Trading

This is the Matcha Flavoured version of Trading, renamed or changed from vanilla Minecraft.

Trading is the exchange of items with villagers and the Wandering Trader. Matcha Flavoured replaces every vanilla trade with its own: villagers sell goods for Obols, every trade can be used almost without limit, and only a few villagers buy anything from the player.

Currency

Main article: Obol

The currency of trading is the Obol, which replaces the emerald. Obols are much harder to come by than emeralds are in vanilla Minecraft, because villagers no longer buy the everyday goods (crops, sticks, coal, paper) that made emeralds easy to farm. The main ways to earn obols are chest loot, advancements, fishing and selling caught fish to a Fisherman.

Mechanics

Unlimited trades

Almost every villager trade can be used 999 times before it needs to restock, so in practice trades never lock. The only limited trades are those of the Wandering Trader (1 use each) and a villager's favorite food (1 use). The developer's stated aim is that there is "no need to keep them locked in a closet with their workbench to restock".

Most trades are also bulk trades. A single obol buys a full stack of logs, wool, bone meal, arrows or redstone components, 4 bulk blocks (256 stone), or a bundle of seeds.

Who buys from the player

In vanilla Minecraft every profession buys something. In Matcha Flavoured, the only trades that pay obols are:

• the Fisherman, who buys fish caught with a fishing rod at every level from Apprentice to Master;
• the Jeweler, who buys back  Topaz,  Opal,  Amber and  Ruby at Master level;
• the Weaponsmith, who buys diamonds, blocks of lapis lazuli and  Hepatizon Alloy at Novice level;
• the Wandering Trader, who buys vanilla music discs;
• every villager once, for its favorite food.

The Archaeologist and Mouthpiece also take Clay Fetishes and sacred texts, but pay in crystal hearts, maps and Ofuda instead of obols.

How offers are chosen

Trades are defined as data in the pack: each profession has one trade set per level, and each trade set picks a number of trades at random from a list when the villager reaches that level. When a level has more possible trades than it offers, the profession page shows it as, for example, "3 of 5 offered".

Some trades only appear in certain biomes: the Farmer and Shepherd sell the livestock breed that matches the villager's climate (cold, temperate or warm). Map trades are skipped when no matching structure is found within the search radius.

Many professions have no trades at their higher levels. Those levels use a placeholder trade that the game always discards, so the villager gains no new offers there.

Changing a villager's trades

Because trade lists change between versions of the pack, an existing villager can be reset with an Amnestic. It makes the nearest villager forget its profession and return to Novice, so it picks new trades from the current lists the next time it takes a job.

Professions

Seven professions are renamed, and every profession has new trades. The job site blocks are the vanilla ones, several of which the pack also renames.

Profession	Vanilla profession	Job site block	Main goods
Farmer	Farmer	Composter	seed and flower bundles, livestock, bone meal
Fisherman	Fisherman	Barrel	Buys caught fish; sells the Angler's Almanac
Shepherd	Shepherd	Loom	Wool, lambs, Shepherd's Shears, Crook
Fletcher	Fletcher	Fletching Table	Arrows, apotropaic and nightshade arrows, Compound Bow
Lumberjack	Leatherworker	Cauldron	Logs and stems, Hatchet
Archaeologist	Cartographer	Cartography Table	Explorer maps, pottery sherds, Archeologist's Brush
Engineer	Armorer	Blast Furnace	Redstone components, Geothermal Bundle
Chemist	Cleric	Chemistry Stand	Splash potions
Jeweler	Toolsmith	Smithing Table	Jewelry
Cook	Butcher	Mud Kiln	Foods, Cooking Recipes, Cleaver
Mouthpiece	Librarian	Lectern	Ofuda, crystal hearts, Divine Fragment
Mason	Mason	Stonecutter	Bulk blocks
Weaponsmith	Weaponsmith	Grindstone	Melts alloy equipment back into alloys

The Wandering Trader has no profession. It sells Asylum Seeker applications and village maps, and buys music discs.

Advancements

Advancement	Description	Reward
You're Rich!	Obtain an Obol	None
Bonfire Lit	Use a Beacon Kindling to signal a Wandering Trader	1 obol
A Good Samaritan	Cover the Relocation costs for an Asylum Seeker, and make a home for them here	1 obol
Fishmonger	Sell caught fish to a Fisherman	1 obol
A True Community	Trade with (almost) every profession	5 obols

A True Community requires a trade with each of the 12 professions other than the Weaponsmith.

History

0.2-alpha	Villager trades fixed.
0.4-alpha	The Jeweler buys gems.
0.5-alpha	The Wandering Trader buys music discs. The Fisherman must be leveled up through lower-tier fish before buying higher-tier fish.
0.6-alpha	The Mouthpiece no longer sells Divine Fragments.
1.10	Added the Beacon Kindling, the Amnestic, Weaponsmith trades, The Tanakh and The Quran trades, and Overgrown Abbey and Papal Outpost maps. The Fisherman needs fewer fish per obol. The Archaeologist takes Clay Fetishes. The Wandering Trader buys up to 6 discs and sells up to 4 Asylum Seekers. Added the A True Community advancement.
1.12.1-alpha	The Weaponsmith buys non-renewable resources. The Mouthpiece sells Divine Fragments again, for crystal hearts and an echo shard. Cinnabar added to the Mason's trades. Asylum Seeker applications became random. Removed the Chemist's weakness, invisibility and poison splash potions.
1.12.2	All Mason trades are now bulk blocks, which unpack directly into the inventory; Bulk Dirt added. Ofuda trades require crystal hearts. Amnestics no longer reset a villager's experience.

See also

• Villager
• Wandering Trader
• Favorite food