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Minecraft mobs spawn in the most unexpected times and places at times, which is something the Redditor ItsJW531 learned surprisingly while recording their gameplay of the Bedrock Edition of the game. In a Reddit post on January 17, 2024, u/ItsJW531 showed a video where a wandering trader spawned almost immediately after they placed a bell within the confines of a village.
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This is likely triggered because wandering trader mobs in Bedrock Edition can spawn near a bell block claimed by villagers. Regardless, players in the comments had plenty of jokes ready. Minecraft fans had joked that u/ItsJW531 had found a way to summon a wandering trader on demand without commands. However, according to ItsJW531, the trader didn't have a particularly great inventory available to use.
Minecraft fans react to ItsJW531's abrupt wandering trader spawn
Although the wandering trader spawns tend to be within 48 blocks of a player, they can also appear when villagers claim a bell as their village center in Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. Some players in the comments were aware of this gameplay feature, while others joked that u/ItsJW531 was a wandering trader summoner or that the bell block had somehow birthed llamas into the game.
Meanwhile, a few others said that since the wandering trader didn't have great trades, u/ItsJW531 should kill the mob and claim the free leads it uses to escort its llamas. The user stated that he did so after the clip finished recording.
Some Minecraft fans lamented that the wandering trader's inventory wasn't more useful, though the upcoming Villager Trade Rebalance has given them larger inventories.
The wandering trader, while being a fairly unique Minecraft mob, has long been derided as not particularly useful, even when compared to villager mobs. They're certainly a nice source of leads early on in the game since they're usually found as a loot item in certain generated structures. Otherwise, most players tend to pass on trading with the wanderer unless they need a specific item it carries.
Hopefully, the villager trade rebalance makes the wandering trader a much more useful mob in Minecraft when the rebalance is fully implemented. However, the changes made in the (current) Experimental Feature have been polarizing, to say the least. Still, based on player feedback, it may be quite some time before the changes go to vanilla.
Whatever the case, it never hurts to know the spawning mechanics of the wandering trader in Bedrock Edition if needed. If players need this mob in a pinch on Bedrock, they can look to village bells to suit their needs. Granted, the wandering trader doesn't always instantly spawn on a claimed village bell, but having one certainly improves the chances of it appearing nearby.
The wandering trader in ItsJW531's Reddit clip may have met an untimely end, but other players may find uses for the mob. Whatever the case, ItsJW531's video was informative and funny, if nothing else.
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