Blocky Villagers

Updated 19 September 2026. Works with 26.3. Version 26.2 should work with everything from MC 1.21.2, but not guaranteed. Version 26.3 is NOT backwards compatible, nor is prior other version compatible with MC 26.3 or later.

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Purpose

Villager breeders are relatively simple builds and can easily be made to be infinite. Wrangling the resultant villagers is a hassle. This makes for high frustration at negligible cost. This data pack provides a method to reduce the frustration at a less neglible cost by letting the player build their villagers.

‘It’s alive!’ -some version of Dr Frankenstein

Directions for Use

1. Install the data pack.
2. Place an iron block on an emerald block.
3. Place a workstation under the emerald block, and a villager will replace the iron and emerald. A special case occurs if a hopper is used instead of a workstation; a nitwit is generated instead of a general villager.

Notes

The nitwit spawning mechanic allows this pack to work very well with my other pack, Iron Wit which causes nitwits to drop iron ingots when they’re on hoppers.

Known Issues

• Planned feature: in-game toggles to prevent abuse.

Support and Links

Bug Reporting and Update Notifications

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Links

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