How To Make All Golems In Minecraft

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Iron golems are big, tough mobs that protect villagers. They can spawn inside a village naturally, but most naturally occurring villages are too small for this to happen. You can create your own iron golem in any up-to-date version of Minecraft, including Pocket Edition.

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Craft four iron blocks. To make one iron block, combine nine ingots in a crafting table. You'll need four blocks (36 ingots) to make one iron golem.
- If you're short on iron, learn how to find more quickly.
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Collect a pumpkin. Pumpkins can grow on any grass block with air above it (but not on tall grass or snow). Plains biomes are the easiest place to find them. You need one pumpkin (or jack o' lantern) for each iron golem.
- You only need one pumpkin to start a pumpkin farm and grow as many as you like. First, turn the pumpkin into four pumpkin seeds in the crafting screen. Plant the seeds in farmland next to water, leaving one empty dirt block for each seed. The pumpkins will grow onto the empty blocks.^[1]
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Find an open area. The space must be at least three blocks wide and three blocks tall, but it's a good idea to work in a larger space. If you craft the golem too close to a wall, there's a chance it spawns trapped inside the wall and suffocates.^[2]
- Break any tall grass or flowers in the area before you begin. These sometimes prevent the golem from spawning.^[3]
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Place the four iron blocks in a T shape. Place one iron block on the ground. Put the other three in a row on top of the first one, forming a "T." This will become the body of your iron golem.
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Place the pumpkin or jack-o-lantern on top of the T. Place it over the center block, so the structure looks a little like a cross. This will change immediately into an iron golem.
- The pumpkin must be the last block you place, or the iron golem will not spawn.

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Let your iron golem protect villages. If iron golems sense a village nearby, they will wander over there and patrol its buildings.^[4] This defense isn't as foolproof as a good wall and torches, but you get to see the golem hand flowers to the villagers.
- Unlike naturally spawning iron golems, your own creation will never attack you, even if you harm it or a villager.
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Fence your golem in instead. Put up barriers if you want your new iron golem to stay in place instead of wandering off to protect villagers. The iron golem will also stay put if you surround your house with vines.^[5]
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Attach a lead to the iron golem. You can use a lead to make the iron golem follow you, or to tie it to a fence (although it won't defend very well when tied up).^[6] Craft a lead using four string and one slimeball.

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What is the maximum number I can have?

SunPuppy

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There is no maximum. You can make one, ten, or 100, as many as you like. I think the more you make, the better, because they attack hostile mobs.
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Do the iron golems stay in one village, or do they move around?

They only stay in the village they're spawned in, unless leashed and moved by the player.
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If I hit the golem or a villager, will it attack me?

If you created it, no. If you didn't, then yes. It will attack mobs no matter who made it.
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Why do they wander off to protect the villages?

The Iron Golems were created because too many villagers were being attacked by monsters, with no way to defend themselves. Iron Golems will gravitate towards villages to protect them from the monsters.
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How do I make an Iron Golem on Xbox 360?

Take 4 iron blocks and place one on the bottom, then place a row of 3 on top of the first block. To finish, put a pumpkin or Jack o' lantern on top.
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How do I spawn him in computer edition 1.10.2?

Use the same method described here, with four iron blocks and a pumpkin on top. This works all the way back to official release 1.2.1, from March 2012.
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How do I make it in the 2D Mine Blocks game?

There is no iron golem in Mine Blocks yet as of November 2016. You can make a snow golem by placing two snow blocks on the ground (one on top of the other), then putting a pumpkin on top of them.
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Can we control it after spawning it?

No, you cannot, but you can attach a lead to make it follow you.
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How do I manipulate it when leashed?

You can't manipulate it, you can only make it follow you. The leash is used to make mobs follow you.
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Can I make an Iron Golem in creative mode?

Abigail Baskin

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Yes, the same way as in Survival.

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It's a good idea to build your barriers or pen before you create your golem.

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If you create a golem against a wall, it could spawn inside the wall, suffocate, and die.
You have to place the final block yourself for an iron golem to spawn - no pistons!
You cannot create a golem in the crafting table.
Although player-created golems are not supposed to attack you, some Pocket Edition players have reported a bug where they attack back when struck.^[7]

Things You'll Need

4 iron blocks (made from 36 iron ingots)
A pumpkin/ jack-o lantern

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To make an iron golem in Minecraft, start by placing 9 ingots in the crafting table to make an iron block, and repeat this process until you have 4 iron blocks. Then, gather a pumpkin from any grass block with air above it, and find an open area at least 3 blocks wide and 3 blocks tall. Place the 4 iron blocks in a "T" shape, with one block on the ground and the other three in a line above it. Once you've placed the iron, put the pumpkin directly on top of the "T" so that the structure makes a cross, and an iron golem will appear. If you want to learn how to use the iron golem to protect villages, keep reading the article!

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