Minecraft:Raid captain

Template:For Template:Infobox entity A raid captain or illager captain is the occurrence of an Minecraft:illager that spawns wearing an Minecraft:ominous banner on its head. It is usually a Minecraft:pillager or Minecraft:vindicator, or rarely Template:In an Minecraft:evoker. They are the only renewable source of both Minecraft:ominous banners and Minecraft:ominous bottles, which they drop when killed.

Spawning

Raid captains spawn in mostly the same conditions and occurrences as a regular Minecraft:illager, with a few exceptions.

Template:IN, a Minecraft:pillager raid captain can be spawned using the Template:Cmd command, and a Minecraft:vindicator raid captain (which is unused in-game) can be spawned using the Template:Cmd command.

Template:IN, pillagers, vindicators and evokers spawned from Minecraft:spawn eggs, Minecraft:monster spawners or Minecraft:trial spawners also have a small chance to spawn as a raid captain.

Spawnable as raid captain Template:In

Type of illager	Patrol	Raid	Pillager Outpost	Woodland Mansion	Commands (With Data Tag)	Commands (Without Data Tag)
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Spawnable as raid captain Template:In

Type of illager	Patrol	Raid	Pillager Outpost	Woodland Mansion	Commands (With Data Tag)	Commands (Without Data Tag)
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Patrols

Template:Main One pillager raid captain always spawns as part of a Minecraft:patrol, as the leader. These are referred to as “patrol captains” to avoid confusion.

Raids

Template:Main Template:IN, one raid captain spawns in each wave during a raid. They usually spawn within a group of pillagers, and sometimes spawns riding a Minecraft:ravager. When its ominous banner is dropped, other illagers rush and attempt to pick it up to become the new raid captain.

Template:IN, raid captains are unused and do not spawn naturally during raids, but the code for them is present.Template:Verify

Pillager outposts

Template:Main Pillager raid captains regularly spawn in a pillager outpost. Every pillager spawned has a small chance to be a raid captain.

Template:IN, only pillagers and passive Minecraft:mobs may spawn within a pillager outpost spawn area. Pillagers may spawn on any valid opaque block as long as the block Minecraft:light level is 8 or lower.

Template:IN, raid captains can only spawn first, meaning if there is any regular pillager left nearby, raid captain will never spawn.Template:Verify

Drops

General

Upon death, a raid captain can drop:

• 1 File:Illager Banner.png Minecraft:Ominous banner, unaffected by Minecraft:Looting and is always dropped.
• 1 Template:ItemLink, unaffected by Minecraft:Looting of a random level from 1-5. Raid captains that are within 96 blocks of a raid do not drop ominous bottles, also it must be registered as "killed by player" to drop ominous bottle.

Pillager

• 0–2 Template:ItemLink, dropping more with the presence of Minecraft:Looting, up to 5Template:Only.
• Its Template:ItemLink (may be loaded or unloaded), which has an 8.5% chance to be dropped (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III). It has a random durability and may be enchanted.

Vindicator

• 0–1 Template:ItemLink, with the maximum increasing by 1 for every level of Minecraft:Looting.
• Its Template:ItemLink, which has an 8.5% chance to be dropped (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III). It has a random durability and may be enchanted.

Evoker

• 1 Template:ItemLink, unaffected by Looting.
• 0–1 Template:ItemLink if killed by the player, with the maximum increased by 1 per level of Looting.

Illusioner

• Its Template:ItemLink, which has an 8.5% chance to be dropped (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III). It has a random durability and is unenchanted.

Raider

Template:IN, raid captains that spawn from raids can additionally drop:

• 0–1 Template:ItemLink

An additional drop is dependent on difficulty, with a 65% chance of dropping on easy and normal, and an 80% chance of dropping on hard.
They can drop one of the following items:

• 0–1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 2–3 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 4–5 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)
• 1 Template:ItemLink (Template:Frac chance)

Note:

• Raiders drop iron equipment in a damaged state, and the equipment has 50% chance of being enchanted with random enchantment.
• These drops are also affected by Minecraft:Looting enchantment.
• An emerald is both a regular raider drop and an additional raider drop.Template:Only

Behavior

Raid captains usually act the same as if they were a normal Minecraft:illager, but other illagers follow behind them (except for outpost captain), and usually the captain takes the lead ahead of the other illagers. Once a raid captain is killed by a player, an Minecraft:ominous bottle is dropped that if drank, grant Minecraft:Bad Omen, which can transform into Minecraft:Raid Omen in a Minecraft:village to start a Minecraft:raid, or into Minecraft:Trial Omen when seen by a non-ominous Minecraft:trial spawner, to start an Minecraft:ominous trial.The captain also drops its File:Illager Banner.png Minecraft:ominous banner as well, and it can be picked up by another illager for it to become the captain.

When targeting an enemy, raid captains alert other illagers, witches, and ravagers within an eight block radius to attack the enemy.

Data values

ID

Template:El:

Entity	Identifier
Template:EntitySprite Evoker	evoker
Template:EntitySprite Vindicator	vindicator
Template:EntitySprite Pillager	pillager
Template:EntitySprite Illusioner	illusioner
Template:EntitySprite Template:EntitySprite Template:EntitySprite Template:EntitySprite Entity Tag	#raiders

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Entity	Identifier	Numeric ID
Template:EntitySprite Evoker	evocation_illager	104
Template:EntitySprite Vindicator	vindicator	57
Template:EntitySprite Pillager	pillager	114

History

Trivia

• Ominous banners equip on raid captains’ helmet slot Template:In. Template:IN, ominous banners equip on illager captains’ chestplate slot.

Gallery

Renders

• The Ominous Banner
  The Ominous Banner
• A raid captain vindicator, before 18w45a.
  A raid captain vindicator, before 18w45a.
• A vindicator patrol captain before beta 1.18.0.20. (Unused mob)
  A vindicator patrol captain before beta 1.18.0.20. (Unused mob)

Screenshots

• Illager banner with long pole in Bedrock edition. It equips on pillager captain chestplates slot.
  Illager banner with long pole in Bedrock edition. It equips on pillager captain chestplates slot.
• A raid captain spawned via a monster spawner.
  A raid captain spawned via a monster spawner.

In other media

• A pillager raid captain within Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
  A pillager raid captain within Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
• A vindicator raid captain within Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
  A vindicator raid captain within Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
• Lego Minecraft:pillager raid captain.
  Lego Minecraft:pillager raid captain.