Villagers are also willing to buy items from you by paying you with emeralds. See what other villagers are looking to trade with. For example, a brown robed villager will offer an emerald for a certain amount of wheat. Emeralds can be found by mining emerald ore and can usually be found in Extreme Hill biomes. However locating emerald ore is very uncommon and is more time consuming than initiating trades with villagers. The price of chain armor pieces vary. A Chain Helmet requires 5-6 emeralds, a Chain Chest plate requires 11-14 emeralds, a pair of Chain Leggings requires 9-10 emeralds and a pair of Chain Boots requires 5-6 emeralds.
The blacksmith may have a different occupation such as a Tool Smith or Weapon Smith. These types do not craft chain armor. If the village does not contain a blacksmith with the armorer job occupation, try finding another village.
If they do not have any chain armor pieces to trade with, trade with the last item they have in their list by clicking on the right arrow to reach the end of the list and initiate the trade. Close the trade GUI screen. There is a chance the armorer will appear with a glow. This means that they have advanced in their tier rating and may potentially have a piece of the chain armor available for trade. Repeat the process until the chain armor pieces become available.
If playing in hardcore mode, the game difficulty cannot be changed. Changing the difficulty to a harder mode provides a greater chance of being killed by mobs or starvation. The difficulty can be changed at any time during the game. Once you find the pieces of armor you can change the difficulty back down. Mobs do not wear armor on the Peaceful or Easy difficulty setting.
Try creating an area where the mob is not able to fight back, such as using slab blocks surrounded by regularly sized blocks that prevent movement. Mobs are not able to crawl under holes which makes it easier to attack them. A mob spawner will periodically generate mobs which can provide an advantage through farming techniques as you will know where the mobs appear at directly. Mob spawners for zombies and skeletons appear in underground dungeons. [3] X Research source To create a trap around mob spawners, light the area with torches around and on the spawner to prevent mobs from appearing due to the light. Once the trap is set, remove the torches to allow the mobs to spawn. Skeletons and zombies won’t fall from high places. You can use blocks such as signs around edges as they will treat them as blocks to stand on, only to fall below them. Be careful using signs in your traps as they can also act as a barrier for elemental blocks such as water.
A sword with a Looting enchantment has a greater chance of the mob to drop chain armor piece.
