How to get villagers to spawn iron golems in Minecraft?

Villagers are peaceful Minecraft mobs that live in villages. They have a proper routine of waking with the sun, working all day, socializing, and then going back to bed at night. However, since hostile entities roam around in the night and harm villagers as well, these helpless lifeforms have the ability to create a strong iron golem that can easily kill most enemies.

Usually, most villages already have iron golems, but if they don't, villagers can easily create them. In fact, they can create an infinite number of them. Hence, this behavior has also helped players discover one of the most useful farms in Minecraft: an Iron farm. Here is a simple way to understand when villagers can make an iron golem.

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Conditions needed for villagers to create an iron golem in Minecraft

1) Villagers must be gossiping or panicking

The first and most important condition is that villagers can only create an iron golem when they are gossiping or panicking in Minecraft. They usually gossip around the center of the village and panic when they are being attacked by a zombie or any other hostile mob. Since gamers can force them to panic using a zombie, iron farms always use this method.

When gossiping, five villagers need to be within a 10-block radius for any one of them to summon an iron golem. Meanwhile, only three of them are required to be within a 10-block radius when they are panicking.

Once this particular criteria is met, the rest of the conditions mentioned below come into effect.

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2) Villagers have slept in the last 20 minutes

At least three villagers are needed to create an iron golem in Minecraft (Image via Mojang)

This is one of the conditions that needs to be met if a player wants villagers to create an irom golem. If the mobs are not linked with any beds and have not slept recently, they will not be able to create an iron golem. Hence, players must make sure that they are connected to beds and have slept at night.

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3) Villagers have not been near a summoning in the last 30 seconds

If a group of villagers has not detected an iron golem summoning in a 10-block radius, they will try to create one themselves.

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3) Villagers have not detected an iron golem in the last 30 seconds

Similarly, if the villagers have not detected any iron golems within a 16-block radius, they will try to create one themselves. Each villager in Minecraft essentially scans for an iron golem every 10 seconds.

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4) A suitable spawn point is available for the iron golem

Lastly, there needs to be a suitable spawn point where iron golems can easily generate. Since these mobs are three blocks tall, Minecrafters must make sure that there is ample space around the villagers so that they can create one.