Butcher
Butcher







| Workstation | |
|---|---|
| Buys | |
| Sells |
{
"title": "Butcher",
"rows": [
{
"field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:BlockSprite smoker.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Smoker|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Smoker article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Smoker</span>)</span>",
"label": "(link to Workstation article, displayed as Workstation)"
},
{
"field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
"label": "Buys"
},
{
"field": "\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:ItemSprite rabbit-stew.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Rabbit Stew|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Rabbit Stew article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Rabbit Stew</span>)</span>\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:ItemSprite cooked-chicken.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Cooked Chicken|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Cooked Chicken article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Cooked Chicken</span>)</span>\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"\">(link to File:ItemSprite cooked-porkchop.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Cooked Porkchop|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Cooked Porkchop article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Cooked Porkchop</span>)</span>",
"label": "Sells"
}
],
"invimages": [],
"images": [
"Plains Butcher.png",
"Desert Butcher.png",
"Savanna Butcher.png",
"Taiga Butcher.png",
"Snowy Butcher.png",
"Jungle Butcher.png",
"Swamp Butcher.png"
]
}
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
| Level | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probability | Probability | Slot | ||||||
| 50% | 33% | 1 | 14 × | 16 | 2 | 0.05 | ||
| 50% | 33% | 4 × | 16 | 2 | 0.05 | |||
| 50% | 33% | 7 × | 16 | 2 | 0.05 | |||
| 50% | 100% | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0.05 | |||
| 67% | 100% | 3 | 15 × | 16 | 2 | 0.05 | ||
| 67% | 50% | 4 | 8 × | 16 | 5 | 0.05 | ||
| 67% | 50% | 5 × | 16 | 5 | 0.05 | |||
| 100% | 50% | 5 | 10 × | 16 | 20 | 0.05 | ||
| 100% | 50% | 7 × | 16 | 20 | 0.05 | |||
| 100% | 100% | 6 | 10 × | 12 | 30 | 0.05 | ||
| 100% | 100% | 7 | 10 × | 12 | 30 | 0.05 | ||
Sounds
Java Edition
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Butcher works | Friendly Mobs | Randomly while a | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Bedrock Edition
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions [upcoming: BE 26.0] | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key [upcoming: BE 26.0] | Volume | Pitch |
| ? | Blocks | Randomly while a | block | ? | 3.0 | varies [sound 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
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You can help by expanding it.
Instructions: missing a lot of info pre-Village & Pillage, check potentially changed trades.
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | ||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Added trades to the butcher profession. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Added the Leatherworker career to the butcher profession. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w50a | ||||||
| Leatherworkers have been split form butchers and are now their own profession. | |||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added villagers, including butchers. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | With 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 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| Leatherworkers have been split form butchers and are now their own profession. | |||||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | 1.0.1 | Added the Leatherworker career to the butcher profession. |
| 1.91 | |||||||
| 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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Lying jungle butcher
Screenshots
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The new Jungle villager textures shown at MINECON Earth 2018. -
New villager textures, shown at MINECON Earth 2018, announced as the Taiga biome variants. They are instead used for the Snowy Plains biome variants. -
The new villager textures as seen during MINECON Earth 2018.
Textures
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Butcher overlay
In other media
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Plains butcher. -
A group of villagers shown in the Village and Pillage update artwork. -
A tiny butcher as they appear in 2023 Mob Vote Event. -
A poisonous potato butcher featured in Java Edition 24w14potato. -
An unused butcher found in Minecraft: Story Mode.
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