How to Cure Zombie Villagers
Curing a zombie villager in Minecraft requires two main steps: throwing a Splash Potion of Weakness at the zombie villager and then feeding it a Golden Apple. This process can be facilitated and made more efficient by creating a safe environment for the zombie villager, such as a “prison cell” structure with iron bars and a bed, which can increase the curing speed by about 4%.
Understanding Zombie Villagers
Zombie villagers are a variant of zombies that can be cured back into normal villagers. They spawn naturally, though rarely, and can also be created when a zombie kills a villager, with the chance of infection varying based on the game’s difficulty level.
The Curing Process
Preparing for the Cure
Before attempting to cure a zombie villager, it’s essential to ensure you have the necessary items: a Splash Potion of Weakness and a Golden Apple. The Splash Potion of Weakness can be brewed using water, glistering melon, and a fermented spider eye in a brewing stand. A Golden Apple can be crafted with gold ingots and an apple.
Applying the Cure
- Throw the Splash Potion of Weakness: Approach the zombie villager and throw the potion at it. This will apply a weakness effect, signified by the zombie villager’s shaking and the appearance of red particles.
- Feed the Golden Apple: Immediately after applying the weakness effect, feed the zombie villager a Golden Apple by facing it and pressing the ‘use‘ key. This action should initiate the curing process, which typically takes between 2 to 5 minutes.
FAQs
1. What is the Role of Iron Bars in Curing Zombie Villagers?
Iron bars, when used in conjunction with a bed in a structured area, can increase the speed of curing a zombie villager by about 4%.
2. How Do You Keep Zombies Away from Villagers?
To protect villagers from zombies, you can use transparent blocks to trap spawned zombies, causing them to despawn or suffocate without reaching the villagers. Alternatively, surrounding a village with bottom-half slabs over a pool of water can prevent zombie spawning since siege zombies won’t spawn in water.
3. Can You Cure a Zombie Baby Villager?
Yes, baby zombie villagers can be cured using the same method as adult zombie villagers: by applying a Splash Potion of Weakness and then feeding a Golden Apple.
4. Are Baby Zombie Villagers Rare?
Baby zombie villagers have a low spawn rate, as they require a zombie to kill a baby villager, with a combined chance of 0.25% (or 1 in 400) of all newly spawned zombies.
5. Do Zombies Still Drop Iron?
Yes, zombies may drop 1 iron ingot when killed by a player or a tamed wolf, along with other possible drops like carrots or potatoes.
6. How Do You Get Villagers to Forgive You?
Villagers can forgive you through trading with them, trading with other nearby villagers (though less effective), or by purposefully getting a villager infected by a zombie and then curing it, which is a more challenging but effective method.
7. How Do You Get a Witch to Throw Weakness?
A witch has a 25% chance of throwing a Splash Potion of Weakness if the player is within a three-block radius and does not already have the weakness effect.
8. Does Curing a Villager Lower Prices Forever?
Curing a villager can lead to permanent trading discounts for the player who administered the cure, with deeper discounts available if the villager is cured multiple times, until the price reaches the minimum of one emerald.
9. How Do You Turn a Pig into a Zombie Pigman?
A pig can be turned into a Zombie Pigman by striking it with lightning.
10. What is a Nitwit Villager?
A nitwit villager is a type of villager with a different routine, sleeping and waking up at different times than regular villagers and not working, instead wandering around during the day.
11. How Did My Villager Turn into a Zombie?
Villagers can turn into zombie villagers when killed by a zombie, with the chance of infection depending on the game’s difficulty level.
12. What Are the Rarest Villagers?
In Animal Crossing, the rarest villagers can be categorized by species, with octopuses being among the rarest, but in Minecraft, villager rarity is not defined by species but by profession and biome specificity.
13. How Long Do Zombie Villagers Last?
Zombie villagers typically take 2 to 5 minutes to cure after being fed a Golden Apple and weakened with a Splash Potion of Weakness.
14. How Do You Get a Mending Villager?
To get a mending villager, you need to find a swamp librarian villager, place a lectern, and then level up the librarian, which can offer mending as one of its trades.
15. Can Zombie Villagers Wear Armor?
Armed zombie villagers can pick up and wear any armor, use weapons, or tools they find, except for certain items like jack o’lanterns, mob heads, and pumpkins, which are worn on their heads.