With Minecraft's villages, the logic of the world is partially exposed for me to puzzle over. In the new 1.18 update, the entire jigsaw has gotten tossed on the ground.

For one, there just isn’t enough variety. Every abandoned village looks more or less the same—some cobwebs here, a mossy block there, maybe a broken door if you’re lucky. That’s about it.

The Village Merchant is one of five new vendors added to Minecraft Dungeons, alongside the high-end salesman Luxury Merchant and the Blacksmith, and they'll sell you a wide variety of goods across ...