Librarian

Librarian

The Librarian is a villager profession in Minecraft that specializes in trading books, enchanted books, and other knowledge-related items. It uses the Lectern as its job site block, which allows unemployed villagers to take on the profession when placed nearby.

Trades include bookshelves, regular books, paper, and clocks, but the most valuable trade is enchanted books, which allow players to obtain powerful enchantments for tools, weapons, and armor. At higher levels, Librarians also offer name tags, which can be used to rename mobs and prevent them from despawning.

They progress through five levels—Novice, Apprentice, Journeyman, Expert, and Master—unlocking better trades as they gain experience. They can be leveled up by trading emeralds, paper, books, and ink sacs.

Librarians can be zombified and cured to reduce trade costs, making them useful in trading halls. They spawn naturally in villages but can also be assigned the profession by placing a Lectern near an unemployed villager.

Health Points

Behavior

Speed

Height

Width

XP

Job Site

20(Hearth

‎ × 10

)

Passive

0.5

1.8

0.6

0

experience
LecternLectern image

All trades for Librarian

LevelSlotProbabilityItems WantedItems GivenStockVillager XP
Novice1100%Paper

24 × Paper

Emerald

Emerald

122
250%Emerald

9 × Emerald

Bookshelf

Bookshelf

121
50%Emerald

5-64 × Emerald

Book

1 × Book

121
Apprentice3100%Book

4 × Book

Emerald

Emerald

1210
450%Emerald

1 × Emerald

Lantern

Lantern

125
50%Emerald

5-64 × Emerald

Book

1 × Book

125
Journeyman5100%Ink Sac

5 × Ink Sac

Emerald

Emerald

1210
650%Emerald

1 × Emerald

Glass

4 × Glass

1210
50%Emerald

5-64 × Emerald

Book

1 × Book

1210
Expert7100%Book and Quill

2 × Book and Quill

Emerald

Emerald

1230
833.28%Emerald

4 × Emerald

Compass

Compass

1215
33.28%Emerald

5 × Emerald

Clock

Clock

1215
33.43%Emerald

5-64 × Emerald

Book

1 × Book

1215
Master9100%Emerald

20 × Emerald

Name Tag

Name Tag

1230