostile mob or when it is night, a wandering trader may drink an invisibility potion to become invisible. They will then drink milk during the morning to neutralize the effect.

After the time expires, the wandering trader will despawn. They will despawn even if they are named with a name tag or put in a vehicle such as a minecart or a boat. A wandering trader will despawn sooner if all trades have been locked.

A wandering trader despawns after being loaded for 48000 ticks (40 minutes, or 2 full Minecraft days), although ticks spent with the trading UI open are not counted. Naming the wandering trader with a name tag or placing the wandering trader in a boat/minecart does not prevent it from despawning.

Head over to your server Console or enter into your Minecraft Server. Enter the command /gamerule doTraderSpawning false (ensuring to keep the upper case letters). This will prevent the Wandering Trader and his Llamas from spawning.