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{{about|the antagonistic variant of the [[Minecraft:villager]]|the zombie variant|Zombie Villager|the non-illager humanoid mob|Witch|other uses}}
[[File:All Illagers.png|thumb|Every illager in ''[[Java Edition|Minecraft: Java Edition,]]'' from left to right: a [[Minecraft:pillager]], a [[Minecraft:vindicator]], an [[Minecraft:evoker]], and an [[Minecraft:illusioner]].]]

'''Illagers'''<ref>"The Illagers were created because we were talking about having some kind of generic, evil soldier mob in the game—slightly more intelligent than skeletons. It felt natural to have an evil villager. We figured they were ill-willed villagers and so from the beginning they were supposed to be "Ill Villagers". And then Tommaso suggested they should be EVIL-agers—and then we cut it down to just Illagers."-[[Minecraft:Jens Bergensten]]-{{Mcnet|meet-vindicator|Meet the Vindicator|June 20, 2017}}</ref> are a type of [[Minecraft:hostile mob]] that regularly [[Minecraft:Mob spawning|spawn]] in [[Minecraft:woodland mansion]]s, [[Minecraft:patrol]]s, [[Minecraft:raid]]s, and [[Minecraft:pillager outpost]]s.

Illagers are hostile toward [[Minecraft:player]]s, adult [[Minecraft:villager]]s, [[Minecraft:wandering trader]]s, [[Minecraft:snow golem]]s,{{only|BE|short=1}} and [[Minecraft:iron golem]]s. Illagers come in three (or four{{only|java|short=1}}) classes: [[Minecraft:pillager]], [[Minecraft:vindicator]], [[Minecraft:evoker]], and unused [[Minecraft:illusioner]].{{only|java|short=1}} {{IN|Java}}, all of these mobs are also part of the illager [[Minecraft:entity tag]]. All illagers are afraid of [[Minecraft:creaking]]s.

[[Minecraft:Ravager]]s and [[Minecraft:witch]]es can spawn in raids and join patrols. These mobs do not count as illagers, but they do count as '''raiders'''.

[[Minecraft:Vex]]es are only encountered when summoned by evokers, but they do not count as illagers or raiders.

== Properties ==
All raiders (and, by extension, all illagers) share the following properties:
* They are part of the {{cd|#raider}} [[Minecraft:entity tag]].
* They can join [[Minecraft:patrol]]s.
* They participate in [[Minecraft:raid]]s.
* They gain the [[Minecraft:Glowing]] effect whenever a [[Minecraft:bell]] is rung within 32 blocks' distance.{{only|java}}
* They follow illager [[Minecraft:raid captain|captains]].
** They follow orders given by captains.{{only|java}}
* [[Minecraft:Witch]]es throw [[Minecraft:splash potion]]s of [[Minecraft:Instant Health]] and [[Minecraft:Regeneration]] at them during [[Minecraft:raid]]s.

All illagers share the following properties exclusive to them:
* All illagers are also raiders and possess all properties specific to raiders.
* They are classified as {{cd|Illager}} in the game code.
* They are part of the {{cd|#illager}} [[Minecraft:entity tag]].
* They are immune to the [[Minecraft:Raid Omen]] effect.
* They can wear [[Minecraft:ominous banner]]s and become [[Minecraft:raid captain|captains]].
** Raid captains can give orders to other illagers and raiders.{{only|java}}
* They cannot be damaged by [[Minecraft:evoker fangs]].
* They cannot be damaged by [[Minecraft:ravager]] roars.
* They flee from [[Minecraft:creaking]]s that are closer than 8 blocks' distance.
* They may spawn as [[Minecraft:ravager jockey]]s in raids.
* The mob does not [[Minecraft:Mob infighting|fight back]] when hit by an [[Minecraft:arrow]] shot by a [[Minecraft:pillager]] or [[Minecraft:illusioner]].{{only|java}}{{Needs testing|java=1|bedrock=1|Does this apply to illagers only or to all raiders? Also, this same page mentions this behaviour is different in Bedrock Edition.}}
* The mob attacks villagers but ignores [[Minecraft:baby villager]]s. {{IN|be}}, vindicators named "[[Minecraft:Easter eggs#"Johnny"|Johnny]]" will also attack baby villagers.{{Needs testing|Is this Bedrock-only or does it also happen in Java?}}
* "[[Minecraft:Easter eggs#"Johnny"|Johnny]]" vindicators do not attack them. Note that this does not apply to vexes or non-illager raiders.

[[Minecraft:Vex]]es are neither raiders nor illagers, and do not necessarily have any of the properties listed above.{{Needs testing}}

== List of mobs ==
=== Illagers ===
* {{EntityLink|Evoker}}
* {{EntityLink|Illusioner}}{{only|java|short=1}}
* {{EntityLink|Pillager}}
* {{EntityLink|Vindicator}}

=== Raiders ===
* {{EntityLink|Ravager}}
* {{EntityLink|Witch}}

=== Other allies ===
* {{EntityLink|Vex}}

Ravagers and vexes are also under the Illager section in the [[Minecraft:spawn egg]]s tab in the [[Minecraft:creative inventory]].

== Occurrences ==
Illagers spawn naturally in [[Minecraft:patrol]]s. Illagers and raiders spawn during [[Minecraft:raid]]s:
* Pillagers (including one patrol captain) spawn in patrols.
* All illagers and raiders (except for [[Minecraft:illusioner]]s) can spawn in raids. Ravagers only spawn during raids.

They will also spawn in their respective [[Minecraft:structure]]s:
* Pillagers spawn in [[Minecraft:pillager outpost]]s.
* Vindicators and evokers spawn in [[Minecraft:woodland mansion]]s when they are generated.
* Witches spawn in [[Minecraft:witch hut]]s.

The vindicators and evokers that spawn naturally in woodland mansions do not despawn. They also do not respawn when killed.

Vexes only spawn when summoned by evokers.

Witches rarely spawn as standard [[Minecraft:hostile mob]]s in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]].

[[Minecraft:Illusioner]]s{{only|je|short=1}} do not spawn naturally and can be summoned only through commands.

=== Raid captains ===
{{main|Raid captain}}
All illagers have a small chance to be a [[Minecraft:raid captain]] wearing an [[Minecraft:ominous banner]] when spawned using a [[Minecraft:spawn egg]]{{only|java|short=1}} or when summoned by commands.{{Needs testing|I seem to recall evokers and vindicators spawning in woodland mansions wearing ominous banners in Java Edition. Is this still the case or did something change?}}

Raid captains naturally spawn in raids{{only|java|short=1}}. One raid captain is spawned during each wave as the “leader” of that wave. When the raid captain is killed and drops its ominous banner, other nearby illagers attempt to pick up the banner to become the new raid captain.

One pillager raid captain (also called a patrol captain) spawns in patrols.

{{IN|JE}}, other illagers and raiders follow the orders of the raid captain, attacking any target the raid captain attacks.

{{IN|JE}}, the ominous banner equips on the illager's helmet slot. {{IN|BE}}, the ominous banner equips on the illager's chestplate slot.

Raiders that are not illagers cannot be captains.

=== Ravager jockeys ===
{{main|Ravager Jockey}}
An illager can spawn riding a ravager, creating a [[Minecraft:ravager jockey]]. The rider can be a pillager, vindicator, or evoker. {{IN|JE}}, illusioners can also be summoned as ravager jockeys through commands.

They naturally spawn only in certain waves during raids. {{IN|JE}}, the rider can also be a raid captain.

; ''Java Edition''
A pillager-ravager jockey spawns in wave 5. A vindicator-ravager jockey and an evoker-ravager jockey in wave 7. 1-2 vindicator-ravager jockeys and an evoker-ravager jockey also spawn in the extra wave (wave 8) in Hard [[Minecraft:difficulty]].

; ''Bedrock Edition''
A pillager-ravager jockey spawns in wave 5. A pillager-ravager jockey and an evoker-ravager jockey spawn in wave 7.
Vindicator-ravager jockeys do not spawn during raids, and can be spawned only with commands.

=== Events ===
{{main|Patrol|Raid}}
Illagers have their own in-game events, led by raid captains{{only|JE|short=1}}:
* [[Minecraft:Patrol]] — a naturally spawned group of several [[Minecraft:pillager]]s led by a patrol captain roaming the landscape.
* [[Minecraft:Raid]] — an [[Minecraft:ominous event]] in which waves of illagers and raiders spawn and attack a [[Minecraft:village]] while a [[Minecraft:goat horn]] blares. {{IN|JE}}, a raid captain spawns in each wave alongside the other illagers, usually with a vindicator as the captain. A raid is triggered when a player with the [[Minecraft:Bad Omen]] status effect enters a village, where it transforms into [[Minecraft:Raid Omen]] and starts the raid if not removed after 30 seconds. Raiders and villagers both have unique behaviors during a raid. {{IN|BE}}, any killed raiders drop special loot, such as [[Minecraft:armor]] and [[Minecraft:enchanted book]]s. The raiders and villagers celebrate after defeating or saving a village, respectively.

=== Effects ===
{{main|Bad Omen|Raid Omen|Hero of the Village}}
Killing a raid captain drops an [[Minecraft:ominous bottle]] of a random level (I-V), which grant the [[Minecraft:Bad Omen]] effect of the same level when {{ctrl|drank}} by a [[Minecraft:player]]. When that player enters a village, it becomes [[Minecraft:Raid Omen]]. If the Raid Omen effect is not removed, after 30 seconds a raid begins where the player obtained the Raid Omen. The level of the effect increases the enchantment power of pillagers' and vindicators' crossbows and axes, respectively, and omens with a level higher than 1 cause an extra wave of raiders to occur {{only|java|short=1}}.
When all waves have been defeated in a raid, the [[Minecraft:Hero of the Village]] effect is given, which decreases prices when trading with villagers. The level of the effect scales with the level of the omen that triggered the raid.

== Rune ==
{{Main|MCD:Illageralt}}
[[File:Illageralt alphabet.png|thumb|right|The illageralt alphabet.|link=Special:FilePath/Illageralt alphabet.png]]
Illagers have an alphabet called <code>illageralt</code>, a rune font from ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons]]''. This font is currently usable only {{in|java}} via commands.

== ''Java Edition'' ==
All illagers ignore baby villagers, but may still hit them by accident.

Illagers do not retaliate when hit by a missed [[Minecraft:arrow]] shot by a pillager or illusioner.

All illagers and raiders within 48 blocks of a [[Minecraft:bell]] that has been rung gain three seconds of the [[Minecraft:Glowing]] effect, effectively highlighting them through walls.

=== Reinforcements ===
On all difficulty levels, damaged illager mobs call all other illagers of their respective type within an area centered on the attacked illager to target the attacker, as long as the attacker is a non-illager. For example, nearby pillagers will attack a skeleton that injures another pillager, but pillagers do not aid a vindicator hit by a skeleton.{{more info|Penalty mechanics of the "likeliness to call reinforcement" of illagers. (Pillagers are not affected by this mechanic.)}}

=== Raids ===
During raids, [[Minecraft:vindicator]]s can open doors like [[Minecraft:villager]]s. They can also break [[Minecraft:wooden door]]s in Normal or Hard difficulty, if they cannot open the door successfully.<ref>{{bug|MC-255749||Non-raider vindicator cannot chop down wooden doors.}}</ref> Evokers and illusioners gain high movement speed without any effect.

A raid captain spawns in each wave with other raiders, usually with a vindicator as the captain.

Illagers pick up [[Minecraft:ominous banner]]s dropped by [[Minecraft:raid captain]]s and become the new raid captain. If the raid captain is still alive, they do not pick up a banner dropped from a previous wave or thrown by a player.

=== Patrols ===
All illagers, ravagers, and witches actively join nearby patrols. If a "Johnny" vindicator joins a patrol, all patrol members assume the "Johnny" vindicator's aggressive behavior.

== ''Bedrock Edition'' ==
All illagers and [[Minecraft:vex]]es ignore baby villagers, but pillagers may still shoot them by accident, But if a [[Minecraft:vindicator]] is named Johnny, then they kill them.

A [[Minecraft:dispenser]] can equip an evoker, vindicator, or pillager with [[Minecraft:armor]]. However, no armor is visible on them and no armor drops upon death.

[[Minecraft:Pillager]]s and ravagers do not purposefully attack other illagers. However, non-pillagers and non-[[Minecraft:ravager]]s do attack pillagers who hit them with missed [[Minecraft:arrow]]s.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-42373||Vindicators/Evokers attack Pillagers when hit by them}}</ref> Vindicators and evokers retaliate against a pillager if the pillager accidentally hits the vindicator or evoker with an arrow, although the evoker fang deals no damage to pillagers. Vexes summoned by an injured evoker can still attack the pillager.

A "[[Minecraft:Raid#Raid wave composition|ravager with vindicator rider]]" is unused {{in|bedrock}} and can only be summoned with the following command below:

{{Cd|code=/summon ravager ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ minecraft:spawn_with_vindicator_rider}}

After the [[Minecraft:Texture Update]], illagers still use the [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.14]] snapshot texture, including some of the Marketplace textures (for example, the pillager's arms).<ref>{{bug|MCPE-48628||Pillager has broken arm texture}}</ref> Also, a ravager's left leg texture {{in|be}} is different from that {{in|je}}, where it uses it's right leg texture instead.

== Videos ==
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== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w39a|Added [[Minecraft:vindicator]]s and [[Minecraft:evoker]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12|dev=17w16a|Added [[Minecraft:illusioner]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|Added [[Minecraft:pillager]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=21w37a|Added illageralt.
|Illagers no longer attack baby villagers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w17a|Changed the illager's models.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.2|dev=24w40a|exp=Winter Drop|Illagers are now afraid of the [[Minecraft:creaking]].}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|Added [[Minecraft:vindicator]]s and [[Minecraft:evoker]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.0|dev=beta 1.9.0.0|exp=Experimental Gameplay|Added [[Minecraft:pillager]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.1|Illagers no longer attack baby [[Minecraft:villager]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.40|dev=beta 1.17.40.20|Armor is no longer visible on vindicators and pillagers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.40|dev=Preview 1.19.40.21|Ravagers are no longer illagers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.70|dev=Preview 1.20.70.21|Illagers no longer retaliate from a missed arrow by a pillager.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU54|xbone=CU44|ps3=1.52|psvita=1.52|ps4=1.52|wiiu=Patch 24|switch=1.0.4|Added [[Minecraft:vindicator]]s, [[Minecraft:evoker]]s and [[Minecraft:illusioner]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|Added [[Minecraft:pillager]]s.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.19|Added [[Minecraft:vindicator]]s and [[Minecraft:evoker]]s.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* During the development of {{MCD}}, Mojang decided that the game needed a significantly larger number of hostile mobs than existed at the time. This lead to the creation of a generically evil faction in the illagers that could be used in any sort of spin-off media.<ref name=":0">[https://archive.org/details/minecraft-game-design/page/n41/mode/2up Minecraft Game Design]</ref>
** [[Minecraft:Jeb]] stated that illagers could have any agenda or skills necessary to fuel a story's plot. However, these skills should lean more toward being magic-oriented than technical.<ref name=":0" />
* According to ''[[Minecraft: Mobestiary]]'', illagers were "expelled" from villages due to their "unspeakable activities."
* [[Minecraft:Witch]]es ally with the illagers during raids. [[Minecraft:Cory Scheviak]] jokingly explained that witches spawned in raids are just along for the ride.<ref>{{bug|MC-182733|"Witches aren't illagers - they are just along for the ride!"|Cory Scheviak}}</ref>
* According to Jeb, illagers were originally called "ill-willed villagers" or "illvillagers", but "evillagers" and "illagers" were also suggested. The lattermost option was chosen as it was the shortest.<ref name=":0" />
** Following that, "illager" is "fybo" (bad villager) in Swedish, from "bybo" (villager), since it creates the same pun and meaning as the English term.<ref name=":0" />
* Apart from the evoker, all other illagers were originally designed with blue eyes. This includes the illager pattern on the [[Minecraft:ominous banner]], the early concept artwork for pillagers and their [[Minecraft:MCD:Pillager|variants]] in Minecraft Dungeons, and the illusioner in Java Edition.
** Following the [[Minecraft:Texture Update]], the eye color of all illagers was uniformly changed to the evoker's green.
** In subsequent versions, only the vindicator's eye color was reverted to blue again.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Evoker.png|An [[Minecraft:evoker]].
Evoker with Ominous Banner.png|An [[Minecraft:evoker]] [[Minecraft:raid captain]].
Ravager Jockey (Evoker) with Ominous Banner.png|An [[Minecraft:evoker]] [[Minecraft:raid captain]] riding a [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Ravager Jockey (Evoker).png|An [[Minecraft:evoker]] riding a [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Evoker Summoning Fangs.png|An [[Minecraft:evoker]] summoning [[Minecraft:evoker fangs]].
Evoker Summoning Vexes.png|An [[Minecraft:evoker]] summoning [[Minecraft:vex]]es.
Illusioner.png|An [[Minecraft:illusioner]].
Illusioner Aiming.png|An [[Minecraft:illusioner]] aiming.
Illusioner Casting.png|An [[Minecraft:illusioner]] casting a spell.
Illusioner with Ominous Banner.png|An [[Minecraft:illusioner]] [[Minecraft:raid captain]].
Ravager Jockey (Illusioner) with Ominous Banner.png|An [[Minecraft:illusioner]] [[Minecraft:raid captain]] riding a [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Ravager Jockey (Illusioner).png|An [[Minecraft:illusioner]] riding a [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Pillager.png|A [[Minecraft:pillager]].
Pillager Aiming with Crossbow JE.png|A [[Minecraft:pillager]] aiming.
Pillager with Ominous Banner.png|A [[Minecraft:pillager]] [[Minecraft:raid captain]].
Ravager Jockey (Pillager) with Ominous Banner.png|A [[Minecraft:pillager]] [[Minecraft:raid captain]] riding a [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Ravager Jockey (Pillager).png|A [[Minecraft:pillager]] riding a [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Ravager JE1.png|A [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Vex JE4.png|A [[Minecraft:vex]].
Vex Attacking JE3 BE3.png|A vex attacking.
Vindicator.png|A [[Minecraft:vindicator]].
Vindicator attacking.png|A [[Minecraft:vindicator]] attacking.
Vindicator with Ominous Banner.png|A [[Minecraft:vindicator]] [[Minecraft:raid captain]].
Ravager Jockey (Vindicator) with Ominous Banner.png|A [[Minecraft:vindicator]] [[Minecraft:raid captain]] riding a [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Ravager Jockey (Vindicator).png|A [[Minecraft:vindicator]] riding a [[Minecraft:ravager]].
Witch JE3.png|A [[Minecraft:witch]].
Witch drinking.png|A [[Minecraft:witch]] drinking a [[Minecraft:potion]].
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
PatrolLookingVillagerSecretly.png|A [[Minecraft:patrol]] near a [[Minecraft:village]].
Illagers attacking a villager.jpg|Three [[Minecraft:pillager]]s and two [[Minecraft:vindicator]]s chasing a nitwit [[Minecraft:villager]].
Illager beast destroying leaves.png|A [[Minecraft:ravager]] destroying [[Minecraft:leaves]].
Illager Mobs.png|Every illager in ''[[Minecraft:Java Edition|Minecraft: Java Edition]]'', a [[Minecraft:vex]], and a [[Minecraft:ravager]], prior to version [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.19.3|1.19.3]].
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
Mojang114.jpg|An official promotional artwork for the [[Minecraft:Village & Pillage]] update, by [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]].
Vindicator Mobestiary.jpg|The entry on the [[Minecraft:vindicator]] in [[Minecraft: Mobestiary|''Minecraft: Mobestiary'']].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[Minecraft:Mob]]
* [[Minecraft:Animal]]
* [[Minecraft:Aquatic]]
* [[Minecraft:Arthropod]]
* [[Minecraft:Jockey]]
* [[Minecraft:Monster]]
* [[Minecraft:Undead]]

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