How does village reputation in Minecraft work?

The village reputation in Minecraft is a critical aspect of your gameplay in the survival, hardcore, and adventure modes. It essentially calculates and depicts the relationship you have with in-game villages, which then affects your trade, progression, and overall experience. The reputation depends on several factors and should be maintained if you wish to progress quickly.

Here's everything you need to know about village reputation in Minecraft.

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What is village reputation in Minecraft

Village reputation essentially calculates your standing with villages in-game (Image via Mojang Studios)

Village reputation essentially refers to your popularity within a village and its members. This marks your standing and status in the village and can be affected by a host of factors, including your actions.

Positive and negative reputations with a village can affect your gameplay, trades, and relationships with other villages and communities in-game. Your reputation ranges from -30 to +30 and it is recommended to keep it on the positive side as much as possible.

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How is village reputation affected in Minecraft

Do not hurt the villagers if you wish to have a good village reputation in Minecraft (Image via Mojang Studios)

Village reputation in Minecraft is affected by a host of features, ranging from your actions to your trades with a certain village. If you help out villagers or engage in trade with them, their respect for you will grow.

Similarly, if you kill villagers, and their children, or even eliminate the iron golem in the village, you will garner a negative reputation. This will have a severe impact on your gameplay and the resources available to you from each village.

Here's a detailed list of how actions can affect your village reputation in Minecraft:

Popularity of Actions
Action	Popularity Change in Bedrock Edition
Curing a zombie villager	10
Present when a villager joins its first village (This includes curing the first zombie villager in an abandoned village or spawning villagers in an empty village)	5
Upgrading a Villager to Expert/Master	1
Upgrading a Villager to Journeyman	1
Upgrading a Villager to Apprentice	1
Spending time in a village (does not increase popularity above 0)	1
Attacking a villager (hitting the villager with anything or using a fishing rod on the villager. Projectiles like arrows, snowballs, and eggs, also count)	−1 per hit
Killing a villager	−2
Attacking a baby villager	−3 per hit
Killing a baby villager	−2
Killing a village's iron golem (This cannot be reverted by building an iron golem or spawning an iron golem using commands)	−5

Additionally, gossip is a powerful game mechanic where villagers can store certain memories about players. These memories get spread to other villages and can essentially affect your relationship with other villages in nearby areas and surrounding biomes.

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How does gossip affect village reputation in Minecraft

A positive reputation reduces the cost of trade (Image via Mojang Studios)

Five major types of gossip can essentially affect a player's reputation with a village. These values add to the reputation you have with a village in Minecraft. However, gossip decays when spreading between villagers and will ultimately reach zero after a point.

Here are the Gossip effects in Minecraft:

Type	Caused by	Amount gained	Decay	Share penalty	Max value	Reputation multiplier
Major positive	Curing	20	0	100	100	5
Minor positive	Curing	25	1	5	200	1
Minor negative	Attacking	25	20	20	200	-1
Major negative	Killing	25	10	10	100	-5
Trade	Trading	2	2	20	25	1

When you engage in activities such as trading or curing a villager, you gain a certain amount of gossip. When a piece of gossip is shared, it receives a lower share and decay value every 20 in-game minutes. This penalty reduces the amount of positive or negative gossip left after every share. Hence, major gossip is not shared and is localized.

Gossip essentially quantifies a player's total village reputation in Minecraft. The total reputation of a player is determined by multiplying each gossip's value by their reputation multiplier and adding the results together.

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What is the use of village reputation in Minecraft

The village reputation in Minecraft can help you progress quickly (Image via Mojang Studios)

The village reputation in Minecraft is an important game mechanic that will help you progress quickly. In fact, the price of a villager's trades is directly affected by your in-game reputation. Hence, a positive reputation will reduce the cost of items while a negative reputation will increase them.

Interestingly, your reputation also affects the Iron Golems found in a village. If your reputation is quite low, the Iron Golems will attack you on sight — this works on gossip as well so if your reputation is marginally low in one village, the Iron Golem of another village might attack you. Similarly, if your reputation is positive, the Golems will aid you when you are in danger.

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How to get a high village reputation in Minecraft

Get a high village reputation in Minecraft by engaging in positive activities (Image via Mojang Studios)

You can get a high village reputation in Minecraft by trading with villagers and increasing their villager level. Trading with fletchers, farmers, or other villager mobs and finishing their stock of supplies will add to your positive reputation in-game. You can also upgrade the villagers to master, apprentice, or Journeyman to increase your popularity in-game.

Additionally, if you cure infected villagers with a golden apple, you will receive a +10 positive reputation and a marginal increase in helpful gossip. Make sure to avoid attacking or killing villagers to keep your reputation from tanking.

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