To cure a zombie villager in Minecraft, you need to apply the Weakness effect to it and then feed it a golden apple. This process will transform the zombie villager back into a normal villager.
The Curing Process Explained
Curing a zombie villager is a straightforward but multi-step process that can be highly beneficial for acquiring villagers and obtaining discounted trades.
Required Items
Before you begin, gather these essential items:
- Splash Potion of Weakness: This potion applies the Weakness effect, which is crucial for the cure. You can brew it using a fermented spider eye (crafted from a brown mushroom, sugar, and spider eye) combined with a regular potion. For easier application, a splash potion is highly recommended.
- Golden Apple: A golden apple is crafted by surrounding a regular apple with 8 gold ingots on a crafting table.
Step-by-Step Guide
Follow these steps to successfully cure a zombie villager:
- Isolate the Zombie Villager: First, you need to find a zombie villager. They spawn randomly at night or can be created when a regular zombie kills a villager on Hard difficulty. Once found, trap it in a secure, well-lit area (to prevent it from despawning or burning in daylight) where other hostile mobs cannot interfere.
- Tip: Using a boat or minecart can help you transport them safely to a dedicated curing station.
- Apply the Weakness Effect: Throw a Splash Potion of Weakness at the zombie villager. Ensure it hits the target and the purple Weakness effect particles appear around it.
- Feed the Golden Apple: While the zombie villager is under the Weakness effect, right-click on it with a golden apple in your hand. You will hear a distinct "gurgling" sound, and red particles will appear around the zombie villager, indicating the start of the curing process.
- Wait for the Transformation: The curing process typically takes between 3 to 5 minutes. During this time, the zombie villager will shake violently. It is crucial to protect it from other hostile mobs during this period, as it can still take damage and die.
- Observe the Transformation: After the waiting period, the zombie villager will transform into a regular villager, and the shaking will stop.
Benefits of Curing
Curing zombie villagers offers significant advantages in your Minecraft world:
- Discounted Trades: Any villager cured from a zombie villager will offer significantly reduced prices on their trades for a period. This discount can be amplified by curing multiple zombie villagers, making it a valuable way to get cheap emeralds, enchanted books, and other rare items.
- Easy Villager Source: If you're struggling to find a village or transport villagers, intentionally turning a villager into a zombie villager (by letting a regular zombie hit them) and then curing them is an effective way to generate new villagers wherever you need them.
- Reputation Management: Curing a zombie villager improves your reputation with all villagers in the village, leading to better trade offers.
The combination of a Splash Potion of Weakness and a golden apple is the only way to revert a zombie villager back to its normal form, turning a threat into a valuable ally.
