Can You Double Cure a Villager in Minecraft? A Comprehensive Guide
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Yes, you absolutely can double cure a villager in Minecraft, and even more than that! This mechanic, a favorite among players, allows for significant discounts on villager trades, making it a powerful tool for resource acquisition. However, it’s essential to understand the nuances of villager curing and how it impacts your gameplay. Curing a villager multiple times is not just a myth; it’s a viable strategy, albeit one that can be influenced by server rules and game mechanics. Let’s dive deeper into how it works, its limitations, and some related FAQs that every Minecraft player should know.
The Power of Multiple Cures
When you cure a zombie villager by applying a splash potion of weakness followed by a golden apple, the villager not only reverts to its normal state but also offers a discount on its trades. Crucially, this discount is cumulative. Each time you repeat the process, the discounts become even greater, pushing the price of items closer to the minimum of one emerald. This makes villager curing an extremely valuable tool for both single-player worlds and multiplayer servers.
How Repeated Curing Works
The core of double (and triple, quadruple, etc.) curing lies in the game’s mechanics. The first cure results in a significant trade discount from the villager. However, this isn’t the end of the line. You can zombify the villager again – typically by making it vulnerable to a zombie attack – and then repeat the curing process. Each successful cure adds a further layer of discount, allowing you to obtain resources like enchanted books, tools, and precious materials at incredibly reduced prices.
Server Limitations
While the game allows for multiple cures, many SMP servers (Survival Multiplayer) place limitations on the number of times a villager can be cured. This is primarily done to prevent players from gaining an unfair economic advantage through overly discounted trades. A server might cap the maximum cures at one or two, thus preventing the prices from falling too low and maintaining a balanced economy within the server’s world. Be sure to check your server’s rules before extensively engaging in this practice.
Understanding Trade Discounts
It’s important to understand a few things about these discounts.
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Player-Specific Discounts: The trade discounts gained from curing a villager are tied to the specific player who administered the cure. Other players will not benefit from these lowered prices. This means that every player on a multiplayer server needs to cure the villager themselves to obtain the discounted trades.
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Discount Stacking: When you cure a villager multiple times, the discount stacks, leading to cheaper and cheaper trades. The price for a given item can eventually reach 1 emerald. This is the primary incentive for repeated curing.
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Demand: Villager prices can increase due to demand. If you trade a specific item repeatedly until it is marked as sold out, the next restock will bring that item at a higher price for all players. This price will drop back down if the villager is not traded with during the period of an inflated price.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. How many times can I cure a villager in vanilla Minecraft?
In vanilla Minecraft, without server limitations, you can cure a villager multiple times until the price of its items reaches 1 emerald. There isn’t a hard cap on the number of cures; it’s all about achieving that minimum price point.
2. Can two people cure the same villager and get discounts?
No. Trade discounts are player-specific. If you cure a villager, only you will receive the discounted trades. Each player in a multiplayer world must cure the same villager to benefit from the lower prices.
3. Are villager curing discounts permanent?
Yes, the trade discounts gained from curing a villager are permanent as long as the villager keeps its profession. You won’t lose your discounts if you trade, or restart your game.
4. Does curing a villager impact other nearby villagers?
Yes, curing a zombie villager near other villagers does have an effect. All villagers in that specific area will receive a temporary and smaller discount on their trades, but not nearly as significant as the discounts given by the cured villager. This is a small bonus for the other traders.
5. Can you breed cured villagers to get discounted baby villagers?
No. Breeding cured villagers will result in a baby villager that does not inherit the discount. Discounts are not passed down through breeding.
6. What happens if a villager becomes a zombie villager?
If a villager is turned into a zombie villager, it retains its profession and trades. Curing it will give a trade discount.
7. Why are my cured villager’s prices increasing?
Villager prices can increase due to demand. Trading a particular item multiple times until the villager runs out can cause the price to go up. Prices will reduce again upon restocking if not actively traded.
8. Is it worth curing zombie villagers?
Yes, it is usually worth curing zombie villagers, especially if they have favorable trades. Not only do you get the Zombie Doctor achievement, but you also get a discounted trader.
9. How do I keep zombie villagers from despawning while curing them?
To prevent zombie villagers from despawning, either use a name tag on them or make them wear armor or hold items. Zombie villagers holding any items or wearing any armor will not despawn.
10. What is required to cure a zombie villager?
To cure a zombie villager, you need a Splash Potion of Weakness (or a Lingering Potion of Weakness or Arrow of Weakness, or a Witch that can use a Splash potion of weakness on the villager) and a Golden Apple. Apply the weakness potion and then use the golden apple.
11. How do I speed up the curing process?
While the process itself cannot be sped up in terms of the timer, you can put the zombie villager into a one-block enclosure with iron bars and a bed, and this will make the villager cure in its allotted time. This means the curing process is now sped up with minimal waiting.
12. Can you cure a baby zombie villager?
Yes, you can cure a baby zombie villager using the same method as an adult zombie villager: the Splash Potion of Weakness and a Golden Apple.
13. Do cured villagers keep their profession?
Yes, cured villagers will retain their profession and trades, and they will offer the standard trades they had before zombification, but now they offer their trades with a discount.
14. What happens if I save and quit while curing a villager?
If you quit the game while a villager is being cured, upon re-entering the game, the villager will forget whether it has been cured before. This means you might have to start the curing process again if you had not finished it when you left the game.
15. Does killing Iron Golems anger villagers?
No. While villagers do get angry if you kill one of their own, they will no longer get angry if you kill an Iron Golem near them, unlike earlier versions of the game where the villagers would raise their prices when an Iron Golem was killed.
Conclusion
In summary, double curing a villager is not only possible but also a vital strategy for reducing trade costs in Minecraft. Understanding how to efficiently cure, along with the limitations imposed by multiplayer servers, will undoubtedly enhance your gameplay and resource gathering. Happy trading!