Minecraft 26.3

Villages Theory

Locate generated settlements and explore world terrain using our companion Village Finder and Seed Map tools.

Interactive Companion Tool: Explore live coordinates and map layers in our Village Finder.
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Village Boundaries and Bed Requirements

A new villager needs a free bed within 48 blocks that the parents can reach.

Seed Map overview showing village paths and building structures on terrain
Seed Map view of a generated village layout across plains terrain.

Villager Food and Breeding Thresholds

A villager can breed when its food level plus the food points in its inventory reach 12, it is an adult, and it is not sleeping.

Iron Golem Defense Mechanics

A villager wants an iron golem only if it slept within the last 24000 ticks, one in-game day. Villagers check for nearby iron golems every 200 ticks. A villager that saw an iron golem does not want another one for the next 599 ticks.

Villagers can gossip with each other again only after 1200 ticks. When villagers gossip, a golem spawns if five villagers within 10 blocks want one. When a villager panics, three villagers within 10 blocks that want a golem are enough.

Our companion Village Finder and Seed Map display settlement coordinates and surrounding terrain directly from your seed.

Sources

Read from the official 26.3 server jar (Villager, GolemSensor, VillagerPanicTrigger, VillagerMakeLove).