Minecraft Village

Minecraft Village

Village

Biomes	Plains Desert Savanna Taiga Snowy Taiga Snowy Tundra
Consists of	See § Structure
Can generate in existing chunks	No

Generation

An updated visual of a plains village

A taiga village showing distinguished design features, such as roofs made of spruce logs

Villages generate naturally in plains, savanna, taiga, snowy tundra, and desert biomes. In Bedrock and Legacy Console editions, they also generate in snowy taiga, sunflower plains, taiga hills, and snowy taiga hills biomes. The type of the village, and therefore the style of all structures within it, is determined by the biome at the village center or meeting point. If the meeting point does not generate in one of the above biomes, the village will default to the plains style.

The following table describes what biomes will result in what styles.

	Desert	Plains	Savanna	Taiga	Snowy
Biome	Desert	Plains Sunflower plains‌^[BE only]	Savanna	Taiga Taiga hills‌^[BE only] Snowy taiga‌^[BE only] Snowy taiga hills‌^[BE only]	Snowy tundra

The number of villagers spawned depends on the number of beds in the village. Villagers spawn only in houses that have beds, while job site buildings (with no beds) always generate without villagers.

If a building or pathway generates over open air, circular or square platforms of grass or sand (depending on the terrain) will generate below the structure, which can cause surface oddities. This can be clearly seen when a village building generates over an ocean. Farms generate a few blocks of open space above them if they happen to generate inside a hill.

In Java Edition, 2% of villages generate as zombie villages; see § Zombie villages.

Mobs

Upon generation

Villagers (spawn in regular villages only)
Iron Golems (one spawns near a village meeting point)
Zombie Villagers (spawn in zombie villages only)
Horses (spawn in regular villages)
Pigs (spawn in regular villages)
Cows (spawn in regular villages)
Sheep (spawn in regular villages)

Periodically

Wandering Traders (one spawns periodically at a village meeting point)‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Trader Llamas (two spawn periodically at a village meeting point alongside a wandering trader)‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Cats (spawn naturally inside villages)

During events

Zombies (spawn during zombie sieges)
Pillagers (spawn during raids)
Vindicators (spawn during raids)
Evokers (spawn during raids)
Ravagers (spawn during raids)
Witches (spawn during raids)

Events

Raids

Main article: Raid

A player who kills an illager captain receives the Bad Omen status effect for 100 minutes. Like other status effects, Bad Omen can also be cleared by dying or drinking milk. Entering a village boundary while the effect is active triggers a raid, in which groups of illagers spawn and attack the village.

Zombie sieges

Main article: Zombie siege

Zombie sieges are in-game events that occur when many zombies spawn in a village, regardless of how well lit or walled off a village is. They have a 10% chance of occurring at midnight every night or during thunderstorms when a village has at least 20 valid beds.

Structure

A snowy tundra village.

Loft houses, observed in the Village and Pillage update

For village structures, see Village/Structures. For structures prior to Village & Pillage, see Village/Structures (old).

For blueprints for building villages, see MCW:Projects/Structure Blueprints/New Village. For blueprints for building villages prior to Village & Pillage, see MCW:Projects/Structure Blueprints/Village.

Buildings

The number of buildings making up a village can vary, and not every village consists of all buildings at once. Apart from the meeting point, which is unique and systematic, the number of buildings of each type is randomly generated and increased in superflat worlds. The number of lamp posts and decorative structures (hay bales, melon patch, pumpkin patch, snow and ice patches) has no restriction, as they are generated where no other buildings can be placed. Paths are found between the buildings of the village and often extend beyond them.

Structures are chosen randomly from a pool of possible buildings. No one building has a greater chance to appear than another.

Architecture style, and blocks making up the village structures, vary according to village type. Not every building can generate in a single village, although some blocks can be found in any village, such as job site blocks and food items.

In Bedrock Edition buildings have different probabilities of generating, depending on village type; for example, a weaponsmith shop is more likely to appear in a Taiga village than other villages.

Paths

Villages generate paths between the buildings, and extending outside of the village. Village paths generate at the level of existing terrain, potentially going up steep hills or down ravines without regard for whether an entity could actually traverse the path. Paths do not go below sea level and replace only grass blocks (with air above), water, lava, sand, sandstone, and red sandstone; all other blocks are ignored and the blocks underneath are considered for replacement instead.

In plains, savanna, taiga, and snowy villages, paths are comprised of grass paths and grass. Savanna villages will also generate farmland and crops in some paths. Grass paths that generate over water will be replaced by the village style's planks type. Desert villages generate with smooth sandstone paths.

Village paths without any buildings nearby, generated in a Buffet world type with cave generation before Village and Pillage.

In Buffet worlds with cave generation, paths may generate on a separate layer from the rest of the buildings. In floating island generation, paths may not generate at all.

Loot

Typical blacksmith loot

Each village armorer chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Bread	1–4	⁴⁄₈	3.750	80.6%	1.2
Iron Ingot	1–3	²⁄₈	1.500	54.2%	1.8
Emerald	1	¹⁄₈	0.375	31.8%	3.1
Iron Helmet	1	¹⁄₈	0.375	31.8%	3.1

Each village butcher chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Raw Beef	1–3	⁶⁄₂₈	1.286	48.6%	2.1
Raw Mutton	1–3	⁶⁄₂₈	1.286	48.6%	2.1
Raw Porkchop	1–3	⁶⁄₂₈	1.286	48.6%	2.1
Wheat	1–3	⁶⁄₂₈	1.286	48.6%	2.1
Coal	1–3	³⁄₂₈	0.643	27.9%	3.6
Emerald	1	¹⁄₂₈	0.107	10.2%	9.8

Each village cartographer chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Paper	1–5	¹⁵⁄₅₀	2.700	61.2%	1.6
Bread	1–4	¹⁵⁄₅₀	2.250	61.2%	1.6
Empty Map	1–3	¹⁰⁄₅₀	1.200	46.2%	2.2
Stick	1–2	⁵⁄₅₀	0.450	26.3%	3.8
Compass	1	⁵⁄₅₀	0.300	26.3%	3.8

In Bedrock Edition each village cartographer chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Paper	1–5	¹⁵⁄₅₀	2.700	61.2%	1.6
Bread	1–4	¹⁵⁄₅₀	2.250	61.2%	1.6
Map^{[note 1]}	1–3	¹⁰⁄₅₀	1.200	46.2%	2.2
Oak Sapling	1–2	⁵⁄₅₀	0.450	26.3%	3.8
Compass	1	⁵⁄₅₀	0.300	26.3%	3.8

Jump up↑ Named unknown map, but changed to map 0, the scale level is 1:4, Maps from the same stack are stackable, but maps which are not stacked are unstackable despite looking identical.

In Java Edition Each village fisherman chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Wheat Seeds	1–3	³⁄₁₁	1.636	57.5%	1.7
Coal	1–3	²⁄₁₁	1.091	43.0%	2.3
Raw Cod	1–3	²⁄₁₁	1.091	43.0%	2.3
Barrel	1–3	¹⁄₁₁	0.545	24.2%	4.1
Raw Salmon	1–3	¹⁄₁₁	0.545	24.2%	4.1
Water Bucket	1–3	¹⁄₁₁	0.545	24.2%	4.1
Emerald	1	¹⁄₁₁	0.273	24.2%	4.1

Each village fletcher chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Feather	1–3	⁶⁄₂₃	1.565	55.8%	1.8
Flint	1–3	⁶⁄₂₃	1.565	55.8%	1.8
Stick	1–3	⁶⁄₂₃	1.565	55.8%	1.8
Arrow	1–3	²⁄₂₃	0.522	23.3%	4.3
Egg	1–3	²⁄₂₃	0.522	23.3%	4.3
Emerald	1	¹⁄₂₃	0.130	12.3%	8.1

Each village mason chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Bread	1–4	⁴⁄₁₃	2.308	62.2%	1.6
Stone	1	²⁄₁₃	0.462	37.7%	2.7
Stone Bricks	1	²⁄₁₃	0.462	37.7%	2.7
Clay	1–3	¹⁄₁₃	0.462	20.8%	4.8
Emerald	1	¹⁄₁₃	0.231	20.8%	4.8
Flower Pot	1	¹⁄₁₃	0.231	20.8%	4.8
Smooth Stone	1	¹⁄₁₃	0.231	20.8%	4.8
Yellow Dye	1	¹⁄₁₃	0.231	20.8%	4.8

Each village shepherd chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	White Wool	1–8	⁶⁄₂₃	3.522	55.8%	1.8
Wheat	1–6	⁶⁄₂₃	2.739	55.8%	1.8
Black Wool	1–3	³⁄₂₃	0.783	33.0%	3.0
Brown Wool	1–3	²⁄₂₃	0.522	23.3%	4.3
Gray Wool	1–3	²⁄₂₃	0.522	23.3%	4.3
Light Gray Wool	1–3	²⁄₂₃	0.522	23.3%	4.3
Emerald	1	¹⁄₂₃	0.130	12.3%	8.1
Shears	1	¹⁄₂₃	0.130	12.3%	8.1

Each village tannery chest contains 1–5 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Bread	1–4	⁵⁄₁₆	2.344	62.8%	1.6
Leather Cap	1	²⁄₁₆	0.375	31.8%	3.1
Leather Tunic	1	²⁄₁₆	0.375	31.8%	3.1
Leather Pants	1	²⁄₁₆	0.375	31.8%	3.1
Leather Boots	1	²⁄₁₆	0.375	31.8%	3.1
Emerald	1–4	¹⁄₁₆	0.469	17.3%	5.8
Leather	1–3	¹⁄₁₆	0.375	17.3%	5.8
Saddle	1	¹⁄₁₆	0.188	17.3%	5.8

Each village temple chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Bread	1–4	⁷⁄₁₉	5.066	89.3%	1.1
Rotten Flesh	1–4	⁷⁄₁₉	5.066	89.3%	1.1
Redstone Dust	1–4	²⁄₁₉	1.447	44.8%	2.2
Emerald	1–4	¹⁄₁₉	0.724	25.4%	3.9
Lapis Lazuli	1–4	¹⁄₁₉	0.724	25.4%	3.9
Gold Ingot	1–4	¹⁄₁₉	0.724	25.4%	3.9

Each village toolsmith chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Stick	1–3	²⁰⁄₅₃	4.151	90.0%	1.1
Bread	1–3	¹⁵⁄₅₃	3.113	81.2%	1.2
Iron Ingot	1–5	⁵⁄₅₃	1.557	41.2%	2.4
Iron Pickaxe	1	⁵⁄₅₃	0.519	41.2%	2.4
Iron Shovel	1	⁵⁄₅₃	0.519	41.2%	2.4
Coal	1–3	¹⁄₅₃	0.208	9.9%	10.1
Gold Ingot	1–3	¹⁄₅₃	0.208	9.9%	10.1
Diamond	1–3	¹⁄₅₃	0.208	9.9%	10.1

Each village weaponsmith chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Apple	1–3	¹⁵⁄₉₄	1.755	59.8%	1.7
Bread	1–3	¹⁵⁄₉₄	1.755	59.8%	1.7
Iron Ingot	1–5	¹⁰⁄₉₄	1.755	45.1%	2.2
Oak Sapling	3–7	⁵⁄₉₄	1.463	25.6%	3.9
Obsidian	3–7	⁵⁄₉₄	1.463	25.6%	3.9
Gold Ingot	1–3	⁵⁄₉₄	0.585	25.6%	3.9
Iron Pickaxe	1	⁵⁄₉₄	0.293	25.6%	3.9
Iron Sword	1	⁵⁄₉₄	0.293	25.6%	3.9
Iron Helmet	1	⁵⁄₉₄	0.293	25.6%	3.9
Iron Chestplate	1	⁵⁄₉₄	0.293	25.6%	3.9
Iron Leggings	1	⁵⁄₉₄	0.293	25.6%	3.9
Iron Boots	1	⁵⁄₉₄	0.293	25.6%	3.9
Diamond	1–3	³⁄₉₄	0.351	16.2%	6.2
Saddle	1	³⁄₉₄	0.176	16.2%	6.2
Iron Horse Armor	1	¹⁄₉₄	0.059	5.7%	17.6
Golden Horse Armor	1	¹⁄₉₄	0.059	5.7%	17.6
Diamond Horse Armor	1	¹⁄₉₄	0.059	5.7%	17.6

Each village desert house chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Wheat	1–7	¹⁰⁄₃₆	6.111	80.6%	1.2
Bread	1–4	¹⁰⁄₃₆	3.819	80.6%	1.2
Cactus	1–4	¹⁰⁄₃₆	3.819	80.6%	1.2
Dead Bush	1–3	²⁄₃₆	0.611	26.6%	3.8
Emerald	1–3	¹⁄₃₆	0.306	14.3%	7.0
Book	1	¹⁄₃₆	0.153	14.3%	7.0
Clay	1	¹⁄₃₆	0.153	14.3%	7.0
Green Dye	1	¹⁄₃₆	0.153	14.3%	7.0

Each village plains house chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Potato	1–7	¹⁰⁄₄₃	5.116	74.2%	1.3
Apple	1–5	¹⁰⁄₄₃	3.837	74.2%	1.3
Bread	1–4	¹⁰⁄₄₃	3.198	74.2%	1.3
Oak Sapling	1–2	⁵⁄₄₃	0.959	48.2%	2.1
Emerald	1–4	²⁄₄₃	0.640	22.8%	4.4
Dandelion	1	²⁄₄₃	0.256	22.8%	4.4
Gold Nugget	1–3	¹⁄₄₃	0.256	12.1%	8.3
Book	1	¹⁄₄₃	0.128	12.1%	8.3
Feather	1	¹⁄₄₃	0.128	12.1%	8.3
Poppy	1	¹⁄₄₃	0.128	12.1%	8.3

Each village savanna house chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Wheat Seeds	1–5	¹⁰⁄₄₆	3.587	71.7%	1.4
Bread	1–4	¹⁰⁄₄₆	2.989	71.7%	1.4
Acacia Sapling	1–2	¹⁰⁄₄₆	1.793	71.7%	1.4
Grass	1	⁵⁄₄₆	0.598	45.9%	2.2
Tall Grass	1	⁵⁄₄₆	0.598	45.9%	2.2
Emerald	1–4	²⁄₄₆	0.598	21.5%	4.7
Gold Nugget	1–3	¹⁄₄₆	0.239	11.3%	8.8
Torch	1–2	¹⁄₄₆	0.179	11.3%	8.8
Bucket	1	¹⁄₄₆	0.120	11.3%	8.8
Saddle	1	¹⁄₄₆	0.120	11.3%	8.8

Each village snowy house chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Potato	1–7	¹⁰⁄₅₃	4.151	66.3%	1.5
Snowball	1–7	¹⁰⁄₅₃	4.151	66.3%	1.5
Beetroot Seeds	1–5	¹⁰⁄₅₃	3.113	66.3%	1.5
Bread	1–4	¹⁰⁄₅₃	2.594	66.3%	1.5
Coal	1–4	⁵⁄₅₃	1.297	41.2%	2.4
Snow Block	1	⁴⁄₅₃	0.415	34.5%	2.9
Emerald	1–4	¹⁄₅₃	0.259	9.9%	10.1
Beetroot Soup	1	¹⁄₅₃	0.104	9.9%	10.1
Blue Ice	1	¹⁄₅₃	0.104	9.9%	10.1
Furnace	1	¹⁄₅₃	0.104	9.9%	10.1

Each village taiga house chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Potato	1–7	¹⁰⁄₅₄	4.074	65.6%	1.5
Spruce Log	1–5	¹⁰⁄₅₄	3.056	65.6%	1.5
Bread	1–4	¹⁰⁄₅₄	2.546	65.6%	1.5
Sweet Berries	1–7	⁵⁄₅₄	2.037	40.6%	2.5
Pumpkin Seeds	1–5	⁵⁄₅₄	1.528	40.6%	2.5
Spruce Sapling	1–5	⁵⁄₅₄	1.528	40.6%	2.5
Emerald	1–4	²⁄₅₄	0.509	18.6%	5.4
Fern	1	²⁄₅₄	0.204	18.6%	5.4
Large Fern	1	²⁄₅₄	0.204	18.6%	5.4
Iron Nugget	1–5	¹⁄₅₄	0.306	9.7%	10.3
Pumpkin Pie	1	¹⁄₅₄	0.102	9.7%	10.3
Spruce Sign	1	¹⁄₅₄	0.102	9.7%	10.3

In Bedrock Edition each village taiga house chest contains 3–8 item stacks, with the following distribution:

	Stack Size	Weight	# Items	Chance	# Chests
	Potato	1–7	¹⁰⁄₄₉	4.490	69.3%	1.4
Spruce Log	1–5	¹⁰⁄₄₉	3.367	69.3%	1.4
Bread	1–4	¹⁰⁄₄₉	2.806	69.3%	1.4
Pumpkin Seeds	1–5	⁵⁄₄₉	1.684	43.7%	2.3
Spruce Sapling	1–5	⁵⁄₄₉	1.684	43.7%	2.3
Emerald	1–4	²⁄₄₉	0.561	20.3%	4.9
Fern	1	²⁄₄₉	0.224	20.3%	4.9
Large Fern	1	²⁄₄₉	0.224	20.3%	4.9
Iron Nugget	1–5	¹⁄₄₉	0.337	10.7%	9.4
Oak Sign	1	¹⁄₄₉	0.112	10.7%	9.4
Pumpkin Pie	1	¹⁄₄₉	0.112	10.7%	9.4

Zombie villages

A zombie village

A village has a 2% chance of generating as a zombie village. In such villages, all generated villagers are instead zombie villagers, and all doors and light sources are missing. These zombie villagers do not despawn but have no special resistance to sunlight. In zombie villages, some wood and cobblestone are replaced by cobwebs and mossy cobblestone, respectively. All glass panes are also replaced by brown stained glass panes.

Mechanics

Main article: Tutorials/Village mechanics

A village always consists of at least one acceptable bed and one villager. Rarely, a village structure can generate without buildings with beds, thus not qualifying as a village. Upon creation, a village center is defined as a bed claimed by the first villager, or the gathering site block (a bell), and the village's size is the greater of 32 blocks or the distance to the furthest bed from the center. Any villager, village golem, siege-spawned zombie, or raid-spawned illagers will pathfind back into the village if they find themselves farther than "size" blocks from the center.

Villages are set by the number of valid beds in the village. In Bedrock Edition, a "valid bed" is a bed unobstructed by other blocks so that it can be used for sleeping.

The minimum population of a village is the number of valid beds. If the population drops below that point (due to death or kidnappings), but there are at least two villagers left who can reach each other, the villagers mate and breed until the population is above the minimum.

Gathering site

Villages have gathering sites where villagers may mingle. A gathering site is defined as a bell located within the village boundary. A wandering trader may spawn at a gathering site, accompanied by trader llamas.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Job site blocks

Job site blocks are blocks such as grindstones, smithing tables, and lecterns, which are used by villagers. Villagers with the corresponding professions spend their time in front of their job site block, except for nitwits and unemployed villagers (villagers without profession overlays).

Popularity

A player's popularity starts at zero and ranges between −30 and 10, and the following can alter a player's popularity:

Popularity of Actions
Action	Popularity Change
Trading with a villager for the last offer slot on their list	+1
Attacking a villager	−1
Killing a villager	−2
Attacking a villager child	−3
Killing a villager child	−5
Killing a village's iron golem	−5

When a player acts directly on a villager, particles around that villager indicate the change in popularity. A player's popularity does not reset on death, and players cannot alter other players' popularity. Popularity is stored per village; a player may have high popularity in one village and a low one in another. Additionally, because popularity is stored per village, if the entire village is destroyed, any accumulated popularity, positive or negative, is also eliminated.

If a player has -15 popularity or less, the village's naturally-spawned iron golems act hostile to that player until the player's popularity is increased. Golems constructed by the player, however, are always passive toward the player.

History

Java Edition Beta
February 21, 2010					NPC villages and "monster towns" are mentioned.
July 1, 2011					A picture of villages was released by Notch before Beta 1.8 was released. In the early screenshot, villages were partly made of moss stone.
July 13, 2011					An early interview with Notch discussed his plans for the village.
August 10, 2011					Notch originally worked on villages by himself, but eventually gave the task to Jeb, so that he could work on other things.
August 11, 2011					Jeb has said that during early tests of villages, the lava in a smithy often set the village on fire.
August 26, 2011					Villages were shown to the public during the PAX 2011 demo, including the interiors.
1.8		Pre-release			Villages added.
1.8		Pre-release			They were originally intended to be populated with pigmen.^[2]
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Villagers have now been added to villages. They have 'TESTIFICATE' written above their heads.
1.1		12w01a			Superflat added, allowing bigger villages.
1.1		12w01a			Blacksmith buildings in villages now hold chests with loot.
1.2.1		12w07a			Villagers now repopulate villages based on how many houses there are available.
					Zombie sieges can now occur once a village has reached a certain size.
					The player may now add houses to villages, provided they are enclosed with a roof and wooden door.
		12w08a			Larger villages now spawn iron golems to defend them.
1.3.1		12w21a			Desert villages are now made of sandstone instead of wood and cobblestone.
1.4.2		12w32a			Villages now track the "popularity" of individual players by username.
1.4.2		12w36a			Potatoes and carrots can now be found in NPC villages.
1.5		13w03a			Changes to water-block generation now make wells proper infinite water sources.
1.5		13w06a			The lamppost glitch in villages has now been fixed.
1.7.2		13w36a			Savanna biome added, which villages can now generate in.
1.8		14w03a			Gravel roads in villages now have cobblestone underneath, to prevent them from collapsing into caves.
		14w04a			Doors are now added to the closest village.
		14w25a			Zombie sieges have now been re-implemented.
		14w30a			Wells in desert villages are now made of sandstone instead of cobblestone.
1.9		15w31a			Farms now include beetroot crops.
1.10		16w20a			Village structures are now no longer restricted by biome boundaries, meaning that a village that starts in a valid biome can now spread into an adjacent invalid biome.
					Villages now generate in taiga biomes (but not their variants), and are made of spruce wood.
					Savanna villages are now made of acacia wood rather than oak. Acacia logs replace cobblestone in all structures except churches.
					Paths no longer generate below sea level, and they are made with different material depending on the existing terrain.
					Grass paths now generate rather than gravel paths, when generated on grass blocks.
					Paths made of planks now generate over water and lava to form bridges.
					Villages now have a 2% chance of generating as a zombie village, which are inhabited only by zombie villagers, and generate without any doors or torches.
		16w21a			Blacksmiths now generate with cobblestone in all biomes, rather than acacia logs in savannas and sandstone in deserts.
		pre1			Zombie villagers generated in zombie villages no longer despawn.
					Wooden fences are now substituted with the correct wood type for the biome.
					Paths no longer replace most blocks, instead considering the blocks underneath, preventing them from generating in treetops or bridging ravines.
1.14		18w47a			Added raids, in which groups of illagers attack villages after a player kills an illager patrol leader then enters a village.
		November 28, 2018			A hotfix for all 1.14 snapshots is released, updating the main menu with a panorama of the new villages.
		18w48a			Updated the plains village look.
		18w49a			Added snowy tundra villages.
		18w49a			Updated the savanna village look.
		18w50a			Updated the taiga and desert village looks.
		19w04a			Re-added zombie villages in desert and taiga biomes.
		19w07a			Re-added zombie villages in plains and savanna biomes.
		19w07a			Added snowy tundra zombie villages.
		19w08a			Villages now spawn with at least one iron golem.
		19w11a			Village detection is now based on beds, job sites, and meeting points instead of doors.
1.14.1		Pre-Release 1			Many structures are tweaked to have better lighting.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0		build 1			Added villages. They generate with gravel, wooden or sandstone bridges.
		build 2			Desert villages are now made of sandstone.
		build 4			Villages are now rare.
		build 7			Villages are now more common.
0.11.0		build 1			Grass path blocks now replace gravel paths in villages.
0.12.1		build 1			Larger villages now spawn iron golems to defend them.
0.12.1		build 8			Farms now include beetroot crops.
0.14.0		build 3			The door-to-villager ratio in villages has now been increased (was previously 1:1).
0.15.0		build 1			Added savanna and taiga village variants.
					Villages can now generate in cold taiga and ice plains biomes. Buildings are made out of spruce wood like taiga villages.
					Villages now have a 2% chance of generating as zombie villages. Buildings in zombie villages include cobweb and moss stone.
0.16.0		?			Farms no longer generate crops in ice plains and cold taiga villages.
0.16.2					Chests can now generate inside large houses in ice plains and cold taiga villages containing farming supplies.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Cats now spawn in villages.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Updated the look of plains, desert, savanna, taiga, snowy tundra, and snowy taiga villages.
					Taiga villages are now more common.
					Villages are now set by the number of beds in the village instead of doors.
					Villages now have gathering sites in which a wandering trader can appear.
					Villages now have job sites where villagers go to work.
					Removed zombie villages.^[verify]
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Villages now always spawn at least one iron golem.
					Changed some structures; plains tannery now include a single cauldron, some poorly lit areas have torches, lava is no longer a fire hazard, added floors in some floorless houses.
					Changed village generation by rebalancing the number of houses (buildings with beds) and job sites (buildings with job site blocks). Sand now also has sandstone support below.
					Plains farms and plains toolsmith houses can now generate in new plains villages.
					Animals now spawn in the village stables, animal pens, shepherd houses, and butcher houses.
					Added chest loot to non-plains village variants.
					Added raids, in which groups of illagers attack villages.
		beta 1.11.0.3			Players with bad omen now trigger a raid when in villages.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Re-added zombie villages.
Legacy Console Edition
TU5	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added villages.
TU9		1.0			Blacksmith buildings in villages now hold chests with loot.
TU14		1.04			Added desert villages.
?	?	?			Wells in desert villages are now made of sandstone instead of cobblestone.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Savanna biome added, which villages can now generate in.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Gravel roads in villages now have cobblestone underneath, to prevent them from collapsing into caves.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Villages can now generate in cold taiga and ice plains biomes, constructed with spruce wood.
					Villages now generate with grass paths instead of gravel.
					Villages in savanna biomes now generate with acacia wood.
TU46	CU36	1.38	Patch 15		Villages now generate naturally in the taiga biome.
TU58	CU49	1.60	Patch 28	1.0.8	Villages generated in the desert or the savanna biome now replace the most sandstone/acacia wood with cobblestone.
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Villages now generate naturally in cold taiga and snow plains biomes generating with spruce wood.
					Desert villages no longer generate with cobblestone, including blacksmith and church buildings.
					Tables in villages now have brown carpet instead of a pressure plate.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added villages.

Issues

Issues relating to "Village" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

According to Jeb, originally they wanted a system for a village to expand in population if the player improves it. But they found that it was computationally expensive to evaluate what constituted a house, so to make it simple, they decided that a door with an inside and outside counts as a house; however, the house was later changed to beds.^[1]
Prior to Village and Pillage, the farms in villages would avoid overhanging by filling in the area below them with dirt when they spawned. When a farm overhangs a ravine, a tall rectangular dirt structure generates underneath. Buildings would fill the area below them with cobblestone, often resulting in the same behavior.
Occasionally, surface ravines generate through villages, causing missing pathways or even entire buildings sunken into the ravine. This also applies to cave entrances and other surface oddities.
In the Legacy Console Edition, in the TU19 tutorial world, the village behind the castle has a blacksmith, but there is only a Music Disc, not ordinary loot.
In rare cases, players can find very small villages containing only one house, or even just one job site building (a building with job site blocks) without any houses (building with beds), causing the village to not spawn any villagers.
The plains village is the only type of village with much of its architecture resembling its old counterpart prior to Village & Pillage.

Gallery

Two taiga villages generated right next to each other.
A screenshot of a village released by Notch.
A screenshot released by Notch of a player near two village houses.
A picture of the village from PAX Prime.
The 13w22a banner, containing a village.
LadyAgnes tweets a screenshot of an updated savanna village.^[3]
Another image of a village tweeted by LadyAgnes.^[4]
A screenshot of part of the Java Edition 1.14 main menu panorama.
An igloo structure that generated in a snowy tundra village.
A snowy tundra village.
A plains village well.
A village farm.

MINECON Earth 2018

A desert village overhaul shown in MINECON Earth 2018 for 1.14.
A shepherd's house in a desert village overhaul shown in MINECON Earth 2018 for 1.14.
New house architecture in a desert village overhaul shown in MINECON Earth 2018 for 1.14.
A plains village overhaul shown in MINECON Earth 2018 for 1.14.
A plains village overhaul shown more detailed inside, shown in MINECON Earth 2018 for 1.14.

Before Village and Pillage

A plains village before Village and Pillage.
A village generated in a taiga biome.
A savanna zombie village.
A village generated in a superflat world.
An extremely small village.
An inside view of a church.
A village generated on water, before plank paths were implemented.
The four outdated village types. Clockwise from top right: desert, savanna, taiga, and plains.

Bedrock Edition

First official screenshot of a village generating with grass path blocks as roads.
A double village.
A village with a wooden bridge beside the world border.
A zombie village that generated in a cold biome.
A desert village mixed with a jungle biome.

Odd generation

A village that generated along the edge of a mountain. Note the house that generated within a cave.
A plains village extending into a swamp.

Before Village and Pillage

A village generated in the amplified world type. Notice how some of the buildings are built into the mountain, and others on huge cobblestone towers.
A village generated too close to a cold biome, causing the water in the farm to freeze and the crops to dry out.
A village generated without buildings.
A fence in one village overwriting part of a wall in another. Notice how it forces air blocks above the fence.
A village generated at the boundary between a desert and savanna biome. Notice that it is in the style of the plains biome. This is because the well generated in the river.
A savanna village with failed farm generation, causing water to flow.
A desert temple generated in a zombie village.
A village farm generated in a cave alongside buried treasure.
A village building sunken into a ravine.
Part of a village generating over the void in a Buffet world.