Hero of the Village is a player-exclusive status effect obtained by defeating a raid. The effect lasts 40 minutes, during which players receive discounts from villager trades, and in Java Edition, gifts from villagers.
Effect
In Java Edition, the effect's level will be that of the defeated raid; in Bedrock Edition there is only one level.
Players receive discounts from all villagers, including ones from villages other than the one the raid was defeated in. The wandering trader's trades are only affected in Bedrock Edition.
Hero of the Village is a status effect and can be removed through all conventional methods, such as drinking milk or dying.
Animation
In Bedrock Edition, upon the effect being given a short animation of the effect icon appearing on the screen plays, similar to a totem of undying.
Price decrement
Hero of the Village reduces the price of all villagers by 30% and 6.25% per additional level, both being of to the initial price, giving 55% at level V. This price reduction is rounded down to whole items, but is at least 1 unless the price is already 1.
If nothing besides Hero of the Village is affecting the price, the formula for it can be written as:
where is the initial price and is the Hero of the Village level.
For example, level III would give a 42.5% discount. For a trade costing 14 emeralds, the discount would be 5 emeralds, for a final price of 9.
Gifts
Upon obtaining the effect, villagers randomly throw items from a certain pool at the player as rewards, listed below. In order for a player to have gifts thrown to them, they must have Hero of the Village, the villager must be able to see them, and they must be within 5 blocks of the villager. After throwing a gift, a villager enters a cooldown lasting between 30 seconds and 5min 30 sec. Villagers give gifts only while idle, working, or meeting at the town center (bell). They do not give gifts during the night when they should be sleeping.
| Profession | Gift pool |
|---|---|
| Baby |  Poppy
|
| Armorer |  Chainmail Helmet Chainmail Chestplate Chainmail Leggings Chainmail Boots
|
| Butcher |  Cooked Chicken Cooked Mutton Cooked Porkchop Cooked Rabbit Steak
|
| Cartographer |  Empty Map Paper
|
| Cleric |  Lapis Lazuli Redstone Dust
|
| Farmer |  Bread Cookie Pumpkin Pie
|
| Fisherman |  Raw Cod Raw Salmon
|
| Fletcher |  Arrow Arrow of Fire Resistance Arrow of Harming Arrow of Healing Arrow of Invisibility Arrow of Leaping Arrow of Night Vision Arrow of Poison Arrow of Regeneration Arrow of Slowness Arrow of Strength Arrow of Swiftness Arrow of Water Breathing Arrow of Weakness
|
| Leatherworker |  Leather
|
| Librarian |  Book
|
| Mason |  Clay
|
| Shepherd |  Wool
|
| Toolsmith |  Stone Axe Stone Hoe Stone Pickaxe Stone Shovel
|
| Weaponsmith | Stone Axe Golden Axe Iron Axe
|
| Unemployed |  Wheat Seeds
|
| Nitwit |
If mob_griefing is set to true, villagers can pick up seeds and bread that were thrown as gifts if a player does not get to them first.
Causes
| Cause | Potency | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All illagers in the final wave of a raid are killed. | I–V [JE only] | 40:00 | The player must have killed at least one raider. The level is the same as the level of Bad Omen the raid was started with. |
| I [BE only] | 40:00 | The player must have killed at least one raider. |
Even using the /effect command can give the player the Hero of the Village effect and cause the villagers to decrease prices, give gifts, and increase the player's popularity.
Immune mobs
- Withers and ender dragons are immune to Hero of the Village.
- All mobs are unaffected by Hero of the Village.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
 Hero of the Village | hero_of_the_village |
effect |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hero of the Village | village_hero | 29 |
effect |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
 |  | Buy Low, Sell High | Trade for the best possible price. | Buy something for 1 emerald, or when the Hero of the Village effect is applied. | 50 | Gold |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
  | How Did We Get Here? | Have every effect applied at the same time | Have all of these 34[until: JE 26.4]/35[upcoming: JE 26.4] status effects applied to the player at the same time:
The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. |
 | Hero of the Village | Successfully defend a village from a raid | Kill at least one raid mob during a raid and wait until it ends in victory. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed. |
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.14 | 19w13a |  Added Hero of the Village. | |||||
| 1.19.3 | 22w46a | The inventory now correctly shows the remaining time on the Hero of the Village effect, instead of **:**.[1] | |||||
| 1.20.2 | 23w32a | The game no longer uses numeric values when storing mob effects to world. Prior to the removal of numeric IDs, this effect's numeral ID was 32. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11.0 Experiment | beta 1.11.0.1 |  Added Hero of the Village. Currently has no effect. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.3 | Changed Hero of the Village icon. | ||||||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Hero of the Village now grants a villager trading discount. | ||||||
| Hero of the Village can be obtained by defeating a raid. | |||||||
| beta 1.11.0.7 | An animation now plays on-screen when a player gets Hero of the Village. | ||||||
| 1.11.0 | release | Hero of the Village is now available outside of Experimental Gameplay. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.91 | Added Hero of the Village. | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Hero of the Village" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
