Mending Villager Trade Guide

Mending is the single most valuable villager trade in the game. This guide gets you a 1-emerald Mending librarian — the fastest, cheapest path to infinite gear repair.

Materials

The reset method

1. Trap a jobless villager in a 1×1 cell with a bed and a lectern.
2. Place the lectern and check the trade: if it’s not Mending, break and replace the lectern to reroll (librarian professions reroll infinitely).
3. The odds of Mending are ~1 in 14 on the first trade slot, so expect 10–15 rerolls.
4. Once Mending appears, lock the trade: trade once, never break the lectern again, and trade daily to keep demand discounts.
5. Optional: cure the villager twice (zombie + cure) for the permanent -40% discount — Mending becomes 1 emerald.

Common mistakes

• Breaking the lectern after locking — resets the trade to a random book and can lose Mending.
• Trading at night / letting villagers lose reputation — raises prices.
• Curing a villager that already traded — the discount still applies, but lock Mending first, then cure.

Prices