Villager

Overview

Every serious enchanted item in a long-running world comes from a Villager, not from an enchanting table. A Villager takes its profession from whichever job site block it claims — a lectern makes a librarian, a grindstone a weaponsmith, a composter a farmer — and its trades reroll every time you break and replace that block, until the moment you trade with it once, after which they lock in permanently. That single mechanic is how players get Mending, Unbreaking III and Protection IV as books for a handful of emeralds each, and it is why a lectern and patience beat 30 levels at a table. Trading raises a villager's level through five tiers and unlocks better offers as it goes. Curing is the other half: zombify a Villager and then cure it with a splash Potion of Weakness and a golden apple, and its prices drop permanently, sometimes to a single emerald. A Villager has 20 health, no attack, panics and runs indoors at night or during a raid, and breeds freely given surplus food and spare beds, which is what makes a village population self-sustaining. See villager trading and cheap mending.

Trading. Librarians sell enchanted books including Mending, farmers buy crops for emeralds, toolsmiths and armourers sell gear, and a cured villager discounts everything it offers permanently.

A villager takes a profession from whichever job site block it claims, and its trades reroll until you trade with it once, after which they lock in. Trading raises its level and unlocks better offers, and cheap trades are the standard route to bookshelves, enchanted books, Mending, and infinite emeralds. Villagers panic and run indoors at night or during a raid, breed when they have surplus food and spare beds, and cure to permanent discounts if you zombify and heal one.

In Minecraft, Villager is classified as a villager & trader mob. It has 20 health points, or 10 hearts. There is no experience to be had from it.

Properties

Villager has 20 health, which is 10 hearts. It drops no experience when a player kills it. Its hitbox is 0.6 blocks wide and 1.95 tall, which is what decides whether it fits through a gap or a one-block-high opening.

Added in: 1.0.0
Breedable: Yes

Spawns in

Generates with villages, and breeds indefinitely given beds and food. Also produced by curing a zombie villager.

It does not appear in open terrain: every Villager comes from Village.

Dimension: Overworld
Only in: Village
Added in: 1.0.0

Dimension: Overworld · Added in 1.0.0

How it behaves

The Villager trades rather than fights. Its value is entirely in what it will sell you, and in how cheaply you can get it there.

It drops no experience however it dies, so there is nothing to farm here.

Command

In a world with cheats on, this spawns one Villager where you are standing.

Summon

/summon minecraft:villager ~ ~ ~

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Frequently asked questions

How do you change a villager's profession?

Break the job site block it claimed and place a different one, as long as you have never traded with it.

How do you get cheap Mending?

Reroll a librarian's trades with a lectern until Mending appears, then cure it from zombie form for a large discount.

How do villagers breed?

Given enough food — 3 bread or 12 carrots, potatoes or beetroot — and a spare bed each, they breed on their own.

How much health does a Villager have?

20 health, and it has no attack at all. It runs indoors at night and during raids.

How much health does the Villager have in Minecraft?

The Villager has 20 health points, which is 10 hearts.

What does the Villager drop?

It drops no items, only 0 experience.

Where does the Villager spawn?