Why is my villager stuck as a farmer?
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Your villager is stuck as a farmer because they are still attached to their job site block, and removing this block or placing a new one nearby is necessary to change their profession. To resolve this issue, you need to destroy the job site block that the villager is currently using and then place a new job block within proximity of the villager, allowing them to interact with it and change their job.
Understanding Villager Professions
Villagers in Minecraft are attached to their job site blocks, and without access to these blocks, they essentially remain unemployed. Removing a job site block will also remove its connected villager’s profession.
Changing Villager Jobs
To change a villager’s job, 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 that the villager is currently using, place the block within proximity of the villager, and wait for the villager to interact with the new job site block.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do you make a villager stop being a farmer?
To make a villager stop being a farmer, you need to destroy the job site block that the villager is currently using and then place a new job block within proximity of the villager.
2. Why won’t my villager change jobs?
Villagers won’t change professions if you’ve already traded with them, as trading with them once locks in their profession.
3. Why won’t my villagers reset their trades?
If you have traded with the villager before it was zombified, the cured villager will have the same trades and experience that it had before becoming a zombie.
4. Do villagers need to sleep to reset trades?
No, villagers do not need to sleep to restock their trades; all they need is to be able to reach their workstations, and they will restock twice a day.
5. How long does it take for a villager to switch jobs?
If villagers are around multiple other villagers with jobs, it takes a long time for them to take a job, often taking several minutes until they accept the job.
6. How far do farmer villagers work?
Farmer villagers tend nearby crops within a 19×19×3 volume, seeking certain blocks up to 9 blocks away in the X and Z coordinates and up to 1 away in the Y coordinate.
7. Can a farmer and normal villager breed?
Yes, farmer villagers and normal villagers can breed, and introducing a farmer to the mix can create an “automatic” villager breeding system.
8. How do you assign a villager a job?
You can give jobs to your villagers by placing a correlated job block nearby, at which point the villager, if it doesn’t have a job already, will assign itself to that job type.
9. Why won’t my farmer villager harvest my crops?
Farmer villagers don’t work when it’s raining, instead looking for shelter, and won’t sow or harvest even if the crops are under cover with them.
10. Do villagers run out of seeds?
Yes, villagers can run out of seeds if you continue to plant seeds in empty farmland without replenishing their supply.
11. Can villagers with green coats get jobs?
No, the green-robed villager, also known as the nitwit villager, cannot have a profession.
12. Can you breed 2 farmer villagers?
Yes, you can breed two farmer villagers by giving them food, which they will accept if you drop it on the floor next to them.
13. Will villagers put crops in chests?
If there are no other villagers around to give their crops to, or if their inventories are full, Farmer Villagers will deposit carrots, wheat, beetroot, and potatoes into nearby chests.
14. Do villagers need beds?
Villagers do need beds to survive, as without a bed, a villager won’t be able to sleep and will eventually become tired and weak.
15. How do you get villagers to follow you?
You can get villagers to follow you by trapping them in a boat or minecart and transporting them with that, or by right-clicking a villager, which will make it walk towards you.