Minecraft:Pillager Outpost

A pillager outpost is an assortment of generated structures inhabited by Minecraft:pillagers. Pillager outposts are one of the most reliable ways to find Minecraft:raid captains, who can be killed to obtain Minecraft:ominous bottles, which can then be used to start Minecraft:raids and increase the difficulty of Minecraft:trial chambers.

Generation

Pillager outposts are semi-rare structures, generating every several hundred to couple thousand blocks. This makes them rarer than Minecraft:villages but less rare than Minecraft:woodland mansions.

Pillager outposts can generate naturally in any village-generating biome, including:

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Pillager outposts also generate in the following biomes, where villages do not spawn:

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Template:IN, pillager outposts never generate too close to, or within, villages. They can do so Template:In as well as generate far away from villages.

In Java Edition, if an outpost spawns in the water or in the air (near a cliff), then a platform of terrain (usually grass, dirt, and stone) spawns underneath it in a circular shape. This also applies to the smaller structures such as the tents, targets, log piles, and cages.

In Bedrock Edition, pillager outposts generate with foundations similar to that of a woodland mansion: watchtowers extend their foundation with cobblestone and dark oak planks downward; tents and cages generate dark oak planks as their foundation; log piles use horizontal dark oak logs as their foundation; and targets generate cobblestone as a foundation.

The outpost tower always generates, while up to 4 other smaller structures may spawn around the periphery of the main outpost structure.

Eight extra Minecraft:air blocks also generate around the outpost, inside of the ground, creating small trenches.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Mobs

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Minecraft:Allay	Minecraft:Iron Golem	Minecraft:Pillager

Iron golems and allays spawn only during the generation of the outpost structures. An iron golem has a 85% chance of spawning. Meanwhile, the allay has a 50% chance of spawning. These mobs spawn in cages. The iron golem can punch pillagers who are one block away from the fences of the cage.

Both regular pillagers and Minecraft:pillager captains can continuously spawn around the structure. Pillagers can still spawn if a player is inside the tower. Template:IN, they spawn in a 72×58×72 area centered on the top level of the watchtower, the same level as the chest. Along the Y-axis, this area extends 28 blocks upward and 30 blocks downward from the center of the platform.

Template:IN, pillagers spawn at the highest available position in up to 4 columns depending on which direction the structure generates. The number of spawning locations vary based on the orientation of the structure: 2 spots when the door is facing east/west (50%), 4 for north (25%), and 1 for south (25%). The first spawning column is one block diagonally toward the chest at the top from the center of the structure; the other possible 3 are 8 blocks east, south, and southeast of the first. Pillagers can spawn in these columns, beginning from the bottom floor and extending vertically up to 18 blocks. Pillagers spawn on the northwest corner of a block and require a clear 2×2×2 area for spawning. Any solid block in this region inhibits spawning, while transparent blocks like leaves or glass don't impede spawning if they aren't positioned on the actual spawning spot.

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Pillagers always spawn on the red block in Bedrock Edition. Note that the entrance is at the bottom of this image.

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Pillagers have a higher chance of spawning if there are more blocks where mobs spawn (e.g. ice, grass block, bedrock).

Additionally, pillagers can also spawn on spots in the outbuildings of the outpost. The spawning spots are either level with, or one block above the generated floor of the outbuilding. Extending the floor of an outbuilding outside the originally generated boundary of the floor can sometimes reveal additional spawning spots.

Template:IN, only pillagers may spawn within a pillager outpost spawn area. Pillagers may naturally spawn on any valid opaque block (except leaves) as long as the block light level is 8 or less. There is a 6% chance for a pillager to spawn as a patrol leader.

Template:IN, there are 15 jigsaw blocks that can generate the structures around the tower. Each structure has a 1 in 13 chance of being generated, including allay and iron golem cages. When generated, iron golem cages spawn one golem, and allay cages spawn two allays.

A total of eight pillagers, including the pillager captain, spawns in a pillager outpost.

Bad Omen

Upon killing an outpost captain, it drops an Minecraft:Ominous Bottle of a random level between 1 and 5. Drinking it causes the Minecraft:player to receive the corresponding level of the Minecraft:Bad Omen effect, active for 100 minutes (5 in-game days).

Structure

Template:Main A pillager outpost consists of a 4-story watchtower with other smaller structures around it.

Minecraft:Structure blocks can be used to manually load pieces of the pillager outpost from the Template:Cd folder in Minecraft:minecraft.jar. To do so, set a structure block to Load mode, enter Template:Cd, and press LOAD.

Technical structures

Structure name	Description	Consists of	Images
Template:Code	Generated with a structure integrity of around 0.05 on top of a regular watchtower to add random mossy cobblestone and vines into the build.	347 Template:BlockLink 290 Template:BlockLink 207 Template:BlockLink 144 Template:BlockLink 113 Template:BlockLink 48 Template:BlockLink 45 Template:BlockLink 33 Template:BlockLink 16 Template:BlockLink 8 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 4 Template:BlockLink 1 Template:BlockLink (random loot) 8 Template:BlockLink	File:Pillager outpost watchtower overgrown.png
Template:Cd	This generates first, to mark the locations of both watchtowers and each outer structure, using Minecraft:jigsaw blocks.	N/A	File:Pillager outpost base plate.png
Template:Cd	The horizontal jigsaw block connects to the base plate to determine its own location, while the vertical jigsaw block connects to an outer structure.	N/A	File:Pillager outpost feature plate.png

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History

Gallery

Screenshots

• A pillager outpost in a Minecraft:taiga
  A pillager outpost in a Minecraft:taiga
• A Minecraft:plains outpost next to a Minecraft:village
  A Minecraft:plains outpost next to a Minecraft:village
• View of a pillager outpost in a Minecraft:grove
  View of a pillager outpost in a Minecraft:grove
• An outpost in the snowy plains
  An outpost in the snowy plains
• A pillager outpost on frozen peaks in Bedrock Edition, showing the extended foundation
  A pillager outpost on frozen peaks in Bedrock Edition, showing the extended foundation
• A pillager outpost at a high altitude on jagged peaks
  A pillager outpost at a high altitude on jagged peaks
• An outpost viewed through a Minecraft:spyglass
  An outpost viewed through a Minecraft:spyglass
• View of the inside of the watchtower
  View of the inside of the watchtower
• Example of loot in a pillager outpost chest
  Example of loot in a pillager outpost chest
• Caged allays in a snowy taiga outpost
  Caged allays in a snowy taiga outpost
• The scarecrows around a pillager outpost
  The scarecrows around a pillager outpost
• The tent structure of an outpost
  The tent structure of an outpost
• The complete area, relative to the tower, in which pillagers naturally spawn
  The complete area, relative to the tower, in which pillagers naturally spawn
• A pillager outpost in a cherry grove
  A pillager outpost in a cherry grove
• An outpost in the Minecraft:savanna biome
  An outpost in the Minecraft:savanna biome
• An outpost in the Minecraft:desert
  An outpost in the Minecraft:desert
• A cloudy outpost high on stony peaks
  A cloudy outpost high on stony peaks
• A beachside pillager outpost with targets and a tent in Java Edition
  A beachside pillager outpost with targets and a tent in Java Edition
• An outpost in the water in Bedrock Edition
  An outpost in the water in Bedrock Edition
• An outpost on a small island
  An outpost on a small island
• A pillager outpost inside a cave entrance
  A pillager outpost inside a cave entrance
• A pillager outpost together with a desert pyramid and village in Bedrock Edition, causing the pillagers to attack the villagers
  A pillager outpost together with a desert pyramid and village in Bedrock Edition, causing the pillagers to attack the villagers
• A pillager outpost in a snowy taiga village
  A pillager outpost in a snowy taiga village
• The Outpost Ahead seed template thumbnail
  The Outpost Ahead seed template thumbnail

Mojang images

• A pillager outpost on a snowy mountaintop
  A pillager outpost on a snowy mountaintop
• Pillagers on a snowy mountaintop
  Pillagers on a snowy mountaintop
• Allays in a savanna pillager outpost
  Allays in a savanna pillager outpost
• A pillager outpost on the side of a mountain
  A pillager outpost on the side of a mountain
• Two Minecraft:chicks in front of an outpost
  Two Minecraft:chicks in front of an outpost

In other media

• A Minecraft:Lego Minecraft pillager outpost
  A Minecraft:Lego Minecraft pillager outpost
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