To breed villagers in Minecraft, you need to meet two main conditions: provide enough beds and supply them with food to increase their willingness to breed.
Steps to Breed Villagers
1. Provide Beds
- There must be more beds than the number of adult villagers. For example, if you have 3 villagers, you need at least 4 beds available
- Beds need to be accessible and have at least two blocks of vertical space above them so villagers can claim them properly
- Each villager needs their own bed, and the number of beds sets the maximum population of the village
2. Supply Food
- Villagers need food in their inventory to become willing to breed.
- You can throw food on the ground near them, and they will pick it up. Suitable foods include:
- 3 bread per villager
- 12 carrots, potatoes, or beetroots per villager
- Once they have enough food, their willingness to breed increases.
3. Increase Willingness
- Willingness is a hidden value that determines if villagers will breed.
- It can be increased by feeding villagers or by trading with them (new trades increase willingness more)
4. Breeding Process
- Villagers will only breed if there are unclaimed beds and they are willing.
- They do not breed during their work hours but will breed after work or during village meetings
- When conditions are met, hearts will appear over the villagers, and a baby villager will spawn, claiming a bed
Summary
- Build a room or area with at least 3 beds (more beds than villagers).
- Get two or more villagers inside.
- Throw food (bread, carrots, potatoes, or beets) near them.
- Wait for them to pick up food and enter love mode.
- A baby villager will appear if there are enough beds and villagers are willing.
This method works in both Java and Bedrock editions of Minecraft from version 1.14 and later
. For automation, villagers can harvest crops from a garden to feed themselves and breed automatically if there are enough beds
. This concise approach ensures villagers breed efficiently by meeting their bed and food requirements.
