Minecraft:Raids.dat format

Template:Exclusive The raids.dat file located in the data folder of every Minecraft level is used to store information about the Minecraft:raids in the level. It is stored as a gzip compressed NBT file.

Additional file raids_end.dat is stored in the data folder of end dimension folders, allowing for raids in other dimensions for villages in those dimensions.

Folder structure

(world save directory) data raids.dat DIM-1 data raids.dat DIM1 data raids_end.dat

NBT structure

• Template:Nbt: The root tag.
  • Template:Nbt: List of compound tags including raid information.
    • Template:Nbt: A raid.
      • Template:Nbt: The ID of the raid.
      • Template:Nbt: 1 or 0 (true/false). True if the raid has ever spawned a wave.
      • Template:Nbt: 1 or 0 (true/false). Whether the raid functionality is active.
      • Template:Nbt: The timespan, in ticks, the raid has been going on for.
      • Template:Nbt: The level of bad omen for the raid. Affects raider enchantments and the extra wave.
      • Template:Nbt: The number of waves that have spawned in the raid.
      • Template:Nbt: The timespan, in ticks, until the initial spawning of raiders.
      • Template:Nbt: The timespan, in ticks, after all the waves are cleared.
      • Template:Nbt: The sum of maximum health of all the raiders in the current wave.
      • Template:Nbt: The total number of waves in this raid.
      • Template:Nbt: The Template:Tooltip of the raid.
      • Template:Nbt: The position of the center of the raid, where raiders try to move to.
      • Template:Nbt: A list of players who have killed raiders in the raid. Each of these players receives the hero of the village effect when the raid ends in a victory status.
        • Template:Nbt: An array of four integers containing the Universally Unique Identifier of a player.
  • Template:Nbt: The ID for the next raid to occur.
  • Template:Nbt: Internal clock.