Minecraft players can increase their count of villagers by breeding them, but doing so has some interesting requirements.
For starters, Minecraft villagers require a sufficient amount of food and available unclaimed beds to breed. These beds require at least two blocks of space above them.
Villagers also breed depending on the time of day, which leads to a particular question: Is it possible to breed villagers underground? The answer is a little complicated, as villagers need access to the sky to breed correctly.
However, the community has found a way to work around this restriction without punching holes in their caves or underground villages roofs.
Minecraft: How a villager breeder can allow villagers to breed and live underground
If players are using the hole/skylight method, they’ll still need to increase the hidden “willingness” stat of their villagers. This can be accomplished by creating a small farm underground, complete with a composting block.
Any unemployed villager will attempt to claim the block and become a farmer. Once users have a farmer underground, the villager will accrue and share food with their fellow villagers.
Once villagers have enough food in their personal inventory, they’ll become willing to breed and do so as long as there are enough unclaimed beds. These beds (and the doors near them) will need skylights/holes to ensure that the offspring has a place to go once it spawns.


