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File:2012-02-15 18.39.43.png

A siege. Note the two skeletons on the right.

Note: From at least 1.4.7 to at least 1.6.2, Zombie Sieges fail to start. See MC-7432 for more information. However, normal zombie spawning and behavior can result in very similar activity.

Zombie sieges are in-game events that occur when many zombies spawn in a village. They occur regardless of how well lit or walled off a village is.

Usually, a whole mob of zombies will concentrate on one door or villager, and in Hard and Hardcore mode, will break wooden doors down unless mobGreifing is turned off, giving entrance to the building. This causes the villagers to flee their homes and get attacked by the zombies on their way out.

Mechanics

At night, there is a chance that a zombie siege might occur. This is when a large number of zombies spawn in or near a village, attacking what villagers they can reach, crowding around and pounding on the doors of those they can't. On hard or hardcore mode, they can actually break down the wooden doors of the villagers' homes unless mobGreifing is turned off (this is true of all zombies, not just during sieges.) A zombie siege requires a village of at least 10 houses and at least 20 villagers. Villagers will commonly enter their houses and close the door before any zombies can get in, but they will not attack.

Iron Golems attempt to defend villagers from zombies and other mobs during such attacks. Zombies in sieges ignore light levels and the 24-block minimum distance from the player, but other than that, behave absolutely normally (i.e., they won't spawn on halfslabs or glowstone or anything of the sort, need a 2x1x1 minimum space, etc.). They can also spawn INSIDE houses, making it very difficult to keep villagers alive. However, zombies won't spawn more than 128 blocks away from you, so villages which are far away will remain safe.

Defense tactics

Surrounding a village with a wall and lighting it are staple defenses against normal hostile mobs, especially Creepers. However, they are ineffective for sieges because the zombies can spawn inside even a well-lit village. Zombies may prefer to spawn outside of the village or in the dark when given an access route. If so, this allows players to defend villages by creating pressure plate drawbridges or "kill-channels" that limit zombie entrance.

It is impossible to completely avoid zombie sieges except by sleeping through the night, giving zombies (or any other hostile mob) no time to spawn (unless you play on peaceful). (Note, the actual siege is supposed to start at midnight, but normally spawned zombies near any village will do the same job through the whole night.) If every block within the radius of the village has a half slab on top of it, the zombies will often spawn inside blocks, even solid blocks if there are no transparent blocks nearby, then walk towards the villagers through the wall. Zombie sieges also do not follow the 24-block rule, meaning they can spawn just a few blocks from the player.

Trapping a villager in a ring of fence posts will likely attract Zombies, giving the player/golem a chance to take the zombies down one by one. However, it will also interfere with villager mating if love forms between a trapped and non-trapped villager.

Wolves and Snow Golems may also be stationed to keep the horde at bay, however Snow Golems will be useless in a desert village due to damage incurred from the biome and carry the risk of causing friendly fire with the Iron Golems. Wolves are easy to maintain due to the large quantity of rotten flesh that a horde will yield when defeated.

Dropping a bucket of water followed by a block of TNT is a viable method of clearing large numbers of zombies at once, however due to the pushing effect of water, the zombies may be pushed too far away from the TNT for it to be effective.

Recovery

Villagers repopulate if there is open space in the NPC village. This means that villagers can recover from sieges by having children to repopulate the NPC village, provided there are at least two villagers and enough space in the NPC village. Player-made houses can also cause villagers to repopulate, as long as it is within the NPC village, has a wooden door, and has a block above it (Using this, and by manipulating the way villagers spawn, it is possible to create infinite villager farms to repopulate). Iron Golems lost in the siege will eventually respawn if the NPC village has at least 10 villagers, or can be manually rebuilt by the player.

Unfortunately, these conditions are rarely sufficient to keep villages from being depopulated in short order without active defense by the player. As of snapshot 12w32a, there is an option, albeit a difficult one, to repopulate villages: Curing zombie villagers. Besides spawning as a fraction of ordinary zombies, 50%(medium) to all(hard) of the villagers attacked by zombies will be "infected" instead of killed. Zombie villagers can be turned into villagers by splashing them with a splash potion of weakness, then feeding them a golden apple, and waiting. However, the cure is not instant—it will be necessary to confine the "patient" away from living villagers, and usually to protect them from the sun as well. They will emit red particles until they are cured.

Video

Zombie siege/video

History

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[[[wordofnotch:121044061||June 10th, 2009]]]Notch promised to have an expansion pack adding zombie sieges, but never made it.
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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Wheat|Wheat]]<br/>{{About||the artifact in ''Minecraft Dungeons''|Minecraft Dungeons:Wonderful Wheat|the seed|Wheat Seeds}}
{{Item
| image = Wheat.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Wheat''' is an [[item]] primarily obtained by harvesting fully-grown [[Wheat Seeds|wheat crops]]. It is used for [[crafting]] as well as to feed certain animals.

== Obtaining ==

=== Natural generation ===

{{LootChestItem|wheat}}

=== Farming ===

{{main|Tutorials/Crop farming}}

When a fully-grown wheat crop is harvested, it drops 1 wheat and 1 to 4 [[wheat seeds]] ({{frac|2|5|7}} per crop harvested on average). A wheat crop has a total of eight stages (0-7) from the time it is planted until it can be harvested. If a crop is harvested before it is fully grown, it just drops one seed. Wheat needs light to grow; a seed is destroyed if planted without light. Harvesting with a [[Fortune]]-enchanted tool increases the number of seeds dropped but does not increase the yield of wheat.

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|Hay Bale
|Output= Wheat,9
|type= Material
}}

=== Drops ===
A [[fox]] sometimes spawns holding wheat, which it always drops upon death. Alternatively, the player can drop a [[food]] item, causing the fox to drop the wheat.

== Usage ==

=== Food ===

[[File:New Cattle.png|thumb|Using wheat to lead a cow.]]
When wheat is held, it causes nearby [[cow]]s, [[sheep]], [[goat]]s and [[mooshroom]]s to follow the player, until either the player stops holding the wheat or goes too far away from the animal, thus leading them to lose interest.

Wheat may be used to [[breed]] cows, sheep, goats, and mooshrooms by first herding two of them together and then {{control|using}} the wheat on them to begin "Love Mode."

Wheat can heal a [[horse]] {{hp|1}} health or lower its temper by 3% when attempting to tame it. It can also decrease the time it takes for a foal to grow by 20 seconds.

Similarly, wheat can heal a [[llama]] {{hp|2}} health, and it decreases the time it takes a baby llama to grow by 10 seconds.

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

=== Trading ===

Novice-level farmer [[Villager|villagers]] have a 25%{{only|bedrock}} or 40%{{only|java}} chance to buy 20 wheat for one [[emerald]].

=== Composting ===
Placing wheat into a [[composter]] has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of wheat yields an average of 5.94 [[bone meal]].

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Bake Bread;The Lie;Repopulation}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|A Seedy Place}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Wheat
|spritetype=item
|nameid=wheat
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Wheat
|spritetype=item
|nameid=wheat
|id=334
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Video ==

{{Video note|the narrator demonstrates at 0:56 that walking over wheat can destroy the crop and un-till the land. This is outdated: since version {{Version link|JE 1.1}}, wheat can be destroyed only by a player or mob jumping on it or falling on it.}}

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|JbAURiYQZlA}}</div>

== History ==

{{History|java indev}}
{{History||20100206|[[File:Wheat JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Wheat has been added.
|Wheat can be used to craft [[bread]].}}
{{History||20100223|Bread now requires 3 wheat (1 row of 3) instead of 6 (2 rows of 3) to be crafted.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100625-2|Wheat can now be found in the new [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|Wheat can now be used to craft [[cake]].}}
{{History||1.4|Wheat can now be used to craft [[cookie]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Wheat can now be used in [[breeding]].}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Wheat can now be [[trading|sold]] to farmer [[villager]]s, at 18–21 wheat for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w36a|[[Chicken]]s and [[pig]]s no longer use wheat to [[breeding|breed]].}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w16a|[[Horse]]s can now be healed by being fed wheat.
|Foals can now have their growth increased by being fed wheat.}}
{{History|||snap=13w17a|[[Horse]]s can now have their tempers lowered with wheat.}}
{{History|||snap=13w18a|Nine wheat can now be crafted to make a [[hay bale]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Trading has been changed: farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] 18–22 wheat for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{history||1.9|snap=15w43a|Wheat may now be found in [[igloo]] basement chests.}}
{{history|||snap=15w44a|The average yield of wheat in [[dungeon]] chests has been decreased.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Wheat can now be found in the new [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 296.}}
{{History|||snap=18w09a|Wheat can now generate in the chests of [[underwater ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=18w11a|Wheat can now generate in [[shipwreck]] chests.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Wheat JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of wheat has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w47a|Wheat can now generate inside of loot chests on top of [[pillager outpost]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Wheat can now generate in chests in [[village]] butcher and shepherd houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Wheat can now generate in chests in desert [[village]] houses.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=19w03a|Placing wheat into the new [[composter]] has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Wheat now has a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w07a|Added [[fox]]es, which sometimes spawn with wheat in their mouths.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w13a|Wheat can now be used to breed [[goat]]s.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|Wheat can now be used to craft [[packed mud]].}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Wheat can now be found in [[suspicious gravel]] and [[suspicious sand]] in cold and warm [[ocean ruins]] and in [[trail ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|Wheat no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for suspicious gravel within [[trail ruins]], wheat is now common loot.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Wheat JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wheat. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Wheat is now obtainable via farming and can be used to craft [[bread]].}}
{{History||v0.7.0|Wheat can now be used to craft [[cake]].}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|Wheat can now be used to breed [[cow]]s and [[sheep]].
|Wheat can now be used to craft [[hay bale]]s.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Wheat [[crop]]s now naturally spawn in [[village]]s.
|Wheat can now be used to craft [[cookie]]s.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Wheat can now be used to grow, increase tame and heal [[horse]]s, [[donkey]]s and [[mule]]s.}}
{{History||v0.16.2|Wheat can now be found in the [[chest]]s inside of large houses in [[ice plains]] and [[cold taiga]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Wheat can now be found in [[igloo]] basement chests.}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] 18–22 wheat for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Wheat can now be found in the new [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Wheat can now be found inside [[shipwreck]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Wheat can now be found inside [[underwater ruins]] chests.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Wheat can now be found in [[pillager outpost]] chests.
|[[File:Wheat JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of wheat has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Wheat can now be found in [[desert]] [[village]] house chests, village shepherd and butcher house chests.
|Wheat can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has changed, farmer [[villager]]s now have a 25% chance to buy 20 wheat for one [[emerald]] as part of their first tier trade.}}
{{History||1.13.0|snap=beta 1.13.0.1|Added [[fox]]es, which can drop wheat.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Wheat JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wheat.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Wheat JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of wheat has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Wheat JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wheat.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Wheat SDGP.png|Wheat in the [[Super Duper Graphics Pack]].
File:Field of Wheat.jpg|[[Steve]] and [[Kai]] in a field of wheat crops.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CumuJleg6Ij/</ref>
</gallery>

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--wheat Taking Inventory: Wheat] – Minecraft.net on April 21, 2022
{{Items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]

[[cs:Pšenice]]
[[de:Weizen]]
[[es:Trigo]]
[[fr:Blé]]
[[hu:Búza]]
[[it:Grano]]
[[ja:小麦]]
[[ko:밀]]
[[nl:Tarwe]]
[[pl:Pszenica]]
[[pt:Trigo]]
[[ru:Пшеница]]
[[th:ข้าวสาลี]]
[[uk:Пшениця]]
[[zh:小麦]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li><li>[[Iron Nugget|Iron Nugget]]<br/>{{About|the nugget|the ore|Iron Ore|the item|Iron Ingot|the mineral block|Block of Iron}}
{{Item
| image = Iron Nugget.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Iron nuggets''' are pieces of iron that can be obtained by [[smelting]] iron [[tools]]/[[Sword|weapons]] or iron/chainmail [[armor]]. One iron nugget is worth one-ninth of an [[iron ingot]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|Iron Ingot
|Output= Iron Nugget,9
|type=Material
}}

=== Smelting ===

{{Smelting
|Iron Sword; {Any iron tools}; {Any iron armor}; {Any chainmail armor}; Iron Horse Armor
|Iron Nugget
|0,1
}}
[[Item durability|Durability]] and [[enchantments]] do not affect the ability to smelt iron tools, weapons, or armor into iron nuggets.

=== Bartering ===
[[Piglins]] may [[barter]] 9–36 iron nuggets when given a [[gold ingot]].

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|iron-nugget}}

== Usage ==

Iron nuggets are used to craft [[iron ingot]]s, [[lantern]]s, [[soul lantern]]s, and [[chain]]s.

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Iron Nugget
|spritetype=item
|nameid=iron_nugget
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Iron Nugget
|spritetype=item
|nameid=iron_nugget
|id=569
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.11.1|snap=16w50a|[[File:Iron Nugget JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added iron nuggets. 
|Iron nuggets can be used to craft [[iron ingot]]s.
|Iron nuggets are obtained from [[smelting]] iron [[tool]]s and [[armor]].}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 452.}}
{{History|||snap=18w11a|Iron nuggets now generate in [[shipwreck]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w46a|Iron nuggets are now used to craft [[lantern]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Iron nuggets can now be found in chests in [[taiga]] [[village]] houses.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|Iron nuggets are now used to craft [[soul fire lantern]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=20w10a|Iron nuggets now have a {{frac|10|411}} (~2.43%) chance of being given by [[piglin]]s when [[bartering]], in a stack size of 9–36.}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|Iron nuggets are now used to craft [[chain]]s.|Iron nuggets now generate in [[ruined portal]] and [[bastion remnant]] [[chest]]s.}}

{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|[[File:Iron Nugget JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added iron nuggets.
|Iron nuggets can be used to craft [[iron ingot]]s.
|Iron nuggets are obtained from [[smelting]] iron [[tool]]s and [[armor]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Iron nuggets can now be found in some [[shipwreck]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Iron nuggets are now used to craft [[lantern]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Iron nugget can now be found in [[taiga]] [[village]] house chests.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|Iron nuggets are now used to craft [[soul fire lantern]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Iron nuggets now have a {{frac|10|411}} (~2.43%) chance of being given by [[piglin]]s when [[bartering]], in a stack size of 9–36.
|Iron nuggets now generate in [[ruined portal]] and [[bastion remnant]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.59|Iron nuggets are now used to craft [[chain]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.50|Iron nuggets can now be used as fuel in a [[furnace]].<ref>{{bug|MCPE-114216}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18.30|snap=beta 1.18.30.26|Iron nuggets can no longer be used as fuel in a furnace.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps=1.49|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|[[File:Iron Nugget JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added iron nuggets. 
|Iron nuggets can be used to craft [[iron ingot]]s.
|Iron nuggets are obtained from [[smelting]] iron [[tool]]s and [[armor]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|Iron nuggets are now used to craft [[lantern]]s}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||1.9.19|[[File:Iron Nugget JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added iron nuggets.
|Iron nuggets can be used to craft [[iron ingot]]s.
|Iron nuggets are obtained from [[smelting]] iron [[tool]]s and [[armor]].}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Pocket Edition Iron Nugget.jpg|First image of an iron nugget in ''Bedrock Edition''.
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[Gold Nugget]]
*[[Iron]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Items}}

[[de:Eisenklumpen]]
[[fr:Pépite de fer]]
[[ja:鉄塊]]
[[ko:철 조각]]
[[nl:IJzerklompje]]
[[pl:Bryłka żelaza]]
[[pt:Pepita de ferro]]
[[ru:Кусочек железа]]
[[uk:Залізний самородок]]
[[zh:铁粒]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li></ul>
12w07aZombie sieges added by Jon as the first part of the project.
12w07bVillagers repopulate if there is open space in the NPC Village.
12w08aIron Golems were added specifically to protect Villagers against attacks such as zombie sieges.

Issues

Issues relating to "Siege" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

MC-17630 Zombie pathfinding to unreachable targets causes server lag

Trivia

  • When a zombie is attacking a villager or door, it will usually ignore the player unless the player attacks it.
  • Zombies also attack villager children.
  • Sieges cannot occur when it's raining in another biome during the day because the Zombies will burn when attempting to attack the villagers. However, when it's raining in another biome during night, sieges can still occur.
  • Although zombies are the only mob that attacks villagers, Iron Golems still attack other hostile or neutral mobs. This is probably because they can be created by the player for self-defense, not for defending a village; it could also mean that other mobs may lead sieges against villages.
  • If the player spawns a lot of zombies, they will eventually start a siege and all crowd one door.
  • Sieges can occur in player-made villages and mushroom biomes, despite zombies not spawning in mushroom biomes naturally. This is further evidence that sieges are different from standard mob spawning.
  • As of 12w32a, if the player turns mob spawning off with the cheat /gamerule, sieges can still occur.
  • Early in development, Notch considered adding a gamemode Zombie Siege. It would be you fighting waves of monsters (likely Zombies). This gamemode was, however, never implemented, and has since been abandoned.
  • The chance of trying to start a siege is 10% for each night, but the start may still fail due to other reasons. If it does start one, no other sieges will be started that night.
  • The siege consists of up to 20 extra zombies, all spawning randomly near a single spot chosen randomly inside a square centered with village center and edges twice the village radius (a bug is related to this, though).
  • As of the Redstone Update, zombie sieges can become more dangerous to the player. This is because of the new zombie AI, which makes it so that if a player attacks a single zombie, all of the zombies in the area will pursue that player. Since all the zombies in a siege are grouped together, a player could suddenly be fighting 20 zombies. The Horse Update made zombie sieges even more challenging, as more zombies will spawn if the player continuously attacks zombies.

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