Minecraft:Allay

Template:Redirect Template:Infobox entity An allay is a small flying Minecraft:passive mob that follows the Minecraft:player who has Template:Control an Minecraft:item, or any Minecraft:note block it has heard in the last 30 seconds. It searches for and collects dropped instances of its held item and drops them near the player or note block it is currently following.

Spawning

File:Two Allays Pillager Outpost.png

Two allays in a cage near a pillager outpost

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Two allays inside a woodland mansion cell

Allays spawn only during world generation, but they can also be duplicated; see Template:Section link below.

Allays have a 50% chance of spawning in dark oak cages near Minecraft:pillager outposts in groups of 1-3. Allays also have a 50% chance to spawn inside jail cells within Minecraft:woodland mansions in groups of 1-3.

Drops

Upon death, allays drop the item they are holding. Besides this, allays drop no other items or experience.

Behavior

The allay's luminous texture allows it to be seen clearly in the dark, although it doesn't illuminate its surroundings. With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, allays are emissive and have a blue glow in the dark.

The allay is small, peaceful, and flies aimlessly until a player gives it an Minecraft:item with their Template:Control key. The allay starts following the player and seeks out dropped versions of the same item to deliver them to the player. The allay returns to wandering around if any player takes its item back by Template:Control an empty hand on it.

The allay locks onto the player who last gave it an item. This allay follows the player from within a 64-block radius sphere and seeks items within a 32-block radius sphere from the player. After delivering items, the allay has a delay of three seconds until it can seek items again. An allay has a single inventory slot to hold a stack of items (usually 64 items) in addition to the item it got from the player. While the allay does not discern Minecraft:enchantments, special item names, or items in Minecraft:shulker boxes when it seeks, it still carries such items in separate trips.

Allays don't pick up any items if the Minecraft:game rule Template:Cmd is Template:Cd, but the player can still give the allay items with the Template:Control key.

If the allay hears a Minecraft:note block play within 16 blocks of its location while delivering items, it instead delivers its items to the note block. Then it spends 30 seconds around that particular note block, seeking items around it and returning them to it instead of its player. The allay returns to targeting its player after 30 seconds. A vibration particle emanates from the note block and reaches the allay to indicate that the allay has locked onto the note block. While an allay is focused on a note block, it responds only to sound from that note block, which resets the time until the allay loses interest. This in principle allows allays to focus on a single note block while other note blocks are playing in the vicinity, thus allowing many allays to work in parallel with different note blocks. Because the allay and the note block interact via a vibration particle, placing Minecraft:wool between the note block and the allay can prevent this sound interaction.

The allay can pick up items within a radius of about 1.3 blocks from itself and drop items up to 3 blocks away from its player or note block.

An allay performs a dance animation when there is a nearby Minecraft:jukebox playing. If the jukebox stops playing or if the allay gets too far away from the jukebox, it stops dancing.

The allay cannot enter water, although it attempts to gather underwater items.

Allays cannot be harmed by their interacting owners. If they are harmed by another source, they fly away for a few seconds. When killed, allays drop the items they were holding. If an allay dies while holding a Minecraft:totem of undying, it instead returns to full health and the totem is destroyed, as with any mob holding a totem of undying. Allays naturally regenerate Template:Hp per second if damaged.

Template:IN, Template:Control a named Minecraft:name tag performs the item's normal function, and it's impossible to give it to the allay. However, tethering an allay to a fence Template:Control a Minecraft:lead will allow the player to give it to it. Template:IN, Template:Control a lead or a named name tag gives it to the allay, and the player can trigger the item's normal function by Template:Control.

Despite being flying mobs, allays can destroy Minecraft:turtle eggs when on top of them.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Allay duplication

File:Allay breeding.png

An allay duplicating.

If an allay is given an Minecraft:amethyst shard while it is dancing due to a nearby Minecraft:jukebox playing any Minecraft:music disc, it splits into two allays (itself and a new allay) and the amethyst shard is consumed. After duplication, both allays have a five-minute cooldown before being able to duplicate again. Allays do not have a baby form.

When the duplication occurs, the second allay is freshly spawned in the same location as the allay being given the amethyst shard; it doesn't retain the original allay's attributes such as its custom name or attributes set via the use of Minecraft:commands.

Teleportation

Template:Exclusive When a player teleports through a Minecraft:Nether portal, the player's allay teleports to them, even if it does not enter the portal.

When a player teleports through an Minecraft:End portal, the allay teleports to Minecraft:the End only if a player gives the allay an item before teleporting and must be nearby the player as they teleport.

Allays holding an item follow the player through a portal if they are 21 blocks horizontally from the player or if they are within 22 blocks vertically of the player's legs. Allays do not travel through portals regardless of how close they are if they are tethered to a fence with a Minecraft:lead.

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Sounds

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Data values

ID

Template:JE: Template:ID table

Template:BE: Template:ID table

Entity data

Allays have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

Template:JE: Template:Main

<section begin="entity data" />

• Template:Nbt Entity data
  • Template:Nbt inherit/entity
  • Template:Nbt inherit/mob
  • Template:Nbt: The allay's duplication cooldown in ticks. This is set to Template:Convert when the allay duplicates.
  • Template:Nbt: List of items the allay has picked up. This list can contain at most one compound tag. The item given by the player to the allay is stored in its Template:Cd tag, not here.
    • Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot
  • Template:Nbt: The vibration event listener of this allay.
    • Template:Nbt: Nonnegative integer.
    • Template:Nbt: Optional.
      • Template:Nbt: Nonnegative integer.
      • Template:Nbt: A resource location of the game event.
      • Template:Nbt: Three doubles representing the X, Y, and Z coordinates.
      • Template:Nbt: Optional. The projectile owner's Minecraft:UUID. The 128-bit UUID is stored as four 32-bit integers, ordered from most to least significant.
      • Template:Nbt: Optional. The source entity's Minecraft:UUID. The 128-bit UUID is stored as four 32-bit integers, ordered from most to least significant.
    • Template:Nbt: Nonnegative integer.
    • Template:Nbt: Nonnegative integer.
    • Template:Nbt: Nonnegative integer.
    • Template:Nbt: Position source.
      • Template:Nbt: A resource location of the position source type.
      • For type Template:Cd
        • Template:Nbt: X, Y, and Z coordinates.
      • For type Template:Cd
        • Template:Nbt: The entity's Minecraft:UUID. The 128-bit UUID is stored as four 32-bit integers, ordered from most to least significant.
        • Template:Nbt:

<section end="entity data" />

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See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Achievements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

Advancements

Advancements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

Trivia

• The allay was originally planned for the Minecraft:Nether Update.<ref name="TSM Allay">Template:Ytl</ref>
• Some previous names considered for the allay were the wisp and the pixie.<ref name="TSM Allay">Template:Ytl</ref>
• The allays were created to solve the problem of how players would build structures and collect resources in Template:MCL while focusing on defending the Overworld.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• Allay duplication uses amethyst shards because it is renewable, has a sound that fits with the allay, and makes Minecraft:amethyst geodes more valuable.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref><ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• According to the Meet the Allay article on Minecraft:Minecraft.net, the reason allays can be tamed by players is because they form a "magical connection" when players give them an item. This bond is what prevents players from accidentally harming their allay.<ref name="meet-allay">Template:Mcnet</ref>
• Originally, Mojang considered having allays naturally spawn within Minecraft:forest biomes. However, the reason they went with Minecraft:pillager outposts and Minecraft:woodland mansions was because they wanted to highlight the companionship aspect.<ref name="meet-allay"/>
  • This wound up being referenced in Minecraft:Minecraft Mash-Up, where an allay is shown living in a birch forest.
• The Minecraft Live 2025 song, Infinite Interstitial - Allay, has an allay dying at the end.

Gallery

Renders

• An allay holding an item
  An allay holding an item
• An allay idling
  An allay idling
• An allay flying
  An allay flying
• An allay flying in a different angle
  An allay flying in a different angle
• An allay dancing
  An allay dancing

Development images

• The first in game image of the allay being teased in the top middle by Ulraf
  The first in game image of the allay being teased in the top middle by Ulraf
• An allay in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.30.22
  An allay in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.18.30.22
• A few allays trapped in a cage in a savanna outpost in Bedrock Edition
  A few allays trapped in a cage in a savanna outpost in Bedrock Edition

Concept artwork

• One of the early concepts for the allay. This concept of the allay turned into the Template:MCD from Template:MCD
  One of the early concepts for the allay. This concept of the allay turned into the Template:MCD from Template:MCD
• Concept art of possible allay colors
  Concept art of possible allay colors
• Various iterations of how the allay could carry items
  Various iterations of how the allay could carry items
• An early prototype of the allay; its limbs resemble the Template:MCD from Minecraft Dungeons
  An early prototype of the allay; its limbs resemble the Template:MCD from Minecraft Dungeons
• Prototype allay design with particles
  Prototype allay design with particles
• Prototype allay design with a different set of particles
  Prototype allay design with a different set of particles
• Prototype allay holding a Minecraft:cookie
  Prototype allay holding a Minecraft:cookie
• An allay prototype with a model error, referred to as a blooper as a joke
  An allay prototype with a model error, referred to as a blooper as a joke
• Allays tossing items on top of hoppers before the implementation of the note block mechanic<ref name="TSM Allay">Template:Ytl</ref>
  Allays tossing items on top of hoppers before the implementation of the note block mechanic<ref name="TSM Allay">Template:Ytl</ref>
• Allays tossing items on top of hoppers<ref name="TSM Allay"/>
  Allays tossing items on top of hoppers<ref name="TSM Allay"/>
• Allay sticker showing its old model with thinner arms
  Allay sticker showing its old model with thinner arms
• An allay as it appeared in the Mob Vote animations
  An allay as it appeared in the Mob Vote animations
• Allay idle animation
  Allay idle animation
• The allay victory animation seen at Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2021
  The allay victory animation seen at Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2021
• Allay from the mob vote video
  Allay from the mob vote video
• Mob vote image
  Mob vote image
• The Template:MCD, a precursor to the allay, featured in Template:MCD
  The Template:MCD, a precursor to the allay, featured in Template:MCD

Recreations

• A recreation of a bugged wisp prototype
  A recreation of a bugged wisp prototype
• A recreation of a wisp prototype
  A recreation of a wisp prototype
• Ditto
  Ditto
• Ditto
  Ditto
• A recreation of the wisp particles
  A recreation of the wisp particles
• Allay early model recreation
  Allay early model recreation

Screenshots

• Two allays trapped in a prison in a Minecraft:woodland mansion
  Two allays trapped in a prison in a Minecraft:woodland mansion
• Some allays trapped in an outpost cage
  Some allays trapped in an outpost cage
• Top down view of some allays trapped in an outpost cage
  Top down view of some allays trapped in an outpost cage
• A few allays trapped in a prison in a woodland mansion from inside
  A few allays trapped in a prison in a woodland mansion from inside
• Comparison between the allay and the Minecraft:vex
  Comparison between the allay and the Minecraft:vex
• Minecraft:Efe and an allay on Template:W
  Minecraft:Efe and an allay on Template:W

Textures

• Allay texture file
  Allay texture file

In other media

• An allay in official artwork for Minecraft:The Wild Update
  An allay in official artwork for Minecraft:The Wild Update
• An allay following Minecraft:Alex in a boat
  An allay following Minecraft:Alex in a boat
• Merged allay and vex
  Merged allay and vex
• An allay peeking into view of a Minecraft:spyglass
  An allay peeking into view of a Minecraft:spyglass
• An allay in a Minecraft:mangrove swamp
  An allay in a Minecraft:mangrove swamp
• Minecraft:Noor gifting an allay a pair of Minecraft:glow berries
  Minecraft:Noor gifting an allay a pair of Minecraft:glow berries
• A Minecraft:frog and a Minecraft:goat following an allay
  A Minecraft:frog and a Minecraft:goat following an allay
• An allay trapped in a Minecraft:pillager outpost cage
  An allay trapped in a Minecraft:pillager outpost cage
• An artwork of an allay holding Minecraft:glow berries
  An artwork of an allay holding Minecraft:glow berries
• Pixel art of an allay holding a present chest
  Pixel art of an allay holding a present chest
• An allay holding sweet berries as seen in Minecraft: Soothing Scenes snow and the Minecraft:Launcher
  An allay holding sweet berries as seen in Minecraft: Soothing Scenes snow and the Minecraft:Launcher
• Pixel artwork of Alex with several allays, for the yearly Block Friday sale
  Pixel artwork of Alex with several allays, for the yearly Block Friday sale
• An extended version of the aforementioned banner, now featuring Minecraft:Sunny and a Minecraft:wolf
  An extended version of the aforementioned banner, now featuring Minecraft:Sunny and a Minecraft:wolf
• Hologram of an allay in the Minecraft:Eerie Mojang Office Party
  Hologram of an allay in the Minecraft:Eerie Mojang Office Party
• Minecraft:LEGO Minecraft allay
  Minecraft:LEGO Minecraft allay
• An official tank top of an allay holding a Minecraft:Apple using Minecraft:Programmer Art textures
  An official tank top of an allay holding a Minecraft:Apple using Minecraft:Programmer Art textures
• A similar, white tank top. This time the allay is not holding anything.
  A similar, white tank top. This time the allay is not holding anything.
• An action figure of an allay with a vex
  An action figure of an allay with a vex
• An allay in the Minecraft:Plastic Texture Pack
  An allay in the Minecraft:Plastic Texture Pack
• A Template:Mcl from Template:MCL
  A Template:Mcl from Template:MCL
• A Template:Mcl from Minecraft Legends
  A Template:Mcl from Minecraft Legends

See also

• Template:EntityLink
• Template:DuEntityLink
• Template:LegLink
• Template:LegLink

External links

• Template:Mcnet
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