Butcher

Butcher

Plains Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraftprofession Butcher

Desert Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraftprofession Butcher

Savanna Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraftprofession Butcher

Taiga Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraftprofession Butcher

Snowy Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraftprofession Butcher

Jungle Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraftprofession Butcher

Swamp Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraftprofession Butcher

Workstation

Smoker

Buys
Sells

A butcher is a villager that trades meats and some other food items. Butchers wear a red headband and have a white apron.

Spawning

An unemployed villager turns into a butcher when an unclaimed smoker is nearby.

Natural generation

The workstation of butchers, the smoker, generates in butcher shops in villages.

Drops

In Java Edition, a butcher can drop various items by throwing them as a gift towards a nearby player with the Hero of the Village effect. The gift is randomly selected from the following list:

Trading

Main article: Trading
Butcher
LevelJava EditionBedrock EditionVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock
Villager
experience
Price
multiplier
ProbabilityProbabilitySlot
Novice50%33%114 × Raw ChickenEmerald1620.05
50%33%4 × Raw RabbitEmerald1620.05
50%33%7 × Raw PorkchopEmerald1620.05
50%100%2EmeraldRabbit Stew1210.05
Apprentice67%100%315 × CoalEmerald1620.05
67%50%4Emerald8 × Cooked Chicken1650.05
67%50%Emerald5 × Cooked Porkchop1650.05
Journeyman100%50%510 × Raw BeefEmerald16200.05
100%50%7 × Raw MuttonEmerald16200.05
Expert100%100%610 × Dried Kelp BlockEmerald12300.05
Master100%100%710 × Sweet BerriesEmerald12300.05

Sounds

Java Edition

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Butcher worksFriendly MobsRandomly while a EntitySprite villager-butcher.png: Sprite image for villager-butcher in Minecraft butcher is workingentity.villager.work_butchersubtitles.entity.villager.work_butcher1.00.8-1.216

Bedrock Edition

Sounds
SoundClosed captions
[upcoming: BE 26.0]
SourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation key
[upcoming: BE 26.0]
VolumePitch
​ ?BlocksRandomly while a EntitySprite villager-butcher.png: Sprite image for villager-butcher in Minecraft butcher is workingblock.smoker.smoke​ ?3.0varies [sound 1]
  1. 1.0 for all except fire_crackle4 (the last sound), which is 0.8

Data values

Butchers have the data value minecraft:butcher in Java Edition.

For Bedrock Edition, see Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

History

This section needs expansion.
 
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Instructions: missing a lot of info pre-Village & Pillage, check potentially changed trades.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease Added villagers, including a villager wearing a white apron.
1.3.112w21aAdded trades to the butcher profession.
1.814w02aAdded the Leatherworker career to the butcher profession.
1.1418w50a The textures of butchers have been updated, with new skins depending on the biome.
Leatherworkers have been split form butchers and are now their own profession.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1Added villagers, including butchers.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0With the introduction of villager trading, butchers can now be traded with.
The leatherworker career of the butcher profession has also been introduced.[verify]
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0
Experiment
Experimental Gameplay
beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of butchers have been updated, with new skins depending on the biome.
Leatherworkers have been split form butchers and are now their own profession.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1Added the Leatherworker career to the butcher profession.
1.91 The textures of butchers have been updated, with new skins depending on the biome.
Leatherworkers have been split form butchers and are now their own profession.

Issues

Issues relating to "Butcher" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

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