Is Villager hostile or passive?

Villager is classified as a "passive" mob (Passive mobs).

Does Villager have a spawn egg?

Yes - the Villager Spawn Egg can be used in creative mode to spawn it.

Villager has a hitbox roughly 0.6 blocks wide and 1.95 blocks tall.

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Villager in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Villager is a passive mob in Minecraft 1.21.4 with 20 HP and a dedicated spawn egg.

What is Villager?

Villager is a Minecraft passive mob in the Villager family. Villager is a passive mob — it never attacks players.

Namespaced ID: minecraft:villager. Summon with /summon minecraft:villager ~ ~ ~.

Combat & stats

Health: 20 HP (10 hearts)
Natural armor: 0
Movement speed: 0.5
Knockback resistance: 0%
Aggro range: 16 blocks
Hits with Iron Sword (6 dmg): 4
Hits with Diamond Sword (7 dmg): 3
Hits with Netherite Sword (8 dmg): 3

Physical size

Villager's hitbox is 0.6 blocks wide and 1.95 blocks tall.

Where Villager spawns

Villages. Biomes: Plains, Desert, Savanna, Taiga, Snowy Plains. Structure: Village. Group size: 3–10. Spawns in generated villages; biome determines outfit (plains/desert/savanna/taiga/snow).
Igloo basement. Biomes: Snowy biomes. Structure: Igloo (basement variant). Group size: 1. Some igloos generate with a basement cell containing 1 villager and 1 zombie villager.
Cured from zombie villager. Biomes: Any. Group size: 1. Splash a zombie villager with Weakness + feed a Golden Apple to cure over 3–5 minutes.

Villager behavior & AI

Trades with the player after unlocking a profession by interacting with a workstation block (lectern → librarian, cartography table → cartographer, etc.).
Cured zombie villagers offer permanent 4% discount (up to 80% off with repeated cures).
Trapped in a boat can be transported anywhere; villagers avoid raid mobs and iron golems are their bodyguards.
Summons Iron Golems when panicked (indoors during night, or when raid begins).
Refuses to sleep in beds occupied or unreachable — path to bed is critical for breeding.

Villager passive behaviour

Never attacks directly. Villagers scream and summon Iron Golems, which retaliate for up to 15 damage per hit.

Related mobs — Villager family

Spawn egg

In creative mode, the Villager Spawn Egg spawns Villager instantly. Command: /give @p villager_spawn_egg 1.

Overview

Villager is a passive mob in Minecraft 1.21.4 — part of the Villager family. This page covers its classification, size, spawn-egg availability, real health.

Pro tips

Use a lead or boat to relocate rather than fight — passive mobs despawn if they wander too far from the player.
Cross-check the linked items, mobs, and biomes on this page — they're all part of the same route.

Difficulty and time commitment

Difficulty: Easy
Estimated time per run: 5-15 min

Frequently Asked Questions

How much health does Villager have?

Villager has 20 HP (10 hearts).

Does Villager drop anything when killed?

Villager has no standard item drops recorded in this dataset.

Is Villager dangerous to the player?

Villager is a passive mob - dangerous mobs will attack on sight, while passive mobs generally ignore the player unless provoked.

How many hits does it take to kill Villager?

With an unenchanted sword, Villager takes about 4 hits with an Iron Sword (6 damage), 3 with a Diamond Sword (7 damage), and 3 with a Netherite Sword (8 damage).