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How to find a Village in MinecraftThe best method for finding a Minecraft Village

The best method for finding a Minecraft Village

Looking for tips on how to find villages in Minecraft?Whether you are looking to trade with some friendly faces, or you’re planning to loot the local blacksmith to find asaddle for your horse, this guide has everything that you need to know to find a village. We’ll also teach you any risks that you should look out for when you arrive, so that you aren’t surprised when zombies try to eat your brains.

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How to find a Minecraft Village

Villages, just like other Minecraft structures, generate naturally when you create your Minecraft world. Villages can be found in the following biomes:

A desert village in Minecraft, viewed from an aerial perspective with shaders enabled.

Minecraft village finder command

If you haveMinecraft cheatsenabled, however, finding the nearest Minecraft village becomes easy. All you need to do is open the console with the “/” key, and type:

Then hit Enter, and you’ll be presented with the coordinates of the nearest Minecraft village to your current location!

If you’re looking to create your own Minecraft village, be sure to check out ourMinecraft house ideasandMinecraft build ideasfor inspiration! You can also make your village look as good as possible with the help of thebest Minecraft shaders!

How to trade with Minecraft villagers

Aside from the chests filled with goodies that you can often find inside various buildings, the other reason you might want to find a Minecraft village is so you can trade with the villagers for useful and exotic items. Some items can be extremely powerful, such asDiamondarmour that has beenenchantedwith various powerful benefits.

You can right-click on a villager to initiate a trade with them (but note that not all villagers are able to trade with you). Trading uses Emeralds as a currency, so you’ll need to stock up on Emeralds if you want to trade.

A Zombie Villager in Minecraft staring at the player.

Minecraft Zombie villages

There’s also a 10% chance each night for ordinary Minecraft villages (if they’re large enough) to become the target of a Zombie siege. If a player is not there to protect the village (which can happen a lot if you aren’t playing on aMinecraft serverwith lots of players), there is a good chance of the village being overrun.

Minecraft Village raids

If you kill an Illager Captain, you’ll be marked with the Bad Omen status effect for 100 minutes. If you walk into a Minecraft village while Bad Omen is applied to you, this will spark an Illager raid on that village.

And that pretty much wraps up this Minecraft village guide - but that’s not all the Minecraft-related wisdom we have to offer! If you want to inject some more variance into the look of each Minecraft village, check out our list of thebest Minecraft Texture Packs. You can also take advantage of our knowledge onMinecraft mapsto make finding villages easier. And to completely change the nature of Villages and how they spawn, you can look intoMinecraft modswhich could do just that!