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This article was co-authored by Zac Churchill and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Zac Churchill is a Minecraft Specialist based in Davidson, North Carolina. Zac has played Minecraft for over 10 years and has extensive knowledge of how to play Minecraft and how the game has changed over the different versions. Specifically, Zac has expert experience in survival worlds, large builds on creative mode, and server design/upkeep. He graduated in 2023 with a BA in Sociology and English from Tufts University. There are 7 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been fact-checked, ensuring the accuracy of any cited facts and confirming the authority of its sources. This article has been viewed 39,456 times.
Do you need to stock up on tipped arrows, enchanted bows, and crossbows in Minecraft? To keep your bow and arrow supply high, you'll need access to fletchers for trades. An easy way to turn any unemployed villager into a fletcher is to craft a Fletching Table and place it near the villager, who will turn into a fletcher once interacting with it. This wikiHow guide will teach you how to craft a Fletching Table from simple materials, and how to use the Fletching Table to transform ordinary villagers into useful fletchers.
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1 A Fletching Table is a job site block that turns unemployed villagers into fletchers. Fletching tables occur naturally inside of fletcher houses, but you can also craft them to encourage more villagers to become fletchers.[1]XResearch source
The Fletching Table looks like a tan block with a bow and arrow on one side, and a target on the other.
Fletching Tables are available in all current versions of Minecraft beginning with 1.14 (Java Edition) and 1.11.0 (Pocket Edition & Windows 10). You won't find Fletching Tables on Xbox 360, PS3, or WiiU.
2 Create a Fletching Table if you want more fletchers to trade with. By making your own Fletching Table with a few basic materials, you can get better trades, as fletchers are some of the best villagers to trade with—you can trade for emeralds, bows, crossbows, enchanted crossbows, and tipped arrows.[2]XResearch source
Fletching Tables can also be used as furnace fuel—they can smelt one and a half items per block.
You can also place Fletching Tables under note blocks to make bass sounds.
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1 Gather your materials. The recipe for a Fletching Table requires only a few basic materials:[3]XResearch source
4 wooden planks of any type, including oak, dark oak, spruce, birth, jungle, acacia, crimson, and warped planks.
2 flints, which you can acquire by mining gravel.[4]XResearch source
2 Open your crafting table. You can open the crafting table by standing in front of it and right-clicking or tapping it.[5]XResearch source If you're playing on a console:
PS4: Press L2.
Xbox One: Press LT.
Nintendo Switch or Wii U: Press ZL.
3 Place 2 flints in the top-left two slots. Leave the third slot on the top row blank.
4 Place 2 planks into the first two slots on the second line. These can be two planks of any type.[6]XResearch source Leave the third slot on the second row blank.
5 Place 2 more planks into the first two slots on the third row. This recipe produces a Fletching Table, which you can now drag down into your inventory.
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1 Place the Fletching Table in a cramped area. If you need a quick way to produce more fletchers in a village, you can coerce jobless villagers into interacting with a Fletching Table by placing the table in a villager's home or anywhere near the villager.[7]XResearch source
2 Seal off the area once a villager is near the Fletching Table. If the villager doesn't interact with the table on their own, you can block off any exits to speed along the process.
By preventing the villager from exiting the area with the Fletching Table, they'll have no choice but to interact with it.
Once a villager interacts with the table, you'll see green stars around their head, and they'll suddenly be wearing a brown hat.
3 Level up the fletcher by buying and selling. When the fletcher is a novice, you can only trade for emeralds, arrows, and flints. By continuing to trade with one fletcher, you'll eventually turn them into a Master Fletcher who can get you tipped arrows.[8]XResearch source Here are all of the trades you can do with a fletcher at different levels:
Novice
32 sticks for 1 emerald.
1 emerald for 16 arrows.
1 emerald and 10 gravel for 10 flints.
Apprentice
26 flints for 1 emerald.
2 emeralds for 1 bow.
Journeyman
14 strings for 1 emerald.
3 emeralds for 1 crossbow.
Expert
24 feathers for 1 emerald.
7 to 21 emeralds for 1 enchanted bow.
Master
8 tripwire hooks for 1 emerald.
8 to 22 emeralds for 1 enchanted crossbow.
2 emeralds and 5 arrows for 5 tipped arrows.
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Co-authored by: Zac Churchill Minecraft Specialist This article was co-authored by Zac Churchill and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Zac Churchill is a Minecraft Specialist based in Davidson, North Carolina. Zac has played Minecraft for over 10 years and has extensive knowledge of how to play Minecraft and how the game has changed over the different versions. Specifically, Zac has expert experience in survival worlds, large builds on creative mode, and server design/upkeep. He graduated in 2023 with a BA in Sociology and English from Tufts University. This article has been viewed 39,456 times. 6 votes - 67% Co-authors: 4Updated: March 10, 2025 Views: 39,456 Categories: MinecraftArticle SummaryX
1. Place 2 flints in the two top-left slots of a 3x3 crafting table. 2. Place 2 wooden planks (any kind) into the first two slots in the second row. 3. Place 2 more wooden planks into the first two slots of the third row. Did this summary help you?YesNo
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Co-authored by: Zac Churchill Minecraft Specialist This article was co-authored by Zac Churchill and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Zac Churchill is a Minecraft Specialist based in Davidson, North Carolina. Zac has played Minecraft for over 10 years and has extensive knowledge of how to play Minecraft and how the game has changed over the different versions. Specifically, Zac has expert experience in survival worlds, large builds on creative mode, and server design/upkeep. He graduated in 2023 with a BA in Sociology and English from Tufts University. This article has been viewed 39,456 times. 6 votes - 67% Co-authors: 4 Updated: March 10, 2025 Views: 39,456 Categories: Minecraft Article SummaryX
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1 A Fletching Table is a job site block that turns unemployed villagers into fletchers. Fletching tables occur naturally inside of fletcher houses, but you can also craft them to encourage more villagers to become fletchers.[1] 
2 Create a Fletching Table if you want more fletchers to trade with. By making your own Fletching Table with a few basic materials, you can get better trades, as fletchers are some of the best villagers to trade with—you can trade for emeralds, bows, crossbows, enchanted crossbows, and tipped arrows.[2] 
1 Gather your materials. The recipe for a Fletching Table requires only a few basic materials:[3] 
2 Open your crafting table. You can open the crafting table by standing in front of it and right-clicking or tapping it.[5] If you're playing on a console: 
3 Place 2 flints in the top-left two slots. Leave the third slot on the top row blank. 
4 Place 2 planks into the first two slots on the second line. These can be two planks of any type.[6] Leave the third slot on the second row blank. 
5 Place 2 more planks into the first two slots on the third row. This recipe produces a Fletching Table, which you can now drag down into your inventory. Advertisement 
1 Place the Fletching Table in a cramped area. If you need a quick way to produce more fletchers in a village, you can coerce jobless villagers into interacting with a Fletching Table by placing the table in a villager's home or anywhere near the villager.[7] 
2 Seal off the area once a villager is near the Fletching Table. If the villager doesn't interact with the table on their own, you can block off any exits to speed along the process. 
3 Level up the fletcher by buying and selling. When the fletcher is a novice, you can only trade for emeralds, arrows, and flints. By continuing to trade with one fletcher, you'll eventually turn them into a Master Fletcher who can get you tipped arrows.[8] Here are all of the trades you can do with a fletcher at different levels: