So, I just started breeding villagers and I have quite a few now. I have mostly librarians. I had a mending villager but now he is selling unbreaking? Is this a glitch or do they change their trades now after a certain amount of time? By the way I'm on PS4 which is Legacy edition.
At least on Java, once a villager chooses a trade they should keep it. Glitches are always a possibility, and since Librarians can sell more than one type of book take another look at his trade list, he might have simply unlocked a new one.
So I did some testing and I named my villagers what they were selling. After doing a bunch of tests I've found they are changing their trades every time I go through the nether portal and come back out... All of them are changing and I know they are because I've named them now, and they don't sell the same thing they are named. It's the same with all the other villagers too. For example my tool smith was selling a pick axe with unbreaking III and now it's selling one with unbreaking I. So all of them are changing, not just the librarians. This really sucks. I really hope it's just a glitch and it will be fixed soon.
Ouch! That sounds like a major bug to me. Since the PS4 version is still being developed it will probably be fixed, ask on your section of the forum to see if anyone knows a solution.
Hi mate. I'm playing both java and ps4, and yep ps4 seems bugged to hell and in no way resembles java. I've had level 2 librarians change into a farmer! They can also reset all their trades by breaking and replacing a bed! Its a mess. Got 40 villagers in my hall. Its just luck of the draw when I go to trade. One workstation can seemingly accommodate about 15 villagers as well.
Yeah ive tested it even more and they only change their profession for me when I either have too many work stations or if I destroy the work station. However the trades have only chamged for me when ever ive gone through the nether. I have no idea, but I'm still hoping it's only a bug. :-(
Here's what I have found currently, in case it might help someone else (hopefully this information will be outdated by some kind of fix soon):
MOST villagers will keep their PROFESSION after you've unlocked their level 2 trades. I currently have one villager that doesn't, and he's level 5 - I named him "Jack of All Trades" and he's a pretty OP guy - you can just break and replace his workstation to get literally any trade you want.
Breaking a villager's workstation (I haven't tried beds) and replacing it will cause all of that villager's trades to reset with a NEW SET of trades. This is most readily seen with librarians because their book trades are generally obviously different - you may not notice anything with a fisherman or whatever because they don't have that many trade options to choose from.
Reloading the game or doing basically anything that causes the villagers to reload (go to the nether for a while, or just hang out far away from them and come back) MAY cause the same behavior where they get a whole new set of trades.
On some occasions (usually mornings it seems like), the villagers all decide to exchange and reset workstations for no apparent reason, and they all get a whole new set of trades.
For reference, I only have 5 villagers that I'm keeping track of, and I don't put down extra workstations - there may be some extra odd behavior that I haven't experienced.
Yes, I have several level 2-5 villagers that have changed what they trade. My Farmers change almost daily. It’s annoying because when I set them up, I kept breaking their workstation until I got the trades I wanted, then I leveled them up. Now they randomly change trades for no reason.
Soooo many bugs with this update on PS4. My main village is almost comical with 8 fancy Llamas and about 40 cats. I have a new wandering trader every couple of days and he keeps leaving his Llamas behind. And the cats are driving me insane. Since I have walls around the village, I guess they can’t leave and they aren’t despawning. That’s all I hear in my village. Cats meowing or cats dying. So I had to go on a cat killing spree which made me dead on the inside. 🥺
I hear you there shoot_likeagirl47448. I made an amazing village and put up a wall around it and my heart hurts every time I have to kill a cat. T_T And I hate it that they keep changing. I have a village specifically set up for the cross bow and bow enchanters. It has the Fletcher and a few other villagers in it. but it doesn't make since when you go to the Fletcher village and find a sharpness II enchantment book instead of a power or something. lol
I went through to experiment on how to keep villager trades. I found a librarian with mending! Exciting. But the easiest and best way to keep a villager trade is to at least level them up or to trade a random object. That may prevent the villager to change their trade options.
This does seem to work but there is still an issue going on with villagers exchanging workstations, which might cause the villager to not restock because it can't reach its workstation. One of my Librarians changed their role to a fisherman which I putting aside that someone in my world rigged it so I have no clue if it is the glitch or not.
Hello,
So, I just started breeding villagers and I have quite a few now. I have mostly librarians. I had a mending villager but now he is selling unbreaking? Is this a glitch or do they change their trades now after a certain amount of time? By the way I'm on PS4 which is Legacy edition.
At least on Java, once a villager chooses a trade they should keep it. Glitches are always a possibility, and since Librarians can sell more than one type of book take another look at his trade list, he might have simply unlocked a new one.
So I did some testing and I named my villagers what they were selling. After doing a bunch of tests I've found they are changing their trades every time I go through the nether portal and come back out... All of them are changing and I know they are because I've named them now, and they don't sell the same thing they are named. It's the same with all the other villagers too. For example my tool smith was selling a pick axe with unbreaking III and now it's selling one with unbreaking I. So all of them are changing, not just the librarians. This really sucks. I really hope it's just a glitch and it will be fixed soon.
:-(
Ouch! That sounds like a major bug to me. Since the PS4 version is still being developed it will probably be fixed, ask on your section of the forum to see if anyone knows a solution.
I thought I was on my section of the forums...
Hi mate. I'm playing both java and ps4, and yep ps4 seems bugged to hell and in no way resembles java. I've had level 2 librarians change into a farmer! They can also reset all their trades by breaking and replacing a bed! Its a mess. Got 40 villagers in my hall. Its just luck of the draw when I go to trade. One workstation can seemingly accommodate about 15 villagers as well.
My villagers change their trades daily. For me it has nothing to do with going through the nether that I’ve seen.
Ive also seen a level 5 villager change from Fletcher to toolsmith to librarian over the span of about 5 game days.
Yeah ive tested it even more and they only change their profession for me when I either have too many work stations or if I destroy the work station. However the trades have only chamged for me when ever ive gone through the nether. I have no idea, but I'm still hoping it's only a bug. :-(
Here's what I have found currently, in case it might help someone else (hopefully this information will be outdated by some kind of fix soon):
MOST villagers will keep their PROFESSION after you've unlocked their level 2 trades. I currently have one villager that doesn't, and he's level 5 - I named him "Jack of All Trades" and he's a pretty OP guy - you can just break and replace his workstation to get literally any trade you want.
Breaking a villager's workstation (I haven't tried beds) and replacing it will cause all of that villager's trades to reset with a NEW SET of trades. This is most readily seen with librarians because their book trades are generally obviously different - you may not notice anything with a fisherman or whatever because they don't have that many trade options to choose from.
Reloading the game or doing basically anything that causes the villagers to reload (go to the nether for a while, or just hang out far away from them and come back) MAY cause the same behavior where they get a whole new set of trades.
On some occasions (usually mornings it seems like), the villagers all decide to exchange and reset workstations for no apparent reason, and they all get a whole new set of trades.
For reference, I only have 5 villagers that I'm keeping track of, and I don't put down extra workstations - there may be some extra odd behavior that I haven't experienced.
Yes, I have several level 2-5 villagers that have changed what they trade. My Farmers change almost daily. It’s annoying because when I set them up, I kept breaking their workstation until I got the trades I wanted, then I leveled them up. Now they randomly change trades for no reason.
Soooo many bugs with this update on PS4. My main village is almost comical with 8 fancy Llamas and about 40 cats. I have a new wandering trader every couple of days and he keeps leaving his Llamas behind. And the cats are driving me insane. Since I have walls around the village, I guess they can’t leave and they aren’t despawning. That’s all I hear in my village. Cats meowing or cats dying. So I had to go on a cat killing spree which made me dead on the inside. 🥺
I hear you there shoot_likeagirl47448. I made an amazing village and put up a wall around it and my heart hurts every time I have to kill a cat. T_T And I hate it that they keep changing. I have a village specifically set up for the cross bow and bow enchanters. It has the Fletcher and a few other villagers in it. but it doesn't make since when you go to the Fletcher village and find a sharpness II enchantment book instead of a power or something. lol
The same thing is happening to me and im playing on java.
Hi,
I went through to experiment on how to keep villager trades. I found a librarian with mending! Exciting. But the easiest and best way to keep a villager trade is to at least level them up or to trade a random object. That may prevent the villager to change their trade options.
Hope this helps!
This does seem to work but there is still an issue going on with villagers exchanging workstations, which might cause the villager to not restock because it can't reach its workstation. One of my Librarians changed their role to a fisherman which I putting aside that someone in my world rigged it so I have no clue if it is the glitch or not.