Find an NPC Village in Minecraft PE
NPC Villages were introduced to Minecraft Pocket Edition in version 0.9.0, but their random spawn locations makes them difficult to find. They're easiest to find if you create a new world with settings that encourage them to appear. To find them in an existing world, make a map and prepare to journey through all the flat, dry biomes you can find.
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Steps
Creating a World with More NPC Villages
- Update Minecraft Pocket Edition. You must have Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.9.0 or later in order to encounter an NPC village in the game. Update your app if necessary before continuing.
- Your version number is typically displayed on the main menu.
- Find a seed online (optional). Each Minecraft world is generated using an algorithm based on a "seed," or string of text. A particular seed will always result in the same world, so if you find a seed online that is known to have villages, this can make your search much easier. Search online for "Minecraft pocket edition seeds villages," along with your version number and the OS you are using to play Minecraft (such as Android or Apple.) Once you've found a seed that starts you near a village, or gives you directions to one, enter that seed in the "Seed" box when you create a new world. If you can't find one, use the steps below instead.
- For Android Pocket Edition version 0.9, try using "kop," "johnny appleseed," or "super pig," without the punctuation or quotation marks. "1388582293" will start you in a massive village, while "AcE" creates a village built on water.
- You might also need to use the same settings as the person who posted the seed online, such as "infinite" or "flat."
- Make sure villages are enabled. Click Create new world → more world options, and make sure the checkbox next to "generate structures" is checked. this box must be checked in order to have villages in your world.
- Choose a world type. When you create a new world, you'll have several options for which type of world you want to create. "Large Biomes" increases the chance of villages spawning, and makes searching for them easier. "Superflat" increase the chance even more, but you may not enjoy playing on a completely flat world. If these options are not available, choose "Default."
- Some devices will lag or crash in large worlds. If this happens to you, you will have to create an "Old" world type, and hope that a village is present in the small, finite world.
Searching for a Village
- Make and equip a large map. Craft a compass and eight piece of paper to make a map, and equip it to create a "minimap" of your surrounding area as you explore. Expand the size of your map by crafting the map with eight additional pieces of paper. You can expand a map up to four times, requiring a total of 40 pieces of paper, but you do not need to expand it until your travels take you to the edge of the current map.
- To create a compass, combine one redstone and four iron ingots.
- Prepare for a long journey. It can take hours to find a village, especially if you are not using a special world type as described in the world creation section. Stock up on basic tools, a bed, food, and weapons before you set out. Do not expect to return to your starting point for a long time.
- Tame a mount (optional). If you found a saddle somewhere, you can use it to get a mount and speed up your exploration. Find a horse and interact with it several times with an empty hand, until it doesn't throw you off. Sneak up to the tamed horse and saddle it to make it controllable while you ride it. A pig can also be saddled, but requires a steady supply of "carrot on a stick" items to be controlled. You can create these items by combining a carrot with a fishing pole.
- Increase your render distance. Go to the Options screen and increase the render distance to the maximum, so you can see farther while you explore. If this makes your game lag, reduce it, then increase it again for a short time whenever you are on high ground looking for the next place to search, as described below.
- Locate a flat biome. Villages appear most often on biomes that are mostly flat, such as plains (short grass), savanna (tall grass and a few trees), or desert (sand). If you do not see areas like this nearby, climb a mountain or tree to search for one, or build a tower out of dirt or gravel.
- At night, you might be able to spot a distant village by its torchlight, but beware of monsters in Survival mode.
- Use your map while searching the biome. There is no guarantee that a biome has a village, but thoroughly explore the whole area to increase your chances of finding one. Look at your map once in a while to see if there are any tell-tale signs of a nearby village marked on it:
- In plains or savanna, villages are made of wood, and will show up on the map as brown pixels on the green background.
- In deserts, villages are made of sandstone, which appears almost identical to the sand on the map. This makes them harder to find, but these sometimes contain pyramidal temples with valuable loot.
- Either type of village might have unusual tile types that give their location away on the map. Look for rows of wheat, small water tiles (wells), bookcases, pressure plates, or crafting tables.
- Repeat until you find a village. Once you've explored a biome completely, climb a hill or other tall structure, and locate the next plains, savanna, or desert biome. You may need to explore hills for a short time to find the next flat biome, but try to get back to flat land as soon as possible to increase your chances of finding a village.
- You can make the most efficient use of your map by moving in a large circle around the point where you first used your map. If you keep moving in one direction only, you will only be able to use a small part of your map before creating a new one.
- Follow large groups of zombies. Occasionally, a large group of zombies will spawn to attack a village. If you spot an unusual number of zombies in the distance, it might be worth checking out where they're headed. Needless to say, be prepared for a fight.
Using a Village
- Put out the blacksmith fire. When you locate a village, first check if a blacksmith is present. This is a rectangular wooden buildings with a stone roof. Besides a chest that might contain good loot, there is a square of lava. In Pocket Edition, this lava can sometimes start a fire that burns down the whole village. Scoop it up in a bucket, or cover it with a stone slab to prevent this from happening.
- Be careful of iron golems. If the village is large enough, an iron golem will spawn with it. If you attack or kill enough villagers, the iron golem will attack you. These are tough enemies, so do not destroy the villagers unless you are well prepared.
- Search for crops and other loot. Villages typically have one or more farms, with rows of crops or seeds that you can harvest to start your own farm. Less obvious loot is usually found in chests within the village's blacksmith, temple, or other buildings. Some buildings may have traps, so be careful when you explore.
Tips
- You must have Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.9.0 or higher for villages to appear.
- You can also try searching online or in an app store for a "minecraft village finder" mod that will help you find the village. You will need one compatible with your version number and device. This is risky, since mods are not made by the development team and may contain malware. Always search for reviews of the mod before you download it.
- If you happen see a wide pillar of gravel while you are underground, it may be worth digging through to find out if it is a village well.
- If you decide to live in one of the village houses be sure to put up an iron door so villagers can't get in.
- Add torches to the buildings and blocks as stairs (if you don't have stairs) to help villagers hide from zombies.
Warnings
- Minecraft Pocket Edition does not yet have all the village features found in the PC version of the game. For example, you cannot yet trade with villagers.
