Villager

A villager is a passive NPC that was introduced in the Beta 1.9 prerelease. Their characteristic look is dominated by their large, bald heads, unibrows, and long, protruding noses. They spawn in NPC Villages. There are different types, distinguished by their attire and signifying their role in the community. Some spawn around the village, although most spawn inside buildings and leave once the door is opened. They spawn at their respective buildings corresponding to the role they have.

Behavior
In Beta 1.9 Pre-release, NPCs act more like passive mobs. They will randomly look at the player, and wander the area of the village. They do not attack if attacked, and aggressive mobs do not see them.

Types

 * Butcher
 * Wears a white apron.


 * Farmer
 * Wears brown robe.


 * Librarian
 * Wears white robe.


 * Priest
 * Wears purple robe.


 * Smith
 * Wears a black apron.


 * Villager
 * Wears a green robe.

Trivia

 * In Beta 1.9 Pre-release, all Villager mobs have "TESTIFICATE" above their heads, regardless of vocation of uniform. This is likely a placeholder for actual generated names or titles.
 * While Testificate can be a portmanteau for the words "test" and "certificate". It was also a Scottish religious license allowing for inter-Parish marriage. And in the Roman Catholic Church, the "Testificate (libellus) of the faith" was considered proof of faith.
 * Testificate is merely a joking way of saying "to test" by adding ificate on the end of a verb. Such as stabificate. "Ificate" being a silly way of saying To perform and action. So by saying Test-ificate. It's like saying "I'm going to cookificate this fish."
 * A texture in the main mob directory of Minecraft appears to be the character texture remodelled as a template for the villager texture. As is expectable, applying it to the current model produces very broken look, as seen above.
 * Considering the new splash text introduced in Beta 1.9 Pre-release "Lives in a pineapple under the sea!", it appears likely that the model was either inspired by Squidward of Spongebob Squarepants, or that as the model developed they realized it was visually similar to him.