How to Recruit Village Guards and Content Creator NPCs

Villages are populated by several new types of NPCs that can help defend your base and fight off hostile mobs. Knowing how each NPC type behaves allows you to recruit personal bodyguards for survival exploration.

Village Guards

As you explore towns, you will notice NPCs dressed as guards. These defenders operate automatically to protect the village and will actively attack any enemy mobs that wander too close.

Taming Content Creator NPCs

You can also find specialized Content Creator NPCs spawning inside villages. Unlike standard guards, these NPCs can be recruited to join your party:

1. Obtain 1 Diamond from mining.

2. Approach a Content Creator NPC in a village and give them the diamond to tame them.

3. Once tamed, they will follow you around the world and automatically attack nearby hostile mobs to protect you.

Managing Your Companions

Just like a spouse, tamed Content Creator NPCs have an accessible inventory screen. If you want a recruited Content Creator NPC to guard a specific room or entrance rather than following you into caves, craft a Lock out of 4 Rose Gold Ingots and place it into the lock slot inside their inventory to make them stay still.