Ominous Event

Not to be confused with Bad Omen, Ominous Trial, or Raid.

For other uses, see Ominous.

An ominous event is an occurrence triggered by the Bad Omen status effect.

Behavior

When a player with the Bad Omen effect enters a village or approaches a trial spawner, the Bad Omen effect transforms into another Omen, which subsequently triggers an ominous event.

Variants

Raid

When a player walks into a village while having Bad Omen, the effect is immediately replaced with Raid Omen, with an effect duration of 30 seconds.

A raid event is triggered when the Raid Omen effect naturally expires. During a raid, the raiders (i.e. illagers, witches, and ravagers) seek out villagers, iron golems, and players to attack.

If a player with Raid Omen loses the effect via commands or a milk bucket, the Raid Omen does not trigger a raid. This means the player has 30 seconds to consume a remedy when they enter a village in order to prevent a raid from occurring.

Ominous Trial

When a player with Bad Omen moves within 15 blocks of a trial spawner, the Bad Omen is immediately replaced with Trial Omen, which immediately triggers an ominous trial event. The Trial Omen lasts for 15 minutes per level of Bad Omen that the player had.

An ominous trial event is triggered without delay, and varies in size and duration depending on how many trial spawners a player activates. When a player with Trial Omen enters within 15 blocks of a trial spawner, the spawner immediately activates and becomes ominous (i.e. it becomes an Ominous Trial Spawner). The player can activate multiple spawners this way, making the ominous trial last for longer.

A player can also prevent the ominous trial from being expanded to more trial spawners by consuming a remedy (i.e. milk or commands) and removing the Trial Omen effect. This does not pause or slow down any existing ominous trial spawners. The ominous trial event continues until all of the ominous trial spawners are defeated and become inactive.

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
		Revaulting	Unlock an Ominous Vault with an Ominous Trial Key	—	20	Silver

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.
	Hero of the Village	Successfully defend a village from a raid	Kill at least one raid mob during a raid and wait until it ends in victory. 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.
	Revaulting	Unlock an Ominous Vault with an Ominous Trial Key	—

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

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