List of all villager professions and their job blocks

There are 13 distinct professions among Minecraft villagers, each tied to a unique job site block that defines their role and the items they trade. These specialized roles, along with the “Nitwit” and “Unemployed” types, create a diverse ecosystem within a village, allowing players to acquire a vast array of resources, tools, and enchantments through trade.

Armorer

Job Block: Blast Furnace

Description: Specializing in defensive gear, the Armorer is your go-to villager for protection. They produce and trade various pieces of armor and shields, often offering bells as well. Their expertise covers everything from basic iron sets to advanced diamond armor.

Pros: A significant advantage of the Armorer is their ability to provide a relatively cheap source for otherwise expensive endgame armor, including enchanted diamond armor at higher levels. They are also the sole legitimate source for stylish chainmail armor, which players cannot craft themselves.

Cons: Early trades might be limited to more basic iron armor, requiring patience to level them up for the best gear.

Key Trades/Stats: They trade iron armor, the uncraftable chainmail armor, and diamond armor (with some pieces enchanted at higher levels), alongside shields. They also provide a market for coal, buying it from players.

Butcher

Job Block: Smoker

Description: The Butcher specializes in meat and other food items, providing a reliable source of sustenance through trade. They handle both raw and cooked animal products.

Pros: This villager offers a straightforward way to exchange raw meats for emeralds and can provide players with convenient cooked meats, saving on fuel and cooking time.

Cons: Often, the trades involve food items that players could use directly for healing or hunger regeneration, making them potentially less efficient for emerald generation compared to other villagers who trade for farm produce.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy raw chicken, pork chops, and various other raw meats. In turn, they sell cooked chicken, cooked pork chops, and hearty stews.

Cartographer

Job Block: Cartography Table

Description: The Cartographer is an invaluable ally for exploration, dealing in maps and other navigation-related items. They are masters of charting the unknown.

Pros: This villager can provide crucial treasure maps, guiding players to elusive ocean monuments and woodland mansions. They also offer decorative banners and item frames, useful for both aesthetics and organization.

Cons: The usefulness of their trades can vary depending on a player’s current progression and exploration needs, making them less universally sought after than some other professions.

Key Trades/Stats: They trade empty maps, compasses, item frames, as well as the coveted ocean explorer maps and woodland explorer maps. They also buy paper and glass panes from the player.

Cleric

Job Block: Brewing Stand

Description: Considered the potion masters of the village, Clerics provide access to rare magical items and essential brewing ingredients, making them vital for advanced gameplay.

Pros: Clerics offer incredibly useful magical items, including Ender Pearls, Lapis Lazuli, Redstone Dust, Glowstone Dust, and perhaps most importantly, Bottles o’ Enchanting, which are a valuable source of experience points for enchanting.

Cons: Acquiring a Brewing Stand, their job block, can be challenging in the early game as it requires Blaze Rods, which are found in the Nether.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy rotten flesh, gold ingots, and nether warts. They sell Redstone Dust, Lapis Lazuli, Glowstone Dust, Ender Pearls, and Bottles o’ Enchanting.

Farmer

Job Block: Composter

Description: Farmers are the agricultural backbone of any village, trading crops and various processed food items. They are experts in cultivation and harvesting.

Pros: Farmers are considered a top-tier villager for emerald accumulation, offering an excellent and often passive way to generate emeralds by trading common crops like wheat, potatoes, carrots, and beetroots. They also provide advanced food items like pumpkin pie and golden carrots.

Cons: Relying on farming for trades can be labor-intensive and is subject to in-game conditions like weather and crop growth rates.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy wheat, carrots, potatoes, beetroots, and pumpkins. They sell bread, pumpkin pie, apples, golden carrots, and glistening melon slices.

Fisherman

Job Block: Barrel

Description: The Fisherman specializes in aquatic resources, offering trades for various fish and fishing-related gear. They are masters of the angling craft.

Pros: At higher levels, Fishermen can provide enchanted fishing rods, which are highly beneficial for players who enjoy fishing. They also offer a convenient way to convert raw fish into valuable emeralds.

Cons: Similar to the Butcher, trading raw fish that could be used for direct food consumption might not always be the most efficient use of resources for every player.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy raw cod, raw salmon, and other types of fish. They sell cooked fish, fishing rods (some enchanted), campfires, and boats.

Fletcher

Job Block: Fletching Table

Description: Fletchers are the archery experts of the village, specializing in all manner of ranged combat supplies, from arrows to bows and crossbows.

Pros: This villager is an excellent source for arrows, bows (some enchanted), and crossbows, making them particularly useful for players who prefer or rely on ranged combat. They also offer a very efficient trade for emeralds by buying sticks, a readily available resource.

Cons: Maintaining a steady supply of wood for sticks can become a minor chore if relying heavily on their stick trade for emeralds.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy sticks, string, and feathers. They sell arrows, bows, crossbows, and other fletching-related items.

Leatherworker

Job Block: Cauldron

Description: The Leatherworker focuses on goods made from leather, including various pieces of leather armor and specialized horse armor. They are the artisans of hides.

Pros: They are useful for acquiring leather armor, which provides early-game protection or serves specific aesthetic purposes. They also uniquely offer leather horse armor and saddles, which can otherwise be difficult to find.

Cons: Leather armor quickly becomes less protective than other armor types, reducing this villager’s value in later stages of the game. Their trades often require a significant quantity of leather.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy leather, rabbit hides, flint, and scute. They sell leather caps, tunics, pants, boots, and leather horse armor.

Librarian

Job Block: Lectern

Description: Librarians are arguably one of the most powerful and sought-after villagers, specializing in enchanted books, glass, and paper. They are the keepers of knowledge.

Pros: This villager provides access to nearly any enchantment in the game through enchanted books, including highly coveted ones like Mending. This can save immense time and resources that would otherwise be spent at an enchanting table.

Cons: Obtaining the “right” enchantment can be a time-consuming process, often requiring players to break and replace their job block repeatedly until the desired trade appears.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy paper, books, and ink sacs. They sell bookshelves, enchanted books (with random enchantments), lanterns, glass, clocks, and compasses.

Mason

Job Block: Stonecutter

Description: The Mason, also known as the Stone Mason, is dedicated to construction materials, trading various stone, brick, and terracotta blocks. They are the builders’ best friend.

Pros: This villager is highly useful for obtaining decorative and building blocks such as bricks, polished stone varieties (diorite, granite, andesite), dripstone blocks, and at higher levels, quartz and diverse terracotta blocks, which are excellent for intricate builds.

Cons: Many of their trades can be quite expensive, and the blocks offered are primarily aesthetic, making them less critical for core survival gameplay compared to villagers offering tools or enchantments.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy clay, stone, and terracotta. They sell bricks, cut sandstone, polished diorite, granite, and andesite, as well as quartz blocks and various terracotta blocks at higher levels.

Shepherd

Job Block: Loom

Description: Shepherds are the textile experts, trading wool, dyes, and other fabric-related items. They are essential for colorful and decorative builds.

Pros: If you have an efficient sheep farm, the Shepherd can be an excellent source of emeralds, as they readily buy wool of various colors. They are also a useful source for a wide range of dyes, carpets, and paintings for decoration.

Cons: The overall usefulness of the Shepherd largely depends on the player’s specific need for wool, dyes, and decorative blocks in their current build projects or aesthetic goals.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy wool (in various colors) and dyes. They sell shears, carpets, paintings, and beds.

Toolsmith

Job Block: Smithing Table

Description: The Toolsmith is dedicated to providing players with essential implements, crafting and trading various tools for mining, chopping, and digging.

Pros: This villager provides convenient access to stone, iron, and diamond tools, with some tools even coming enchanted at higher levels. This can be particularly useful for players who need specific tools without crafting them themselves.

Cons: Many of the tools offered can be easily crafted by the player or acquired through other in-game means, potentially reducing the Toolsmith’s unique value.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy coal, iron ingots, and flints. They sell stone axes, stone pickaxes, iron axes, iron pickaxes, and diamond tools (some enchanted at higher levels).

Weaponsmith

Job Block: Grindstone

Description: The Weaponsmith is the village’s armorer for offense, specializing in weapons to aid players in combat. They provide sharp edges and powerful strikes.

Pros: This villager offers iron and diamond swords and axes, some of which are enchanted, providing powerful combat gear. They can also offer bells, a useful item for village defense or signaling.

Cons: Similar to Toolsmiths, many of their offerings can be crafted by the player using raw materials, which might sometimes be more resource-efficient than trading for them.

Key Trades/Stats: They buy coal, iron ingots, and diamonds. They sell iron swords, iron axes, diamond swords, and diamond axes (some enchanted).

Nitwit

Job Block: None

Description: Nitwits are unique villagers distinguished by their green robes. Unlike other villagers, they cannot take on any profession or offer trades, making them “pointless” in terms of direct utility.

Pros: Despite their lack of a profession, Nitwits can still breed with other villagers, contributing to the overall population growth of a village. They are noted for their distinctive green jacket and are generally considered harmless.

Cons: Their inability to perform any job or offer trades means they provide no direct economic or resource benefit to the player.

Key Trades/Stats: Nitwits have no trades or unique stats. Their primary characteristic is their inherent inability to work.

Unemployed Villager

Job Block: None initially

Description: An Unemployed Villager is one that currently lacks a job site block. They wear their biome-specific outfit (often brown robes) and, as their name suggests, do not offer any trades.

Pros: These villagers are highly versatile; they can be assigned any of the 13 professions simply by placing the corresponding job block near them. This gives players full control over the types of villagers present in their village. They can also breed, increasing the potential workforce.

Cons: Until a profession is assigned, an Unemployed Villager offers no trades or services. Their profession can be reset if they haven’t made a trade by simply removing their assigned job block.

Key Trades/Stats: Unemployed Villagers have no trades. Their key “stat” is their potential to become any working villager, making them the most adaptable type.

Understanding Villager Professions

Villagers in Minecraft are not merely decorative NPCs; they are a vital part of the game’s economy and progression. Each of the 13 professions is linked to a specific “job site block.” When a villager with no profession (an Unemployed Villager) comes into contact with an unoccupied job site block, they will claim it and adopt that profession. This process allows players to curate their villages, ensuring they have access to the specific trades they need. Villagers’ outfits also vary based on their profession and the biome they originate from, adding a visual layer to their distinct roles. Trading with villagers allows them to gain experience and level up, unlocking new and often more valuable trades, making them a cornerstone of resource acquisition and enchantment in Minecraft.