Minecraft Villagers: Your In-Game Workforce
Minecraft villagers are more than just passive mobs—they’re your ticket to efficient survival and progression. With 15 different job roles, they offer trades for food, weapons, tools, enchanting materials, and more. Whether you’re building a thriving village on a multiplayer server or just want a reliable source of emeralds, knowing how to manage and utilize villagers is key.
Let’s break down all Minecraft villager jobs, their trades, and how to assign professions to unemployed villagers.
What Are Villager Jobs in Minecraft?
Villager jobs, also known as professions, determine what trades a villager offers. Each profession has unique trades, tied to a specific job site block. For example:
- A Librarian uses a Lectern and trades enchanted books.
- A Fletcher uses a Fletching Table and trades bows and arrows.
Villager professions are critical for:
- Accessing rare or hard-to-craft items.
- Building efficient farms (like stick farms for trading with Fletchers).
- Gaining enchanted tools and armor without mining resources.

How Do Villagers Get Jobs?
Villagers get jobs based on job site blocks placed in their proximity. For example:
- Placing a Blast Furnace nearby will turn an unemployed villager into an Armorer.
- Breaking a villager’s job site block removes their profession, turning them into an unemployed villager.
Key things to note:
- Unemployed villagers can take on any job when assigned a block.
- Nitwits cannot take jobs. You’ll recognize them by their green robes.
- Once a villager’s trades are locked (after trading with them once), their profession cannot be changed.
Here is The List of All Minecraft Villager Jobs
1. Armorer
- Job Site Block: Blast Furnace
- Trades: Iron armor, chainmail armor, shields, enchanted diamond armor at higher levels.
- Best For: Quickly obtaining high-tier armor without crafting it yourself.

2. Butcher
- Job Site Block: Smoker
- Trades: Cooked meats, rabbit stew, and sweet berries.
- Best For: Trading surplus raw meats or farming emeralds through livestock.

3. Cartographer
- Job Site Block: Cartography Table
- Trades: Maps (Ocean Explorer, Woodland Explorer), banner patterns, and glass panes.
- Best For: Finding ocean monuments or woodland mansions without hours of exploration.

4. Cleric
- Job Site Block: Brewing Stand
- Trades: Redstone, ender pearls, lapis lazuli, and Bottle o’ Enchanting.
- Best For: Magical or alchemical resources, especially if you're heading to the End.

5. Farmer
- Job Site Block: Composter
- Trades: Bread, apples, golden carrots, cake, and suspicious stews.
- Best For: Stockpiling food or building an automatic emerald farm.

6. Fisherman
- Job Site Block: Barrel
- Trades: Cooked cod, salmon, enchanted fishing rods, and buckets of fish.
- Best For: Selling excess fish from an AFK fishing farm.

7. Fletcher
- Job Site Block: Fletching Table
- Trades: Arrows (including tipped arrows), bows, and crossbows.
- Best For: Stocking up on arrows for combat or trading sticks for emeralds.

8. Leatherworker
- Job Site Block: Cauldron
- Trades: Leather armor, horse armor, and saddles.
- Best For: Gearing up horses or trading excess leather from a cow farm.

9. Librarian
- Job Site Block: Lectern
- Trades: Enchanted books, name tags, and bookshelves.
- Best For: Finding rare enchantments like Mending or Infinity.
Pro Tip: Break and replace the Lectern until you get the enchantment you want!

10. Mason (Stonemason)
- Job Site Block: Stonecutter
- Trades: Polished stone, terracotta, bricks, and quartz.
- Best For: Builders who need large quantities of specific blocks.

11. Shepherd
- Job Site Block: Loom
- Trades: Wool, carpets, banners, and paintings.
- Best For: Decorative building or wool farming.

12. Toolsmith
- Job Site Block: Smithing Table
- Trades: Pickaxes, shovels, axes, and enchanted tools.
- Best For: Quickly upgrading your tools to diamond-tier.

13. Weaponsmith
- Job Site Block: Grindstone
- Trades: Swords, axes, and enchanted weapons.
- Best For: Acquiring high-damage weapons for combat.

14. Unemployed
- Job Site Block: None
- Best For: Assigning a villager to a specific job you need by placing a job site block nearby.

15. Nitwit
- Job Site Block: None
- Best For: Nothing. Nitwits cannot take jobs, but they still add character to your village.

How to Assign or Change Villager Professions
- Place the Right Job Site Block: Place the block corresponding to the profession you want (e.g., a Barrel for a Fisherman).
- Ensure Proximity: Villagers need to be close to the block to claim the job.
- Break and Replace: To reassign a villager, destroy their current job block and place a new one.
- Lock in Trades: Once you trade with a villager, their job is permanent.
Villager Popularity and Trade Levels
Villager trades improve as they level up, going through these ranks:
- Novice: Basic trades.
- Apprentice: Slightly improved trades.
- Journeyman: More variety in trades.
- Expert: Rare trades become available.
- Master: Best trades, such as enchanted diamond armor or weapons.

Popularity System
Your actions affect your relationship with villagers:
- Increase Popularity: Protect villagers during raids (+10 points), trade with them (+1 point per trade).
- Decrease Popularity: Attack villagers (-2 points), kill their iron golem (-5 points).
Tip: Higher popularity lowers trade costs, while lower popularity increases them.
Bonus: Wandering Trader
- The Wandering Trader is a special NPC that appears randomly near your location.
- Trades: Rare or decorative items like coral, saplings, and flowers.
- Despawns: After 40–60 minutes, so grab what you need quickly.

Villagers are a game-changing part of Minecraft that can simplify your survival and add depth to your gameplay. By understanding all Minecraft villager jobs and how to assign them, you can build thriving villages and unlock valuable trades. Whether you’re farming emeralds, stocking up on enchanted tools, or hunting for rare maps, villagers are an essential part of your Minecraft journey.
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