What Happens if You Keep Hitting a Villager?
Hitting a villager, whether in Minecraft or Animal Crossing, results in different consequences, but the overall theme is negative. In both games, these actions can severely impact your relationship with the villagers and lead to other unwanted outcomes. The most immediate result of hitting a villager is that they get upset. This is shown through visual cues. However, the consequences can go far beyond just a single villager getting angry. They can even affect other villagers, prices, and your long-term gameplay experience.
In Minecraft, hitting a villager will cause them to express their anger through particle effects and they might refuse to trade with you temporarily. Repeatedly hitting a villager will make them increase prices with all the villagers in the village. Even worse, if you are not respected in the village, hitting a villager will trigger the iron golems to become hostile towards you until you regain good standing among the villagers.
In Animal Crossing, hitting villagers with tools like nets leads to a decrease in friendship points, which might make them more likely to move out in the long run. Specifically, hitting them three times in a row, pushing them around for extended periods, or dropping them in pitfalls are all considered “bullying” behaviors in the game that lower your standing with that particular villager.
It is important to note that while hitting a villager can lead to some negative consequences in the immediate short term, it’s not usually an irreversible action. Both games allow for a form of redemption or forgiveness, through various actions. This means that with some effort, it is possible to repair the damaged relationships.
Minecraft: The Ramifications of Villager Aggression
Immediate Reactions
The first time you hit a villager in Minecraft, you’ll notice that they become visibly upset. They will produce particle effects indicating their annoyance. While they may not physically retaliate, their reactions should be enough to tell you that this is not acceptable behavior. Villagers are peaceful creatures and should be treated with respect.
Economic Impact
Arguably, the most practical consequence of hitting a Minecraft villager comes in the form of increased trading prices. Every time you hit a villager, all the villagers in the village will slightly raise their prices. If you repeatedly attack villagers, you might find you’re paying dramatically more for resources than you did originally. This is designed to deter players from harming villagers and is a severe consequence for your economy and advancement in the game.
Hostile Iron Golems
If you have a negative reputation in the village – meaning that you have caused grief to them – hitting a villager will provoke the iron golems. These protector mobs will become hostile to you and attack on sight. You will have to avoid the villagers and the iron golems if you wish to avoid getting harmed. The only way to stop the golems from attacking is to regain the villagers’ respect and positive standing. This would include engaging in positive actions like trading and curing infected villagers.
Animal Crossing: The Effects on Friendship and Departure
Loss of Friendship Points
In Animal Crossing, physically hitting a villager with a net or performing similar actions reduces your friendship points with them. While this action won’t cause them to immediately pack their bags and leave, repeated offenses will affect your relationship and makes them more likely to move out. Maintaining good relations requires that you treat your villagers with kindness and engage with them positively.
Bullying Behaviors
The game identifies specific actions as bullying. This includes hitting a villager with a net three times in a row, pushing them around for an extended time, and dropping them in pitfalls. All of these actions will lower your standing with the targeted villager and potentially harm your overall experience in the game.
Impact on Moving Out
Although a small negative impact to friendship points makes your villagers slightly more likely to ask to move out, it’s not a guarantee. If your target villager is already very happy living on your island, bullying them might not trigger a move out request. That said, if they’re already teetering on the edge of wanting to leave, such negative interactions could be just the thing that makes them go. It is good to note that a low friendship level doesn’t always mean that they will choose to leave but a high level is more likely to prevent them from leaving.
Can You Recover From Hitting a Villager?
The good news is that even if you have made the mistake of harming a villager, it’s possible to recover your relationship with them in both games. In Minecraft, you can rebuild your standing by engaging in positive actions like trading with them. One way to restore positive relations is to purposefully get him/her infected by a zombie and then cure them. This action can lead to significant discounts in trading prices and increases standing with all villagers.
In Animal Crossing, you can improve your relationship with the villager through gifting, talking and doing favors for the villagers. These actions can improve your friendship levels and they may forget the negativity that you caused through your past actions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. Do villagers raise prices if you hit them in Minecraft?
Yes, hitting a villager in Minecraft will cause all villagers in the village to raise their prices slightly. This effect is cumulative, so repeatedly hitting villagers can make trading extremely expensive.
2. Can villagers get mad at you in Animal Crossing?
Yes, villagers in Animal Crossing will get upset if you hit them. The most obvious visual cue is their display of being stunned with wavy lines around their head. Repeated hitting and bullying will lower your friendship points with them.
3. Does killing villagers affect breeding in Minecraft?
Killing villagers does not affect breeding directly but does cause them to go into a mourning period of three minutes where they won’t breed. The period resets if more villagers die.
4. Can Isabelle get rid of villagers in Animal Crossing?
Yes, you can talk to Isabelle about a specific villager multiple times to potentially encourage them to move out, but this is not a quick process and it could take days for them to leave.
5. Can you bully a villager off your island in Animal Crossing?
You can attempt to bully a villager off your island by hitting them with nets three consecutive times, pushing them for extended periods, or dropping them into pitfalls. You should also avoid giving them gifts. However, this is not always guaranteed to make them leave.
6. Do villagers get mad if you keep talking to them in Animal Crossing?
Yes, if you talk to a villager more than five times consecutively, they will get tired of you and won’t want to speak to you for a bit.
7. What happens if you hurt a villager in Minecraft?
If you hurt a villager in Minecraft, they will be alarmed. Nearby villagers might react if your popularity is low, and Iron Golems will become hostile toward you.
8. Can you kidnap a villager in Minecraft?
Yes, you can kidnap a villager by pushing them into a boat and sailing away. The villager will not escape unless the boat is broken.
9. Do villagers forget you cured them in Minecraft?
If you save and quit the game while a villager is still being cured, they will forget that they were being cured.
10. Can you cure a villager twice in Minecraft?
Yes, you can cure a villager multiple times. Curing a villager multiple times increases trading discounts even more.
11. What do purple swirls mean in Animal Crossing?
A dark purple cloud with a swirl indicates that the villager is sad or sick (before New Horizons).
12. How do you turn a villager into a zombie in Minecraft?
If a zombie kills a villager, there is a chance they will turn into a zombie villager.
13. Why do villagers stare at you in Minecraft?
Villagers will stare at a player who gets within a certain distance, until chased off by a zombie, the night cycle starts, or a storm begins.
14. How long does it take for a villager to cure in Minecraft?
It takes around 1-2 minutes in the Bedrock edition and 3-5 minutes in the Java edition for a zombie villager to be fully cured.
15. Does killing iron golems anger villagers in Minecraft?
Killing iron golems will not anger the villagers. If you harm a villager, then the golem will become hostile to the player until the player regains positive standing with the villager.