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Pillager Outpost

Pillager Outpost

A pillager outpost is an assortment of generated structures inhabited by pillagers. Pillager outposts are one of the most reliable ways to find raid…

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Contents (18)
  1. Generation
  2. Mobs
  3. Bad Omen
  4. Structure
  5. Technical structures
  6. Loot
  7. Data values
  8. ID
  9. History
  10. Java Edition
  11. Bedrock Edition
  12. Legacy Console Edition
  13. Issues
  14. Gallery
  15. Screenshots
  16. Mojang images
  17. In other media
  18. References

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

Generation

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

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

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

In Java Edition, pillager outposts never generate too close to, or within, villages. They can do so in Bedrock Edition 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 air blocks also generate around the outpost, inside of the ground, creating small trenches.[1]

Mobs

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 pillager captains can continuously spawn around the structure. Pillagers can still spawn if a player is inside the tower. In Java Edition, 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.

In Bedrock Edition, 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.

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

In Java Edition, 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.

In Java Edition, 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 Ominous Bottle of a random level between 1 and 5. Drinking it causes the player to receive the corresponding level of the Bad Omen effect, active for 100 minutes (5 in-game days).

Structure

Main article: /Structure

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

Structure blocks can be used to manually load pieces of the pillager outpost from the /data/minecraft/structures/pillager_outpost folder in minecraft.jar. To do so, set a structure block to Load mode, enter pillager_outpost/<structure_name>, and press LOAD.

Structure name Description Consists of Images
pillager_outpost/watchtower A large tower with a loot chest on the top level.

347 Dark Oak Planks
290 Birch Planks
207 Cobblestone
144 Dark Oak Log
48 Dark Oak Fence
45 Dark Oak Slab
33 Cobblestone Stairs
16 Dark Oak Stairs
8 Cobblestone Wall
4 Cobblestone Slab
4 Torch
1 Chest (random loot)
8 Ominous Banner

pillager_outpost/feature_cage1
pillager_outpost/feature_cage2
A wooden cage, with cage_2 having an iron golem.

24 Dark Oak Fence
12 Dark Oak Log
8 Dark Oak Stairs
4 Dark Oak Slab
0~1 Iron Golem

pillager_outpost/feature_cage_with_allays A wooden cage, with some allays trapped inside.

28 Dark Oak Fence
12 Dark Oak Log
8 Dark Oak Stairs
4 Dark Oak Slab
0~3 Allay

pillager_outpost/feature_logs A pile of dark oak logs.

21 Dark Oak Log

pillager_outpost/feature_targets Two scarecrow-like targets.

6 Dark Oak Fence
2 Carved Pumpkin
2 Hay Bale

pillager_outpost/feature_tent1 A small tent made of wool, with a crafting table inside.

20 White Wool
10 Dark Oak Fence
1 Crafting Table

pillager_outpost/feature_tent2 A small tent made of wool, with a crafting table and pumpkins inside.

20 White Wool
10 Dark Oak Fence
4 Pumpkin
1 Crafting Table

Technical structures

Structure name Description Consists of Images
pillager_outpost/watchtower_overgrown 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 Dark Oak Planks
290 Birch Planks
207 Mossy Cobblestone
144 Dark Oak Log
113 Vines
48 Dark Oak Fence
45 Dark Oak Slab
33 Mossy Cobblestone Stairs
16 Dark Oak Stairs
8 Mossy Cobblestone Wall
4 Mossy Cobblestone Slab
4 Torch
1 Chest (random loot)
8 Ominous Banner

pillager_outpost/base_plate This generates first, to mark the locations of both watchtowers and each outer structure, using jigsaw blocks.

N/A

pillager_outpost/feature_plate 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

Loot

See also: Chest loot

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each pillager outpost chest contains items drawn from 6 pools, with the following distribution:

Item Stack Size Weight Chance Avg.
per chest
Avg. # chests
to search
0–1× 2–3× 1–3× 2–3× 0–1× 1× 0–1× 2–3× 1–3× 2–3× 0–1× 1×
Dark Oak Log ——2–3—————1⁄1———100.0%5.0001.0
BlockSprite air.png: Sprite image for air in MinecraftNothing[A] —————1—————3⁄475.0%0.7501.3
Wheat —3–5—————7⁄17————72.5%4.1181.4
Bottle o' Enchanting ———1—————7⁄22——60.9%0.7951.6
Carrot —3–5—————5⁄17————57.5%2.9411.7
Potato —2–5—————5⁄17————57.5%2.5741.7
Crossbow 1—————1⁄1—————50.0%0.5002.0
Goat Horn[B] ————1—————1⁄1—50.0%0.5002.0
Arrow ———2–7—————4⁄22——39.1%2.0452.6
String ———1–6—————4⁄22——39.1%1.5912.6
Tripwire Hook ———1–3—————3⁄22——30.5%0.6823.3
Iron Ingot ———1–3—————3⁄22——30.5%0.6823.3
Sentry Armor Trim —————2—————1⁄425.0%0.5004.0
Enchanted Book[C] ———1—————1⁄22——11.0%0.1149.1
  1. ↑ 'Nothing' does not refer to the chance of an empty chest. Instead, it refers to the chance that the random loot generator does not add any loot on a single roll.
  2. ↑ Does not contain goat horn variants that drop from screaming goats.
  3. ↑ All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.


Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Structure typeIdentifier
BlockSprite jigsaw.png: Sprite image for jigsaw in Minecraft Jigsawjigsaw
StructureIdentifier
EnvSprite pillager-outpost.png: Sprite image for pillager-outpost in Minecraft Pillager Outpostpillager_outpost

Bedrock Edition:

StructureIdentifierAlias ID Translation key
EnvSprite pillager-outpost.png: Sprite image for pillager-outpost in Minecraft Pillager Outpostpillager_outpostpillageroutpost feature.pillager_outpost

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1418w47a Added pillager outposts.
18w47b Reduced the amount of pillagers that spawn around outposts.
18w50a Raid captains can now spawn in outposts.
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1 Pillager outposts now generate in the newly added mountain meadows biome.
experimental snapshot 3 Pillager outposts now generate in all the new mountain biomes.
1.1922w13a Allays can now spawn in cages.
22w17a Goat horns now generate in pillager outpost chests.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20
23w04a Sentry armor trims are now found in pillager outpost chests.
23w05a Increased the chance of finding sentry armor trims in pillager outposts chests from 20% to 25%.
Sentry armor trims now always generate two templates in a pillager outpost chest when found.
23w07a Pillager outposts now generate in cherry groves.
1.20.2
Experiment
Villager Trade Rebalance
pre1 Quick Charge enchanted books now have a higher chance of generating in pillager outpost chest loot.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.10.0
Experiment
Experimental Gameplay
beta 1.10.0.3 Added pillager outposts, which are available only through Experimental Gameplay.
Pillager outposts generate with black banners on them.
1.11.0
Experiment
Experimental Gameplay
beta 1.11.0.1 Pillager outpost now generate with gray banners on them.
Pillager outpost are rarer.
Outpost captains spawn in pillager outpost watchtower.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.3 Fully implemented pillager outposts, separate from Experimental Gameplay.
Pillager outpost now generate with pillager banner, instead of a gray banner.
1.17.40
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.17.40.20 Pillager outposts now generate in all the new mountain biomes.
1.18.30
Experiment
Wild Update
Preview 1.18.30.23 Allays sometimes can spawn in a cage, similar to iron golems.
1.18.30
Experiment
Vanilla Experiments
Preview 1.18.30.27 Copper horns as well as goat horns have been added to the loot pool.
1.19.0
Experiment
Vanilla Experiments
Preview 1.19.0.25 Copper horns have been removed, therefore can no longer generate in chests.
1.19.80
Experiment
Next Major Update
Preview 1.19.80.21 Sentry armor trims are now found in pillager outpost chests.
1.20.30Preview 1.20.30.21 Pillager outposts now generate in cherry groves.
1.20.40
Experiment
Villager Trade Rebalancing
Preview 1.20.40.20 Quick Charge enchanted books now have a higher chance of generating in pillager outpost chest loot.

Legacy Console Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91 Added pillager outposts.

Issues

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

Screenshots

Mojang images

In other media

References

  1. ↑ MC-139711 – Jigsaw block creates holes in the ground when generating pillager outposts
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