During this time, players should keep their distance as the Zombie Villager's Strength increases during the curing process. Curing the Zombie Villager will take roughly 100 seconds in Minecraft's Bedrock Edition or between 180 to 300 seconds in Java Edition. Players can speed up the process by placing Iron Bars and a Bed nearby.
2) The curing method is not instantaneous. This leads to a whole plethora of issues, foremost of which is that the villagers who become cured, are soon re-infected by the zombie villagers who are in the red swirl state. Then, once THOSE villagers become cured, the zombie villagers whom they re-infected, do the same to them.
This Minecraft tutorial explains how to cure a zombie villager with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. When a zombie attacks a villager in Minecraft,
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