Minecraft villages are auto-generated areas that contain a variety of buildings and villagers to live in. The buildings can contain chests with rare loot, and the villagers will trade you for valuable items if you have emeralds on hand, so finding one of these areas can be a huge bonus. You can find a village in Minecraft simply by exploring, but there is also a shortcut that makes the process a lot faster.

Villages are generated along with the rest of your world, but you can’t just find them anywhere. They appear in these five biomes: plains, savannah, taiga, snowy tundra, and desert. If you’re playing Bedrock Edition, you can also find them in snowy taiga, sunflower plains, taiga hills, and snowy taiga hills.

If you want to go out and find a village, keep in mind that they don't appear in all biomes. If you find yourself in a biome where no villages appear, keep moving quickly until you reach the next biome. If that biome doesn't match either, keep moving, and if you find a biome that actually has villages, explore it thoroughly and only move on once you've explored the entire biome.

The Minecraft Village Finder is a built-in tool that automatically finds the nearest one and gives you its location. If you don't want to randomly wander around hoping to stumble upon a village, this is the best way to find one quickly.