Mobs are living entities in Minecraft, and they can be seen almost everywhere. When exploring the world of Minecraft, players will often come across villagers and wandering traders.
Villagers have been in the game since the very beginning of Minecraft. Many changes were made to them and to the villages in the 1.14 Village & Pillage update. Compared to villagers, wandering traders are more recent as they were added to the game with the 1.14 update.
Minecraft mob comparison: Villagers vs wandering traders
Spawn location
Trading
Wandering traders can start offering items right after they have spawned, but villagers need to become a trader to do so. Players need to place a job site block next to the villager to turn into a trader.
Players might come across villagers that are already traders if there are job site blocks somewhere in the village.
Wandering traders usually sell naturally generated items that are related to nature, such as plants. Villagers can sell a wide variety of items depending on what type of trader they are. For example, a farmer villager can sell bread for emeralds.
Breeding
Players can breed two adult villagers by putting beds next to them and giving them bread, but wandering traders cannot breed. However, the villagers will only breed if they are willing to.
Drops
Both villagers and wandering traders do not drop any item upon death. However, if a wandering trader was killed when holding or drinking a milk bucket or potion, there is an 8.5% chance that it will drop that item.



