Librarian

Librarian

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            "label": "Buys"
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            "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
            "label": "Sells"
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    "invimages": [],
    "images": [
        "Plains Librarian.png",
        "Desert Librarian.png",
        "Savanna Librarian.png",
        "Taiga Librarian.png",
        "Snowy Librarian.png",
        "Jungle Librarian.png",
        "Swamp Librarian.png"
    ]
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A librarian is a villager that trades enchanted books, glass, bookshelves and candles. Librarians wear a red book as a hat, glasses, and a white robe.

An unemployed villager turns into a librarian when an unclaimed lectern is nearby.

The workstation of librarians, or the lectern, generates in libraries in villages.

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

 

In Java Edition, a librarian can drop a book by throwing it as a gift towards a nearby player with the Hero of the Village effect.

Librarian
Level	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
	Probability	Probability	Slot
Novice	67%	100%	1	24 × Paper	Emerald	16	2	0.05
	67%	50%	2	9 × Emerald	Bookshelf	12	1	0.05
	67%	50%		5–64 × Emerald + Book[t 1]	Enchanted Book[t 2]	12	1	0.2
Apprentice	67%	100%	3	4 × Book	Emerald	12	10	0.05
	67%	50%	4	Emerald	Lantern	12	5	0.05
	67%	50%		5–64 × Emerald + Book[t 1]	Enchanted Book[t 2]	12	5	0.2
Journeyman	67%	100%	5	5 × Ink Sac	Emerald	12	20	0.05
	67%	50%	6	Emerald	4 × Glass	12	10	0.05
	67%	50%		5–64 × Emerald + Book[t 1]	Enchanted Book[t 2]	12	10	0.2
Expert	50%	100%	7	Book and Quill + Book and Quill[t 3]	Emerald	12	30	0.05
	50%	33%	8	4 × Emerald	Compass	12	15	0.05
	50%	33%		5 × Emerald	Clock	12	15	0.05
	50%	33%		5–64 × Emerald + Book[t 1]	Enchanted Book[t 2]	12	15	0.2
Master	100%	75%	9	3 × Emerald	Red Candle	12	30	0.05
	100%	25%		3 × Emerald	Yellow Candle	12	30	0.05

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} The price range for the emeralds depends on the sold book. It is 2 + 3 ⋅ 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 to 6 + 13 ⋅ 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙, but doubled for treasure enchantments, making it 4 + 6 ⋅ 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 to 12 + 26 ⋅ 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙.
   Prices are limited to 64 after they are picked but before further discounts are applied, possibly making 64 more likely.

   Enchantment level	Emerald price range	Emerald price range for treasures
   I	5–19	10–38
   II	8–32	16–64
   III	11–45	22–64 (22–90 before cap)
   IV	14–58	28–64 (28–116 before cap)
   V	17–64 (17–71 before cap)	34–64 (34–142 before cap)

2. ↑ ^{a b c d} A random enchantment other than Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst is picked with equal chances, followed by a random level. A villager can offer the same book multiple times.
3. ↑ In Java Edition only one is requested per trade because of MC-248042 – Librarian's book and quill trade is always discounted to 1 since books are unstackable. In Bedrock Edition, the second book is placed in another slot instead.

This section describes an experimental feature in Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

 

This feature is not enabled in-game by default and requires enabling the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experimental data pack in Java Edition. or the "Villager Trade Rebalancing" setting in the "Experiments" section in Bedrock Edition.

If the Villager Trade Rebalance experiment is turned on, librarians offer specific enchanted books depending on which biome they come from. Enchantments for the Novice, Apprentice, and Journeyman book trades are randomly selected from the "Common" pool, with a randomized level. At Master level, librarians are guaranteed to sell an enchanted book with a specific enchantment in addition to their normal trades.

Biome	"Common" enchantments	Guaranteed book at Master
Desert	Fire Protection Thorns Infinity	Efficiency III
Plains	Punch Smite Bane of Arthropods	Protection III
Savanna	Knockback Curse of Binding Sweeping Edge	Sharpness III
Snowy	Aqua Affinity Looting Frost Walker	Silk Touch
Taiga	Blast Protection Fire Aspect Flame	Fortune II
Jungle	Feather Falling Projectile Protection Power	Unbreaking II
Swamp	Depth Strider Respiration Curse of Vanishing	Mending

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Librarian works	Friendly Mobs	Randomly while a librarian is working	entity.villager.work_librarian	subtitles.entity.villager.work_librarian​	2.0	0.8–1.2	16

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Book thumps	Blocks	Randomly while a librarian is working	item.book.put	subtitles.item.book.put​	4.8	1.0

Librarians have the data value minecraft:librarian in Java Edition.

Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added villagers, including librarians.
1.3.1			12w21a				With the introduction of villager trading, librarians can now be traded with.
1.11			16w39a				Added the cartographer career for librarians.
1.14			18w50a				The textures of librarians have been updated, with new skins depending on the biome.
							Cartographers have been split from librarians and are now their own profession.
1.17			21w11a				Changed the librarian overlay texture.
1.20.2 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalance			23w31a				Librarians from different biomes now sell different enchanted books.
							Each village biome has one special enchantment that is available only from master librarians.
							The player must build villages in biomes where villages do not generate to access their trades.
							Some enchantments have been removed from trading.
26.1			snap11				Librarians no longer sell name tags.
							Librarians now sell red and yellow candles at Master level.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added villagers, including librarians.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				With the introduction of villager trading, librarians can now be traded with.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Added the cartographer career for librarians.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of librarians have been updated, with new skins depending on the biome.
							Librarian villagers now inspect bookshelves.
							Cartographers have been split from librarians and are now their own profession.
26.10			Preview 26.10.25				Librarians no longer sell name tags.
			Preview 26.10.26				Librarians now sell red and yellow candles at Master level.[verify]

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added librarians, which can be traded with.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added the cartographer career for librarians.
			1.91				The textures of librarians have been updated, with new skins depending on the biome.
							Librarian villagers now inspect bookshelves.
							Cartographers have been split from librarians and are now their own profession.

Issues relating to "Librarian" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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  Lying plains librarian
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  Lying desert librarian
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  Lying savannah librarian
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  Lying taiga librarian
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  Lying snowy librarian
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  Lying jungle librarian
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  Lying swamp librarian

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  Savanna librarian
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  A snowy librarian watching Efe.
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  Ari trading with a librarian.
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  A librarian holding up a tablet.
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  A librarian watching Sunny carry a hallway pass.
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  The tiny librarian in the 2023 Mob Vote Event.
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  A librarian in VILLAGER (and Pillager?) NEWS.