Baby villagers in Minecraft: Everything players need to know

While exploring the vast worlds of Minecraft, players will encounter a variety of structures and mobs. Some of these structures can house different mobs. One such structure is the village, which is populated by villagers, baby villagers, an iron golem, and more. The only naturally occurring baby mob in villages is the baby villager, often seen roaming around.

Baby villagers are unique, small mobs found in Minecraft villages. They are frequently observed chasing each other and causing minor mischief. Baby villagers are essential for a village's growth, as their primary goal is to mature and contribute value to the community. In this guide, we cover everything you need to know about baby villagers in Minecraft.

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How to spawn baby villager in Minecraft

There are three ways to spawn a baby villager in Minecraft:

1) Entering a village in Minecraft

Villages often have baby villagers (Image via Mojang)

If you haven’t yet found a village in Minecraft, searching for one is the easiest way to get a baby villager. When a village generates, it includes houses with beds, workstations, and a lively population of villagers, sometimes including baby villagers. In rare cases, a village may not have any baby villagers. If there are extra beds, two adult villagers can receive food from a farmer villager and start breeding to spawn a baby villager.

You can find villages in plains, deserts, savannas, snowy plains, and taiga biomes. Players struggling to find villages can consider using Minecraft village seeds to generate worlds with villages near spawn.

Related: How to teleport to a village in Minecraft

2) Breeding two adult villagers to spawn a baby villager

You can breed two Villagers to spawn a baby villager (Image via Mojang)

A reliable way to get a baby villager is by breeding two adult villagers. Unlike other mobs, breeding villagers is a bit complex. To breed villagers, you need to meet two conditions:

• Have an extra bed: Villagers will only breed if there is at least one unclaimed bed.
• Provide food to both villagers: Give each villager 3 bread, 12 carrots, 12 potatoes, or 12 beetroots to make them willing to breed.

Once these conditions are met, the villagers will breed and produce a baby villager in Minecraft.

3) Using command to spawn a baby villager in Minecraft

Shown: An Iron Golem watching over baby villagers (Image via Minecraft)

The last way to spawn a baby villager in Minecraft. After turning on cheats, you can use the summon command to spawn the baby variant of a Village.

Baby villagers can be spawned manually with the following command:

• /summon villager ~ ~ ~ {Age:-2000000000}

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How do baby villagers behave in Minecraft

Shown: Three baby villagers chasing each other around (Image via Minecraft)

As seen above, baby villagers tend to chase each other around the confines of the village. They will occasionally enter houses and jump on the beds.

Baby villagers will also occasionally accept a poppy from an iron golem in reference to the 1986 movie, Laputa: Castle in the Sky. This exchange signifies the friendly relationship between the iron golem and the villagers.

In Java Edition, pillagers will chase baby villagers in an attempt to kill them. However, this does not happen in the Bedrock Edition for some reason.

Players who have achieved the Hero of the Village status effect will be given poppies or seeds from baby villagers. Additionally, the heads of baby villagers are larger in Bedrock Edition than in Java Edition.

Baby villagers take 20 minutes to mature into an adult villager.

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