Minecraft wiki entry for Survival_in_an_infinite_desert, associated text: The immediate problem when you have found your first village is that you are probably still weakly equipped, and the from the first night you stay in the village you risk drawing normal mob attacks on the villagers or (for a large village) causing a zombie siege on the village. So what you need to do is build a shelter near the village, but outside of its radius (at least 33 blocks), and go into the village only during the day. You might want to just collect food (remember to replant it) and the crafting table, and any tools, and leave.