Fisherman

Fisherman

Workstation	Barrel
Buys	String Coal Raw Fish Boat
Sells	Bucket of Cod Cooked Fish Campfire Enchanted Fishing Rod

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            "label": "(link to Workstation article, displayed as Workstation)"
        },
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            "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
            "label": "Buys"
        },
        {
            "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
            "label": "Sells"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [],
    "images": [
        "Plains Fisherman.png",
        "Desert Fisherman.png",
        "Savanna Fisherman.png",
        "Taiga Fisherman.png",
        "Snowy Fisherman.png",
        "Jungle Fisherman.png",
        "Swamp Fisherman.png"
    ]
}

A fisherman is a villager who sells fishing items and campfires. Fishermen wear fisher hats and have a blue fish as well as a net on their trousers secured with a strap.

Spawning

An unemployed villager turns into a fisherman when an unclaimed barrel is nearby.

Natural generation

The workstation of fishermen, the barrel, generates in fisherman houses in villages.

Drops

In Java Edition, a fisherman can drop various items by throwing them as a gift toward a nearby player with the Hero of the Village effect. The gift is randomly selected from the following list:

• Raw Cod
• Raw Salmon

Trading

Fisherman
Level	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
	Probability	Probability	Slot
Novice	50%	50%	1	20 × String	Emerald	16	2	0.05
	50%	50%		10 × Coal	Emerald	16	2	0.05
	50%	50%	2	3 × Emerald	Bucket of Cod	16	1	0.05
	50%	50%		6 × Raw Cod + Emerald	6 × Cooked Cod	16	1	0.05
Apprentice	67%	100%	3	15 × Raw Cod	Emerald	16	10	0.05
	67%	50%	4	2 × Emerald	Campfire	12	5	0.05
	67%	50%		6 × Raw Salmon + Emerald	6 × Cooked Salmon	16	5	0.05
Journeyman	100%	100%	5	13 × Raw Salmon	Emerald	16	20	0.05
	100%	100%	6	8–22 × Emerald	Enchanted Fishing Rod	3	10	0.2
Expert	100%	100%	7	6 × Tropical Fish	Emerald	12	30	0.05
Master	100%	100%	8	4 × Pufferfish	Emerald	12	30	0.05
	100%	100%	9	Boat	Emerald	12	30	0.05

Sounds

Java Edition

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Fisherman works	Friendly Mobs	Randomly while a fisherman is working	entity.villager.work_fisherman	subtitles.entity.villager.work_fisherman​	1.0	0.8–1.2	16

Bedrock Edition

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Barrel opens	Blocks	Randomly while a fisherman is working	block.barrel.open	subtitles.block.barrel.open​	1.0	1.0

Data values

Fishermen have the data value minecraft:fisherman in Java Edition.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.8			14w02a				Added fishermen as a career of the "Farmer" profession.
1.14			18w50a				Fishermen have been split from farmers and are now their own profession.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Added fishermen as a career of the "Farmer" profession.[verify]
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				Fishermen have been split from farmers and are now their own profession.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added fishermen as a career of the "Farmer" profession.
			1.91				Fishermen have been split from farmers and are now their own profession.

Issues

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

Gallery

Renders

• 
  Lying plains fisherman
• 
  Lying desert fisherman
• 
  Lying savanna fisherman
• 
  Lying taiga fisherman
• 
  Lying snowy fisherman
• 
  Lying jungle fisherman
• 
  Lying swamp fisherman

Textures

• 
  Fisherman overlay

In other media

• 
  Jungle fisherman
• 
  A jungle fisherman mumbling
• 
  A tiny fisherman as they appear in 2023 Mob Vote Event
• 
  A poisonous potato fisherman featured in Java Edition 24w14potato