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I locked this villager's only trade and it won't unlock! It has been like that for a few hours. I logged out and back in too. Is that a glitch?

one locked trade

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  • logging out and back in isn't going to help, neither is waiting. I'd kill the villager and hope it doesn't happen again with the next one.
    – Arperum
    Commented May 22, 2014 at 22:32
  • I've noticed that there is a certain amount of trades you can make with a villager, once you have used up all these trades, the villager trading is useless. This was changed as of 14w02a where after a short while villagers will reopen their trades.
    – DatEpicCoderGuyWhoPrograms
    Commented May 22, 2014 at 22:48
  • Not 100% sure on this, but the right-most trade might also be wheat. If it is wheat, do the trade once and the left option should unlock. Trades are normally only locked when a villager has 2 trades available, and doing the alternate one should unlock the other
    – xyz
    Commented May 22, 2014 at 22:48
  • Also, what do you mean by "locked?"
    – DatEpicCoderGuyWhoPrograms
    Commented May 22, 2014 at 22:49
  • @Seb that's why I'm confused, since there is only one trade available and this is it.@DatEpicCoderGuyWhoPrograms, what I mean by "locked" is that it has the red x and it won't allow me to trade with him.
    – hmatt1
    Commented May 22, 2014 at 23:10

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NOTE: This is pre-1.14. Villager Trading Mechanics have now changed.

So the thing is that this is a legit outcome. After a few trades (2 or 3) the villager will no longer be willing to trade that specific item with you. Generally this will however open more trades. Unfortunately, there is a minute possibility that this may be the only available trade this particular villager offers.

Probability of being last offer

Note 3: This is the chance that the given trade offer will be the last one given by a villager when its options are completely exhausted.

Sorry to say you just got unlucky...

EDIT As per the comments, here are the mechanics on "re-enabling" locked/disabled trades.

  • If a player trades the last offer on the list and closes the GUI, waiting for particles to appear around the villager, all disabled offers are renewed with 2-12 additional uses added to them.
  • It is possible for the final offer slot to be disabled, at which point no new offers can be generated and no existing offers can be renewed.

Source: Villager Trading

UPDATE: In later versions[Version needed] of the game, some villagers (primarily browncoats) will not have any trades at all. Right-clicking will not open any UI to trade. The only purpose for these villagers is farming.

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  • Nice answer! If you have a farmer villager, the probability of starting with wheat and having it be the last offer would be 16.0271% * .0005% = .0000801355%. That means 1 in 1,247,886 farmer villagers are like this one.
    – hmatt1
    Commented May 23, 2014 at 0:36
  • EDIT Not just unlucky... Incredibly unlucky!
    – Ben
    Commented May 23, 2014 at 0:40

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