How to Get Good Armor from Villagers

To get good armor from villagers, you need to trade with them, specifically with Armorer and Leatherworker villagers, who will offer armor in exchange for emeralds, with Armorer villagers being the preferred choice as they trade for higher-tier armor. By trading with villagers and leveling them up, you can unlock better trade options, including more armor types and higher enchantments, making it easier to obtain the best armor in the game.

Understanding Villager Trading

Villager Trading Method

Villager trading is an efficient way to farm armor, and it’s essential to understand how to trade with villagers to get the best armor. Armorer and Leatherworker villagers will trade armor for emeralds, but Leatherworker villagers are not recommended as they only trade for leather armor, which is one of the lowest-tiered armor in the game.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What villagers trade iron?: You can trade for iron ingots with Armorer, Toolsmith, and Weaponsmith villagers, who stock them.
2. How do you employ villagers?: To employ villagers, you need to build or get the job block that corresponds to the job you want the villager to hold, destroy the job site block the villager is currently using, place the new job block within proximity of the villager, and wait for the villager to interact with the new job block.
3. What villager sells armor?: The Armorer villager sells armor, including chainmail, while other villagers like Butcher, Cartographer, and Cleric sell different items.
4. How do you breed villagers in Minecraft?: To breed villagers, you need to ensure they receive 14 food points, leave two villagers in a building, and come back in 20 minutes to find a new baby villager.
5. How many villagers do I need for an iron farm?: You need at least 10 villagers and 21 houses (counted as doors) to create an iron farm.
6. What is the easiest villager to get emeralds from?: The most common and easiest Emerald trade is with the Armorer, Toolsmith, and Weaponsmith villagers, who will trade 15 Coal for 1 Emerald.
7. What is the best villager to trade with to get emeralds?: Fletcher villagers offer excellent trades, including 32 Sticks for 1 Emerald, which is perhaps the best way to obtain Emeralds in Minecraft.
8. How do you cure villagers?: To cure a zombie villager, you need to throw a Splash Potion of Weakness at the zombie villager and feed them a Golden Apple.
9. Does curing a villager lower prices forever?: Yes, curing a villager offers a permanent trading discount to the player who administered the cure.
10. Do villagers pick up armor?: Villagers have four slots for worn armor, separate from their inventory, and an adjacent dispenser can equip armor to a villager.
11. How do you cure a zombie villager?: To cure a zombie villager, throw a Splash Potion of Weakness at the zombie villager and feed them a Golden Apple.
12. Why won’t my villager accept a job?: Villagers link to beds and won’t take a job unless they have one, so you need to provide a bed per villager.
13. How do you get infinite emeralds with villagers?: You can use an Emerald to buy a bookshelf block, place it, break it, and collect the books that drop, then sell the books back to the Librarian villager for Emeralds.
14. Do emeralds lure villagers?: Holding an Emerald in hand can make nearby villagers follow you, and throwing an Emerald on the ground can make villagers go after it and pick it up.
15. Can you get villager trades to 1 emerald?: Yes, by infecting and curing a villager, you can reduce the cost of items to one Emerald, making it an efficient way to farm armor and other valuable items.