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Iron Golem in Minecraft, shown for the Hired Help advancement (Adventure tab)
Iron Golem in Minecraft, shown here for Hired Help in the Adventure tab. Image: A golem raises up Sunny.jpeg from minecraft.wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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Hired Help advancement icon in Minecraft, Carved Pumpkin in easy difficulty

Hired Help

Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village

Requirements: Build an iron golem by placing 4 iron blocks in a T-shape and putting a carved pumpkin on top.

Hired Help advancement icon in MinecraftGoal Reached!Hired Help

Overview

Hired Help is a goal advancement in the Adventure tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village." It branches directly off What a Deal!, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Adventure tab covers advancements focused on exploration, combat, trading, and interacting with the world and its inhabitants. Hired Help was added in Minecraft 1.12 and is still in the 26.2 advancement set.

It is rated Easy difficulty on this site: can be completed quickly with minimal resources. Good for beginners. It is classed as a goal advancement, which renders with the rounded goal frame in the menu and marks a notable objective along the way rather than a trivial step. Nothing else in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf at the tip of its branch.

In tree terms, Hired Help sits second along its line: the full path from the Adventure root reads Adventure -> What a Deal! -> Hired Help. That means 2 advancements must be completed before this one becomes available, and Hired Help is one of 47 total advancements in the Adventure tab. It shares its parent, What a Deal!, with one sibling, Star Trader, which unlocks from the same point.

How to Complete Hired Help

Earning Hired Help comes down to the following, performed in order:

  1. Build an iron golem by placing 4 iron blocks in a T-shape and putting a carved pumpkin on top.
  2. The golem will defend nearby villagers from hostile mobs.

Tips & Fastest Route

  • Fastest route: Place 4 iron blocks in a T and top it with a carved pumpkin to build an iron golem.
  • The pumpkin must be placed last, and it must be a carved pumpkin, not a plain one.
  • It doesn't need a village: any golem you build yourself counts, and a jack o'lantern works as the head too.
  • Make sure What a Deal! is already ticked off before you start, otherwise Hired Help will not be tracked even if you perform the steps correctly.
  • This is one of the more approachable Adventure advancements, so it is a good early target while you build toward the harder entries deeper in the branch.

Common Mistakes

  • Remember that Hired Help will not appear as available until What a Deal! is done, since the game only tracks an advancement once its parent has been unlocked.

Reward & What It Unlocks

Hired Help grants no experience directly; its value is progression rather than a point payout.

It is a leaf advancement, so nothing further unlocks from it; it stands as a completed tip of its branch.

Details

Advancement ID
minecraft:adventure/summon_iron_golem
Category
Adventure
Difficulty
Easy
XP Reward
None
Version Added
1.12

Advancement Tree

Child Advancements

Leaf advancement (no children)