Ominous Bottle

Ominous Bottle

Rarity tier	Uncommon
Status effects	Bad Omen
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

An ominous bottle is an item that gives a player the Bad Omen effect for 100 minutes when drunk, which can cause ominous events to start when the conditions are met.

Obtaining

Mob loot

A pillager raid captain which is not currently participating in a raid has a 100% chance to drop an ominous bottle of level I-V upon death.^{[note 1]}

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Pillager[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Pillager[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Pillager[A]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Pillager[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Pillager[A]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Pillager[A]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Pillager[A]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Pillager[A]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Ominous Bottle I - II[A]	Trial Chambers	Vault and reward chest	1	16.5% { "item": "Ominous Bottle I - II", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1652111360000001, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Vault and reward chest" }
Ominous Bottle III - V[B]	Trial Chambers	Ominous vault	1	13.9% { "item": "Ominous Bottle III - V", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1391394238683127, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous vault" }
Bedrock Edition
Ominous Bottle I - II[A]	Trial Chambers	Vault and reward chest	1	20.6% { "item": "Ominous Bottle I - II", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20593254400000002, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Vault and reward chest" }
Ominous Bottle III - V[B]	Trial Chambers	Ominous vault	1	13.9% { "item": "Ominous Bottle III - V", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1391394238683127, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous vault" }

Usage

Consuming an ominous bottle gives a player the Bad Omen effect and destroys the bottle, rather than leaving an empty glass bottle in the player's inventory. If the player already has the Bad Omen effect, then drinking another ominous bottle resets the effect duration, unless the level of the ominous bottle consumed is lower than the current level of Bad Omen. Consuming an ominous bottle with a higher level than the current effect also increases the level of Bad Omen applied.

Bad Omen

The Bad Omen effect can be "used" immediately after an ominous bottle is consumed. Immediately means 1 game tick in Java Edition, and a few game ticks in Bedrock Edition (the exact number of game ticks is unknown).

When a player with Bad Omen enters a village, the Bad Omen transforms into Raid Omen, which starts a raid if it is not removed in time. The level of Bad Omen affects the difficulty of the raid, with higher levels of Bad Omen leading to raiders being more likely to be equipped with enchanted gear, and in Java Edition, Bad Omen level II or higher adding an additional wave with the same strength as the final wave.

When a trial spawner sees a player with Bad Omen, the Bad Omen transforms into Trial Omen, which causes all nearby trial spawners to become ominous. The level of Bad Omen does not affect the difficulty of the ominous trial, but higher levels do increase the duration of the Trial Omen effect.

Sounds

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Ominous Bottle	ominous_bottle	Item	item.minecraft.ominous_bottle

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Ominous Bottle	ominous_bottle	608	Item	item.ominous_bottle.name

Item data

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		We're being attacked!	Trigger a Pillager Raid.	Walk in a village with the Raid Omen effect applied in 30 seconds.	20	Bronze
		I've got a bad feeling about this	Kill a Pillager Captain.	Drink an Ominous Bottle.	20	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 34​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/35​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Breath of the Nautilus Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Freezing Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Voluntary Exile	Kill a raid captain. Maybe consider staying away from villages for the time being...	Kill an entity in the #raiders entity tag wearing an ominous banner: Evoker Illusioner Pillager Vindicator This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w13a				Added ominous bottles.
1.21			24w18a				Ominous bottles are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
1.21.2			24w33a				The rarity of ominous bottles has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.0 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.21.0.20				Added ominous bottles.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.22				Ominous bottles are now available without using the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.21.0.23				Changed the sounds when breaking after use.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.21				The rarity of ominous bottles has been changed from "Common" to "Uncommon".

Issues

Issues relating to "Ominous Bottle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Ominous bottles were added as a way of giving players more control to when and where they want to start a raid, in line with the game's design principle that bad things should be the player's fault.^[1]

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Makena drinks an ominous bottle and triggers an ominous trial.

In other media

• 
  Steve claiming an ominous bottle during a scuffle

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Ominous Bottle" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 27, 2024.