If you plan to build your own massive trading hub in Minecraft, here is what you need to know about all villager jobs in the game.
Minecraft Villager Jobs is one of the features that players take advantage of in the game in almost every playthrough. Each villager’s job corresponds to a specific profession, ranging from farmers and librarians to blacksmiths and fletchers.
This provides unique trades that cater to various player needs. Furthermore, high-level trades allow them to offer even more powerful or rare items. Once you have established your own village, you will spend less time going out in the wild and simply trade emeralds for resources.
Here is a comprehensive guide on all villager jobs and what they do inMinecraft.
List of All Minecraft Villager Jobs (Updated for 2025)
There are a total of 15 Villager jobs as of Minecraft 1.21 update. Each job has a specific block that allows a nearby villager to take a profession:
More information about each villager’s profession can be found below.
Nearby brewing stands can be claimed by villagers to become a Cleric. They trade variouspotionsor recipes for said potions. They also sell various items that are crucial to entering the End dimension like Ender Pearls.
The loom can turn a villager into a shepherd. They specialize in wool trading and other items relating to wool like carpets, beds, banners, and more. This is where you may sell your dyes for a bit of emeralds.
Placing a Smoker near a villager will allow them to gain the Butcher profession. They sell all sorts of cooked meat and buy raw meat from you.
Weaponsmith
Nearby grindstone can turn a villager into a weaponsmith. At early levels, they trade mediocre weapons with little to no enchanting. However, higher trade levels will allow you to trade emeralds for powerful weapon enchantments. They even selldiamondweapons for a decent price.
Leatherworker
Villagers can claim a nearby cauldron to gain the leatherworker job in Minecraft. At lower levels, you can trade emeralds for various leather tools. At higher levels, they start selling saddles.
Placing a lectern near a villager will turn them into a librarian. This is arguably one of the most important villager jobs in the game. They trade various enchanted books, including the rare Mending enchantment at higher trade levels.
The smithing table can provide the toolsmith job to a villager. They sell tools like axes, pickaxes, and shovels. At higher levels, they start selling diamond tools both regular and enchanted ones.
Villagers can claim a barrel to get the fisherman job in Minecraft. They sell aquatic produce like raw fish and crafting materials for tools like fishing rods. At higher trade levels, they can sell enchanted fishing rods.
Cartographer
A cartography table can turn a villager into a cartographer. They sell empty maps as well as ocean and woodland explorer maps. At higher trade levels, they start selling item frames and various banners.
Placing a blast furnace on a nearby unemployed villager will turn them into an armorer. They trade equipment like armor and shields. At higher trade levels, they start selling enchanted diamond equipment.
Villagers can claim a nearby stonecutter to become a mason. They sell various blocks like stone and clay. They also sell various polished stones. At higher trade levels, you can trade emeralds with colored and glazed terracotta as well as quartz blocks.
Fletching tables can turn unemployed villagers into fletchers. They trade arrows, crossbows, and bows. At higher trade levels, they can sell enchanted ranged weapons and tipped arrows that have various special effects.
Nearby composter blocks can give a villager the farmer job in Minecraft. They can sell crops to you and vice versa. They are the best villagers to have if you want to earn emeralds fast in Minecraft, aside from selling sticks to fletchers.
These villagers do not have jobs and refuse to take any profession in the game. They don’t do anything and would simply roam around the village.
Wandering Trader
This is a unique mob in Minecraft. It has the same model as villagers but they don’t belong in any village. You will find them spawning in the wilderness or near your base or villages. They sell random items and craft recipes. They drink invisibility potions during the night.
Unemployed
These villagers are ready to take a profession anytime a nearby job block is available. Otherwise, they don’t do anything in the game other than roam around the village.
How To Assign Jobs to Minecraft Villagers
To assign a job to villagers, you need to craft the corresponding blocks for each profession in Minecraft. Here is how you’re able to do it:
More information about the method can be found below.
Craft Job Blocks
Here is a quick rundown of each profession block and how to craft them:
Brewing Stand
Crafting Recipe:
Shepherd: Loom
Butcher: Smoker
Weaponsmith: Grindstone
Leatherworker: Cauldron
Librarian: Lectern
Toolsmith: Smithing Table
Fisherman: Barrel
Cartographer: Cartography Table
Armorer: Blast Furnace
Mason: Stonecutter
Fletcher: Fletching Table
Place Job Block Near a Villager
Once you have a Job Block in hand, place it near a Village that already claimed a nearby bed. If you are wondering why your villagers are not taking any jobs, this might be because they have no beds to claim. Once they have a bed, they will be ready to claim a job and start trading.
Wait for the Villager to Acquire the Profession
Nearby Villagers should go near the Job Block once you place it. Once of them will be able to claim it and change their type of clothing to the corresponding job and village biome.
Trade With Villager
you may start trading with the villagers once they have a job. However, Keep in mind that they need to have a nearby job block in order to keep their job if you have not traded with them. Once you traded at least once, they will keep their job forever.
Another issue that players encounter is some villagers won’t take jobs despite meeting all the requirements. These villagers might be nitwits, a type that cannot take any job and would remain jobless with no purpose in the game.
How To Change Villager Jobs in Minecraft
Changing villager jobs in Minecraft is as simple as breaking their claimed Job Block. Afterward, they would revert back to a regular villager outfit. If you are wondering why the villager is not changing their jobs after breaking a Job Block, you might have traded with them at least once. This locks them to that job and you won’t be able to change it anymore.
What Is the Minecraft Villager Trade Rebalance
One of the most recent additions in Minecraft is the Villager Tade Rebalance. This option revamps the villager job system to balance their item trade pools. This is basically a nerf to some villagers who provide late-game items like Mending Enchantment, and other useful tools that are otherwise hard to acquire in the game. However, it also increased the chances of rare enchantments spawning in structures and loots.
How To Activate or Deactivate Minecraft Villager Trade Rebalance
you’re able to only enable Minecraft Villager Trade Rebalance on newly created worlds. Follow this step-by-step instruction to get started:
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