Butcher

Butcher

Plains Butcher.png: Infobox image for Butcher the profession in Minecraft

Desert Butcher.png: Infobox image for Butcher the profession in Minecraft

Savanna Butcher.png: Infobox image for Butcher the profession in Minecraft

Taiga Butcher.png: Infobox image for Butcher the profession in Minecraft

Snowy Butcher.png: Infobox image for Butcher the profession in Minecraft

Jungle Butcher.png: Infobox image for Butcher the profession in Minecraft

Swamp Butcher.png: Infobox image for Butcher the profession in Minecraft

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

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
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation 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
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksRandomly while a EntitySprite villager-butcher.png: Sprite image for villager-butcher in Minecraft butcher is workingblock.smoker.smoke3.0varies [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

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Instructions: missing a lot of info pre-Village & Pillage, check potentially changed trades.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease Added villagers, including a villager wearing a white apron.
1.3.112w21aAdded trades the butcher profession.
1.814w02aAdded the Leatherworker career to the butcher profession.
1.1418w50a Added the new butcher profession.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Added the Leatherworker career to the butcher profession.[verify]
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0
Experiment
Experimental Gameplay
beta 1.10.0.3 Added the new butcher profession.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1Added the Leatherworker career to the butcher profession.
1.91 Added the new butcher profession.

Issues

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

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