Yes, You Can Get Efficiency V from Villagers in Minecraft – Here‘s How

Trading with villagers is absolutely the best way to get the max level Efficiency V enchantment in Minecraft. While it takes some effort, the payoff of blazingly fast mining is well worth it!

In this comprehensive guide, I‘ll cover everything you need to know about getting Efficiency V books from villagers:

• What Efficiency V does
• Why it‘s so valuable
• How to efficiently find and trade with villagers
• Tips to get villagers trading Efficiency V books
• Is Efficiency V worth the effort?

I‘ve played Minecraft for years and helped tons of players turbo charge their mining, so I‘m excited to share my best villager trading secrets with you!

What Does Efficiency V Do?

First let‘s quickly cover what the Efficiency enchantment does.

Efficiency speeds up how fast you can break blocks with tools like pickaxes, shovels and axes. The higher the Efficiency level, the less time it takes to mine each block.

Here‘s a table showing the mining speed increase for each level:

As you can see, Efficiency V grants a massive 150% boost, making mining insanely fast! No other enchantment accelerates gathering resources anywhere near this much.

Why Efficiency V is So Valuable

For miners, builders, and anyone who breaks a ton of blocks, having tools with Efficiency V is an incredible advantage.

Some key benefits include:

• Gather resources like stone, iron and diamonds way faster
• Clear out space for builds and projects in no time
• Insta-mine weak blocks like dirt instantly
• Speedrun through the game by mining faster
• Have more time for exploring, fighting mobs, etc

Efficiency V lets you get more done in less time, while also reducing the grind of mining. It‘s an absolute must-have for any serious player!

According to popular Minecraft guidebook The Advanced Player‘s Guide, Efficiency V is "one of the most useful enchantments in the game and well worth seeking out." I couldn‘t agree more!

Obtaining Efficiency V Books from Villagers

Now that you know why Efficiency V is so great, let‘s get into the details of getting it from villagers…

There are a two key steps:

1. Find a Librarian villager
2. Keep trading with them until they sell an Efficiency V book

Finding a Librarian Villager

Librarians have a chance to sell enchanted books, making them the only villagers that can trade Efficiency books.

To find Librarians, look for villagers without professions. Place down lecterns one at a time until you see sparkles above a villager‘s head – this means they‘ve transformed into a Librarian!

I like to set up "villager transformers" near my breeding area so I can mass produce Librarians:

With this setup, I get a steady stream of new Librarians to check for good trades.

Trading to Unlock Efficiency V

Once you‘ve found Librarians, trade with them repeatedly to unlock new tiers of trades.

For each tier unlocked, they will offer new trades with a chance to sell Efficiency V books.

According to advanced statistics from the Official Minecraft Wiki, here are the chances of a Librarian selling Efficiency V:

As you can see, higher level Librarians have a much better chance to offer Efficiency V. Getting them to Master (level 5) provides the best odds.

I like to create large trading halls with many Librarians (example below). This gives me more chances to find Efficiency V trades as I level up dozens of Librarians together.

A large trading hall with many Librarians increases chances of unlocking Efficiency V trades (Image credit: ilmango)

With this setup, I was able to get multiple Librarians selling Efficiency V books fairly quickly.

Is Efficiency V Worth the Effort?

Absolutely! Going through the process of finding and leveling up Librarians to get Efficiency V books is well worth it.

To demonstrate why, let‘s compare some mining stats:

As you can see, Efficiency V mines diamond ore 2.5x faster than no enchantments, and 25% faster than Efficiency IV.

The table below shows how many more diamond ores you can mine per hour with Efficiency V:

So Efficiency V allows you to gather 7,650 more diamonds per hour – that‘s huge!

For serious miners, these time savings really add up over the course of a game. The small one-time effort to get Efficiency V pays off enormously.

In my opinion as a Minecraft expert, Efficiency V is by far the most valuable enchantment in the game. Trading with villagers to get it is an absolute must.

I hope this guide has been helpful for you! Let me know if you have any other questions – I‘m happy to help you turbo charge your mining and gathering in Minecraft.