Village



NPC villages are a feature that were added in Beta Version 1.8 (Although the NPCs will be added later, possibly in an extension of 1.8, possibly in 1.9). The buildings in the NPC villages are naturally generated. The number of buildings in villages, and how much space they take up is randomized just like the terrain is. It is unknown what kind of NPCs will spawn in and around the buildings. It will, however, most likely be Humans or living Pigmen. It is also unknown if the NPCs will be passive, aggressive, neutral, or randomized. How common these villages are is still under speculation. For the PAX demo, however, Notch made it so that NPC villages appear near the spawn so people could see them.(http://www.twitch.tv/realnotch/b/293537610 @ 3:37)

A picture of NPC villages was released by Notch before 1.8 was released. It shows 12 buildings, but it could be considered 11 as two of the buildings on the sandy beach seem to be merged. The buildings are made of Cobblestone and some Moss Stone. Some have a Wooden doors, they have roofs made of Wooden Planks, and Glass Pane windows. Although they are all the same type of buildings, they are different sizes. The height of the roofs is directly proportional to the width of the building.

Even though the picture only shows the exterior of the buildings, videos recorded during PAX also show the interior.

NPC Villages have their own biome in order to solve many of the problems currently hindering their development.

NPC Villages include some other buildings than just regular houses, including a Village well and a smithy. The smithy has a small pool of lava and furnaces. Jeb has said that, during early tests of villagers, the village smith often sets the village on fire. During the PAX demo, farms could be seen in the villages, although the only crop growing is wheat.

Structure
The village consists of several buildings connected by gravel roads. The main structures of the buildings are made out of normal wood, wooden planks and cobblestone and they have glass pane windows. The interior of the buildings have wooden stairs acting as chairs, pressure plates on a single fence posts acting as tables, bookshelves, crafting tables and stone slabs. Some houses have a backyard surrounded by fence and some of the house roofs have fence railings, almost as if they were designed to be outposts or guard posts. In the villages, there are also tall fence posts with black wool with 4 torches on them.

PAX
On a live stream off his android phone at PAX, Notch stated that NPCs have not been added to the villages but that they are coming eventually. The majority of the NPC structures are made from wood based resources, with frames of cobblestone, and the footpaths are 3 blocks wide and made of gravel. The gravel appears to replace the top layer of dirt upon generation of the village. (at 4:35)

Old Interview of Notch
Notch once answered some questions about an idea he had, NPC Villages, where he revealed some thoughts about them:
 * If you are good to them (giving them items), they'll give you items back.
 * If you are bad to them (attacking/killing them), they'll try to do the same to you.
 * There would maybe be a chest, containing special items, but raiding it will anger the owners of the town/chest.

Trivia

 * Notch originally worked on NPC Villages by himself, but eventually gave the task to Jeb, so that he could work on other things.
 * Jeb confirmed in an interview that NPC villages will be optional.
 * According to Jeb, NPC's for the village will be delayed until Beta 1.9.
 * It is possible for Mushrooms to spawn inside the buildings.
 * If an NPC village is in the desert, there is a small chance there will be a cactus on the paths and it will have gravel on top of it.

Gallery
NPC-Dorf Villages de PNJs