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Butcher

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Butcher

Plains Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraft profession 'Butcher'

Desert Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraft profession 'Butcher'

Savanna Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraft profession 'Butcher'

Taiga Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraft profession 'Butcher'

Snowy Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraft profession 'Butcher'

Jungle Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraft profession 'Butcher'

Swamp Butcher.png: Infobox image for Minecraft profession 'Butcher'

{
    "title": "Butcher",
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" 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\" 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\" 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\" 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

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_butcher​1.00.8–1.216

Bedrock Edition

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Smoker cracklesBlocksRandomly while a EntitySprite villager-butcher.png: Sprite image for villager-butcher in Minecraft butcher is workingblock.smoker.smokesubtitles.block.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.
 
You can help by expanding it.
Instructions: missing a lot of info pre-Village & Pillage, check potentially changed trades.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 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 from 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.

Renders

  • Lying plains butcher
    Lying plains butcher
  • Lying desert butcher
    Lying desert butcher
  • Lying savannah butcher
    Lying savannah butcher
  • Lying taiga butcher
    Lying taiga butcher
  • Lying snowy butcher
    Lying snowy butcher
  • Lying jungle butcher
    Lying jungle butcher
  • Lying swamp butcher
    Lying swamp butcher

Screenshots

  • The new Jungle villager textures shown at MINECON Earth 2018.
    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.
    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.
    The new villager textures as seen during MINECON Earth 2018.

Textures

  • Butcher overlay
    Butcher overlay

In other media

Sources