Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
11.
Villages and Other Structures
In This Chapter
Meet the village people, and trade your way up in the game.
Learn about their professions and the different trades they'll offer.
Learn a disarming charm, and raid the chests inside.
Discover witches, warts, and all.
Craft a map.
Clock on and off. It's easy!
In Minecraft, you are never truly alone. There are villagers teeming with people, mysterious
temples containing hidden treasures, and gigantic structures buried deep in the ground.
Besides the bonanza of finding a chest or three packed with useful items, the villagers are
morethanhappytostrikedealsforcertainresourcesanditems.Thischaptertakesyouonan
exploration of the structures in the Overworld and their eccentric inhabitants.
Village Life
Villages are a haven for useful resources. Finding a good-sized one early on can provide a
useful leg-up with chests containing numerous items; rows of wheat, carrots, and potatoes;
and the opportunity to trade emeralds for other items from the proboscisally endowed villa-
gers. (Okay, that's not a real word, but you'll understand when you see the villagers.)
The only problem with villages is that they are not too common. They only appear in the
desert and plains biomes, and not too often at that. They are a lot more prevalent in any
world with the
Large Biomes
option turned on during initial generation, as long as
Gen-
erate Structures
is selected under
More World Options
. By the way, the villages that ap-
pear in the two biomes use construction materials native to those biomes, so you'll see a lot
of wood and cobblestone in a village located in the plains (see
Figure 11.1
) and a lot more
sandstone in one village situated in a desert.
