We all know Minecraft villagers. You either love them or you hate them. However, investing in a villager trading hall is a must-have for any survival world with access to countless materials, enchantments, armor and weapons. If trades are looking a touch too expensive, don’t be shy about having them meet a zombie for a quick bite. Cure them, and they’ll be in your debt with discounted trades you may take advantage of. Just make sure not to punch them or those prices will skyrocket.
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With a countless number of workstations you can craft to unlock different villager professions it can be a lot of materials. It’s a good thing they can spawn in villages too, huh? Perhaps when you’re stealing your next brewing stand because no one wants to farm blaze rods, you can take a villager with you. Take two, and you’ll be able to raise several generations with just some bread and beds.
13Brewing Stand
Cleric Villagers
Brewing stands often spawn in village churches and temples across the world. However, they can also be found in the rare igloo basements. This workstation can be used to obtain the Cleric who offers bottles o' enchanting for quickly gaining levels perfect for enchanting. Other uses include emeralds, redstone, lapis, glowstone and enderpearls.
If you’re preparing for an End trip, we recommend having a few clerics to get your pearls for the portal. Your lapis and enchanting bottles can be used for gearing up with the best enchantments. Finally, be sure to brew up some potions with the stand itself. You will need them.
Taiga village churches are quite rare. Your best bet is the plains village.
12Cauldron
Leatherworker Villagers
If you’re looking for a cauldron, you are in luck! They have a variety of spawns, including village tannerys, swamp huts, better known as witches' huts, woodland mansions, igloo basements and even trail ruins. This block allows you to get leatherworker villagers who can offer leather armor, emeralds and saddles.
While their trades aren’t useful for most players who want better armor and have other villagers for emeralds, if you own a lot of horses then saddles are so much easier to obtain. Just one leatherworker can keep you stocked with saddles galore. That cauldron you can use for storing water. It’s really not that exciting, especially in Java Edition.
Trial ruins are really not efficient for cauldrons. Unless you want to try excavating the entire structure for hours for a single block. Seriously, don’t do it.
Librarian Villagers
Lecterns are best found in village libraries and allow you to trade for enchanting books with the librarian villager. Ancient cities can generate lecterns in secret rooms if you’re unfortunate enough to stumble across one.
Librarian villagers are some of the best in the game, offering books foressential enchantmentssuch as mending, silk touch and fortune. With a large collection of max-level enchantment books, you’ll never have to gamble at the enchantment table again. It will also be easier to replace lost gear if it breaks or suffers a tragic encounter with lava.
10Stonecutter
Mason Villagers
If you need a mason, the stonecutter can be found at the village stonemason houses. If you’re lucky, when excavating trail ruins, you may be able to uncover one there.
The stonecutter block is useful for shaping any stone-based blocks into stairs and bricks perfect for building. However, if you don’t need them or have an abundance of diorite to burn, you can trade them to the mason for emeralds. In return, he can offer bricks and terracotta, which are great for building. If you’re likely to be down in the mines a lot or need building supplies, then a couple of masons will be useful.
9Cartography Table
Cartographer Villagers
If, for some reason, you’re working with maps, then the cartography table can be found in the village cartographer’s houses. This will allow you to get cartographer villagers who can offer maps to structures full of loot or take paper in exchange for emeralds.
For those keen to map out their worlds, you’ll need a cartography table to get the job done. However, for the average player, you’ll want the villager to exchange paper crafted from a sugar cane farm and glass panes from other villagers trades, for emeralds. Keep a couple of these in the hall and you’ll be set for trading.
8Blast Furnace
Armorer Villagers
When looking for the blast furnace, you’re best searching villagers for armorer houses as trail ruins are difficult to excavate with no guaranteed spawn.
Not only is the blast furnace useful for smelting ore and metals, working twice as fast as a furnace, you can also get an armorer villager. You can take advantage of the trades to get emeralds from coal or work up to enchanted diamond armor at the highest level. Masons are important for anyone spending a lot of time in combat with a supply of coal from the mines. These will help give you back up armor until you can fix your gear.
7Composter
Farmer Villagers
Composters are the easiest to spot, spawning on farm plots in villages. This will give you access to farmers who can be used forautomatic farmsor villager breeders.
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The composter is a great block for producing bonemeal from excess produce which can be put back into the farms. Excess crops can also be traded to the farmer for emeralds for other villager trades. When reaching max trade level with them, you can unlock golden carrots. After that, you may want to trade your emeralds for some of the best food in the game so you’ll never go hungry again.
Butcher Villagers
If you’re looking for a smoker workstation, it can be found exclusively in village butcher houses. This block gives you access to the butcher who can offer emeralds in exchange for raw meats.
Not only is the butcher villager useful for anyone with large animal farms to get a supply of emeralds to trade, but the block itself can offer more uses. The smoker cooks food items more efficiently than a furnace, offering you a faster option for better food. It can even be used for a giant redstone oven to cook foods on a larger scale. You’ll never go hungry again.
Shepherd Villagers
Another block exclusively found in villages is the loom, located in shepherd’s houses. If you have an abundance of sheep, you’ll want a shepherd who will take the wool in exchange for emeralds. He will also accept a large variety of dyes.
The loom is a great block on its own for anyone into building and decorating as it can be used to create a variety of unique banners. The potential is endless, from patterns to put on shields, mirrors to hang on your wall and so much more. Your minecraft world will never look the same.
A bug for 1.21.4 was reported which prevents shepherd houses spawning in snow biomes due to a typo.
4Grindstone
Weapon Smith Villagers
The grindstone can be found in village weapon smith houses, used for repairing or disenchanting weaponry. This also gives you access to a weapon smith who can offer a variety of strong weapons, which include diamonds.
Similar to the armorer, the weapon smith is useful for having cheap back-up gear for combat in case of accidents, allowing you to quickly bounce back. The grindstone also makes a great addition to any base, helping to repair and preserve perfect gear or remove that trash enchantment you rolled for another chance. The grindstone can also be placed at any angle, making it a great tool for builders.
