Recycling Unwanted Items
Junker NPCs let you dispose of unwanted items in exchange for money.
- Open a Junker NPC.
- Place up to 54 stacks in the Junker inventory.
- Check the items carefully, then confirm the disposal.
Accepted items are destroyed and the payout is added to your balance. If the payment cannot be completed, your items are returned. Protected items are also returned instead of being destroyed.
Most materials without a special value pay $0.10 per item. You must wait one second between Junker actions.
Protected Items
The Junker will not accept these materials:
- Diamond or Netherite Swords.
- Diamond or Netherite Pickaxes.
- Diamond or Netherite Axes.
- Fishing Rods.
- Totems of Undying.
Protection is based on the material, but you should still inspect every batch before confirming.
Example Payouts
| Material | Money per item |
|---|---|
| Copper Ingot | $0.20 |
| Iron Ingot | $0.50 |
| Gold Ingot | $1.00 |
| Diamond | $2.00 |
| Emerald | $5.00 |
| Diamond Block | $18.00 |
| Emerald Block | $45.00 |
| Netherite Ingot | $25.00 |
| Tropical Fish | $5.00 |
| Pufferfish | $2.50 |
| Crimson Stem or Warped Stem | $1.00 |
These are recycling payouts and may differ from player-shop prices.
Auto-Junker
Auto-Junker is a Prestige 2 perk opened with /junker auto. It automatically recycles matching items shortly after you pick them up.
- Your filter can contain up to 27 material types.
- Only ordinary, unmodified items can be added.
- Items with custom names, lore, damage, enchantments, or other special data are rejected.
- Protected materials cannot be added.
- Auto-Junker does not run in Creative mode.
- Clearing the entire filter requires a shift-click confirmation.
Recycling Statistics and Milestones
Use /junker stats to see:
- Your lifetime recycled-item total and money earned.
- The number of different materials you have recycled.
- Your favorite material and per-material totals.
- Your weekly and all-time leaderboard positions.
- Your completed recycling milestones.
The leaderboards show the top 10 players. Weekly rankings follow Eastern Time.
Item-count milestones are awarded at 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000, and 10,000,000 recycled items. Unique-material milestones are awarded at 25, 100, 250, 500, and 750 different materials.
Junker Chat
The Junker can send a short summary after recycling a batch. You can enable or disable these messages with the personal Junker Chat setting.
Type [junker] or [junkered] in chat to share your Junker statistics with other players.