How to turn a Villager into a Witch in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to turn a villager into a witch with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

When a villager is struck by lightning in Minecraft, the villager is transformed into a witch.

Villager

villager

Witch

witch

With a few simple steps, you can change any villager into a witch yourself. Let's explore how to do this in the game.

Required Materials

In Minecraft, these are the required materials to turn a villager into a witch:

Steps to turn a Villager into a Witch

1. Find a Villager

First, you need to find a villager and build a fence around him so that the villager can't run away. In Minecraft, villagers can be found in the Plains biome or Desert biome in villages.

Plains Village

village

Desert Village

desert village

In this example, we've placed the villager inside of a nether brick fence so that the fence doesn't burn when the lightning strikes. Other fence types (ie: wooden fences) are flamable and may burn away from fire caused by the lightning.

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Here are some of the materials you can use to build a fence:

2. Strike the Villager with Lightning

Next, you need to strike the villager with lightning. If you are running Minecraft PC, you can easily create a lightning bolt with a game command.

So stand next to the villager. Then summon a lightning bolt by typing the following game command:

/summon LightningBolt
TIP: When you summon the lightning bolt, it will strike close to you and cause you damage in Survival mode. If you don't want to get hurt, switch to Creative mode and then summon the lightning bolt.

To enter a command in Minecraft, open the chat window and then type the command. As you are typing, you will see the command appear in the lower left corner of the game window.

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3. Villager will Transform into Witch

Once the cheat has been entered, you will hear the sound of thunder and see a flash of light. The lightning bolt will strike near the villager and turn the villager into a witch.

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You will see the message "Object successfully summoned" appear in the lower left corner of the game window to indicate that the lightning bolt has been summoned.

WARNING: When the lightning bolt strikes, it may start a fire. Keep your valuables safe so that they don't catch on fire!

Congratulations, you just learned how to use lightning to turn a villager into a witch in Minecraft.

Things to Do with Villagers

Here are some activities that you can do with villagers in Minecraft: