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Mending Villagers in Minecraft 1.20.2+


Read Time: 5m‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Written By: Aaron K.

Minecraft's mending enchantment is one of the most powerful enchantments available, allowing your gear to repair itself using experience orbs. Since the 1.20.2 update, getting a mending book has become more challenging. In this blog post we'll go over a guide on how to get mending in Minecraft from villagers, specifically tailored for Minecraft 1.20.2 and higher versions.

What is a Mending Villager?

A mending villager is a librarian who offers enchanted books with the mending enchantment. As of Minecraft 1.20.2+, the only librarian villagers who can offer the Book of Mending are swamp librarians.

Step-by-Step Guide to Getting a Mending Villager

Step 1: Craft a Lectern

First, you need a lectern, the job site block that a librarian uses in Minecraft. Craft is using four wooden slabs and one bookshelf arranged in a "T" shape in the crafting table.

Image showcasing the recipe for Lectern item.

Step 2: Building a Swamp Village

As of Minecraft 1.20.2, only swamp librarian villagers offer mending books at their master level. However, natural swamp villages do not exist, so you have to create your own village within a swamp biome.

Once you have located a swamp biome, start by building simple houses with beds for your villagers.

Step 3: Creating Your Swamp Librarian Minecraft Villager

There are two ways you can create swamp villagers:

  • Cure zombie villagers within the swamp biome.

  • Bring 2 regular villagers from another village and breed them. Any villager that is born in the swamp biome automatically becomes a swamp villager.

Step 4: Turning Your Villager into a Librarian

Place your lectern inside the house you've built. The Swamp Villager will approach it and become a librarian villager. However, you cannot immediately obtain mending books from a novice librarian.

Instead, you must level up your villager through trades until they reach the "Master" level (level 5). Once at the master level, your swamp librarian will always offer the Book of Mending.

Building Your Own Custom Village

You can easily create your own village by bringing two villagers together with enough beds and food sources like carrots or potatoes to encourage breeding. This allows you to customize locations such as jungle or swamp biomes.


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