Iron golems in Minecraft

Iron golems are powerful guardians that protect villages from enemy mobs. They can spawn automatically or be built by the player and are also suitable for iron farms.

Written on May 28, 2025

Properties

  • Lives - 100 (50 hearts)

  • Attack Power - 7-21 damage (depending on difficulty and target)

Behavior:

  • Attack enemy mobs such as zombies, skeletons and illagers

  • Attack players when they hurt or provoke villagers

  • Do not attack creepers

Spawn conditions

Natural:

  • In villages with at least 3 villagers and 1 unoccupied bed

  • The villagers must have recently worked, slept and felt fear (e.g. from a zombie)

Player creation:

  • 4 iron blocks in a T shape + 1 carved pumpkin or jack-o'-lantern on top

  • Requires free space around the structure

Behavior & Mechanics

  • Move slowly, but can climb over 1-block obstacles

  • Grab with melee attack, fling opponents into the air

  • Neutral stance towards players until provoked

  • Can be repaired by "feeding" them iron ingots (right-click)

Possible uses

  • Village defense against raids

  • Mob farms (e.g. automatic iron golem farms for iron)

  • Decoration or role-playing (e.g. guards in towns or fortresses)

Tips

  • Build iron farms with villagers and beds to produce golems regularly

  • Protect villagers to encourage natural golem spawns

  • Keep your distance if you accidentally hit a villager - golems remember that!

Trivia

  • Iron golems can give flowers to baby villagers

  • They suffer fall damage, but no suffocation damage

  • They are the only non-animal mobs that can be created by players

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Overview

Developer

Mojang

Studio

Mojang

Release

May 17, 2009

Genres

Adventure, Open-World, Survival, Sandbox

Platforms

Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

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