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Why won't my villagers breed?

Zac Churchill
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Zac Churchill is a Minecraft Specialist based in Davidson, North Carolina. Zac has played Minecraft for over 10 years and has extensive knowledge of how to play Minecraft and how the game has changed over the different versions. Specifically, Zac has expert experience in survival worlds, large builds on creative mode, and server design/upkeep. He graduated in 2023 with a BA in Sociology and English from Tufts University.

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In the new version of Minecraft, villagers must be willing to breed. While you can't totally control this, you can encourage them to breed by giving them specific amounts of food.

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What is the best thing you can do with a poisonous potato?

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Composters are blocks which generate naturally in the village (if there is a farm/er). You can throw poisonous potatoes in there and eventually the composter will make bonemeal, which you can use to make crops grow faster.

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How do you fly ender dragons?

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You cannot fly ender dragons in Minecraft without mods, you need mods to do this.

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How do you give them food? Do you just throw it at them?

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You can give villagers food by throwing it on the ground near them or by throwing it at them. Make sure that the game rule "mob griefing" is on though, or else they will not pick up food.

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Is it possible to build a large village starting with only two villagers?

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Yes, it is possible, however it would take a long time as you'd have to wait for them to breed, for those children to grow up, and for the whole process to repeat.

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How do you breed a zombie?

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You can't. Zombies are hostile mobs and cannot be bred. However, you might be able to do so if you download a mod made specifically for this purpose.

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Do you need a garden?

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No, you do not need a garden to breed villagers, but it can help. Villagers need food in order to breed, and you can give them food by throwing it near them and making sure the gamerule for mob griefing is on. However, if you have gardens and farmer villagers, the farmers will harvest the crops, which lets them get food and give it to other villagers, enabling them to breed automatically.

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I tried breeding villagers and nothing happened! I gave each 3 bread and trapped them in a house together with 3 beds. What should I do? (I have an Xboxlive PC version I think.)

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In the newer version of Minecraft, they have to be willing to breed, give them more bread next time.

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How to use a composter?

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You can add things like crops, poisonous potatoes and rotten flesh) to it. Just right-click the composter with the food in the main hand. Eventually it will fill up, giving you bone meal.

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Can you craft a composter?

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Yes, composters can be crafted using 7 wooden slabs. Open a crafting table and put 7 wooden slabs in a U shape, leaving the middle space and the space above it empty.

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Can villagers open chests so that you can make a hopper chest system?

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Villagers cannot open chests or other containers in Minecraft without the use of mods.

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