Village Guards are, like Iron Golems, the protectors of larger villages (or towns). They look like armored villagers and carry a bow, which they use to attack threats to the village. The will patrol their village when not engaged in removing a threat. Village guards will attack most hostile mobs, and any players who attack villagers, or have too low reputation in the village. VIllage guards will also keep an eye out for other suspicious activities. Guards will also attack any players who attack a player who has the highest possible reputation in a village.

Village guards will normally spawn as part of the generation of Town Keeps, Watchtowers and Town Walls structures.

Players may assign guard duty to a normal villager if they are well respected in the village. To do this, the player will have to have maximum reputation in the village, and then they will have to give the villager a leather jacket. The villager may refuse, so persistence may be required. A villager is more likely to refuse the more trades it has unlocked. Some villagers will always refuse. When a villager is promoted to a guard, it cannot be returned to the original villager.