Java Edition guides/Village and Pillage

This guide is a simplified overview of all the changes in the Village and Pillage update (Java Edition 1.14 releases), which assumes at least some familiarity with Update Aquatic (Java Edition 1.13 releases).

Mobs

New

Name	Image	Habitat	Drops	Notes
Cat		Stray cats can be found wandering villages. A single stray black cat can be found inside witch huts.	String (0–2)	Cats can be tamed with raw fish. Phantoms will not swoop in to attack a player if a cat is nearby. Cats will seek active furnaces, beds, and chests to sit on. When waking up from a bed, there is a chance a tamed cat will give their owner one rabbits foot, rabbit hide, string, rotten flesh, feather, raw chicken, or phantom membrane.
Ravager		Ravagers have a chance to spawn as part of raids.	Saddle (1)	The ravager will destroy leaves and all crops it comes in contact with, except for melon and pumpkin stems.
Panda		Pandas spawn in Bamboo Forest biomes.	Bamboo (1–2)	Pandas can spawn with either an aggressive, lazy, playful, weak or worried personality. Pandas will eat bamboo, but can only be bred if there is at least eight bamboo blocks within five blocks of each panda. Pandas will pickup and eat cake that is thrown to them. Worried pandas will shake and cover their face during thunderstorms.
Pillager		Pillagers spawn as part of illager patrols, which consist of a maximum of five pillagers. Illager patrols will only spawn in plains, taiga, desert, and savanna biomes and all their variants. Pillagers spawn arround pillager outposts. Pillagers spawn as part of raids.	Crossbow (0–1)
Trader Llama		Trader llamas spawn in the world with wandering traders.	Leather (0–2) Anything equipped, such as a carpets or chest. All items in their inventory.	Trader llamas are hostile toward all zombie variants, and illagers. They will also become hostile toward mobs and players that attack the wandering trader they are leashed to.
Wandering Trader		Wandering traders spawn randomly in the world within a 48 block radius of the player.	Wandering traders have a chance of dropping a bucket of milk if they are holding it when killed.	Wandering traders randomly spawn in the world with two trader llamas. Only one wandering trader will exist in the world at any given time, new wandering traders will not spawn until an existing wandering trader despawns. At the night (or when light level is 7 and below) wandering traders drink potion of invisiblity. When light level is above 7, they drink bucket of milk and cancel any effects they have.

Changed

Name	Image	Change
Creeper		Creepers now drop music discs when killed by strays.
Evoker		Evokers can now spawn as part of raids.
Ocelots		Ocelots can no longer be tamed to get cats.
Phantom		Phantoms will no longer swoop to attack a player if a cat is nearby.
Villager		Villagers now have biome specific skins. Villager skins now reflect their unique profession. Villagers will now hide during raids. While hiding villagers will not trade and will emit water particles when interacted with. Villagers now have a new profession, the mason.
Vindicator		Vindicators can now spawn as part of illager patrols. Vindicators now spawn as part of raids. Vindicators can now break doors.
Witch		Witches can now spawn as part of a raid.

Blocks

New

Name	Image	Acquired	Tool Required	Uses
Andesite Slab and Polished Andesite Slab		Ingredients Crafting recipe Andesite 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Polished Andesite 6	Andesite and polished andesite slabs can be mined with any pickaxe.	Andesite and polished andesite slabs can be used as a decorative block.
Andesite Stairs and Polished Andesite Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Andesite 4 Ingredients Crafting recipe Polished Andesite 4	Andesite and polished andesite stairs can be mined with any pickaxe.	Andesite and polished andesite stairs can be used as a decorative block.
Andesite Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Andesite 6	Andesite walls can be mined with any pickaxe.	Andesite walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Bamboo		Bamboo can be found in bamboo forest and jungle biomes.	Bamboo can be broken with any tool as well as by hand. Bamboo will break instantly when hit by any sword.	Bamboo can be used to craft scaffolding. Bamboo can be used to craft sticks. Bamboo can be feed to pandas, this can be used to speed up the growth of baby pandas. Bamboo can be planted on grass, dirt, sand, podzol, coarse dirt, or red sand. Bamboo will grow to between twelve and sixteen blocks tall.
Barrel		Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Planks + Any Wood Slab Barrels can be found around and in fisher cottages in villages.	Barrels can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest way to break them.	Barrels are a storage block similar to chests, with twenty-seven inventory spaces. The main difference between barrels and chests is that barrels can be opened from any side, regardless of orientation or whether there's a solid block on top.
Bell		Bells generate naturally in village centers.
Blast Furnace		Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot + Furnace + Smooth Stone Blast furnaces can be found naturally in villages.	Blast furnaces can be mined with any pickaxe.	The blast furnace is used to smelt ores, as well as smeltable tools and armor. The blast furnace smelts items at twice the speed of a furnace.
Brick Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Bricks 6	Brick walls can be mined with any pickaxe.	Brick walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Cartography Table		Ingredients Crafting recipe Paper + Any Planks Cartography tables can be found naturally in villages.	Cartography tables can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest way to break them.
Composter		Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Wood Fence + Any Planks Composters can be found around farms in villages.	Composters can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest way to break them.	Composters can be used to turn certain items into bone meal.
Cornflower		Corn flowers can be found in Plains biomes.	Cornflowers can be broken with any tool as well as by hand.	Cornflowers can be used to craft suspicious stew with the Jump Boost effect.
Diorite Slab and Polished Diorite Slab		Ingredients Crafting recipe Diorite 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Polished Diorite 6	Diorite and polished diorite slabs can be broken with any pickaxe.	Diorite and polished diorite slabs can be used as a decorative block.
Diorite Stairs and Polished Diorite Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Diorite 4 Ingredients Crafting recipe Polished Diorite 4	Diorite and polished diorite stairs can be broken with any pickaxe.	Diorite and polished diorite stairs can be used as a decorative block.
Diorite Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Diorite 6	Diorite walls can be mined with any pickaxe.	Diorite walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
End Stone Brick Slab and End Stone Brick Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe End Stone Bricks 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe End Stone Bricks 4	End stone brick slabs and end stone bricks stairs can be broken with any pickaxe.	End stone brick slabs and end stone brick stairs can be used as decorative blocks.
End Stone Brick Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe End Stone Bricks 6	End stone brick walls can be broken with any pickaxe.	End stone brick walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Fletching Table
Granite Slab and Polished Granite Slab		Ingredients Crafting recipe Granite 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Polished Granite 6	Granite and polished granite slabs can be broken with any pickaxe.	Granite and polished granite slabs can be used as a decorative block.
Granite Stairs and Polished Granite Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Granite 4 Ingredients Crafting recipe Polished Granite 4	Granite and polished granite stairs can be mined with any pickaxe.	Granite and polished granite stairs can be used as a decorative block.
Granite Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Granite 6	Granite walls can be mined with any pickaxe.	Granite walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Grindstone		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick + Stone Slab + Any Planks A grindstone will generate naturally as part of the blacksmith structure in villages.	Grindstones can be broken with any pickaxe.	The grindstone is used to repair items and tools by combining two items or tools of the same type together, this will remove all enchantments apart from curses. A single item can be used in the grindstone to remove all enchantments from it apart from curses.
Lantern		Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Nugget + Torch Lanterns generate naturally in snowy tundra villages.	Lanterns can be broken with any pickaxe.	Lanterns can be used as a light source, it can be placed on top of and below solid blocks giving a light level of 15. Lanterns can be used as a decorative block.
Lectern		Ingredients Crafting recipe Any wood Slab + Bookshelf Lecterns generate naturally as part of libraries in villages.	Lecterns can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest tool to use.	The lectern allows multiple players to read the same book at the same time.
Lily of the Valley		Lily of the Valley can be found in forest biomes.	Lily of the Valley can be broken with any tool as well as by hand.	Lily of the Valley can be used to craft suspicious stew with the Poison effect.
Loom		Ingredients Crafting recipe String + Any Planks	Looms can be broken with any tool as well as by hand, with axes being the fastest tool to use.	Looms allow the player to apply patterns to banners.
Mossy Stone Brick Slab and Mossy Stone Brick Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mossy Stone Bricks 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Mossy Stone Bricks 4	Mossy stone brick slabs and mossy stone brick stairs can be broken with any pickaxe.	Mossy stone brick slabs and mossy stone brick stairs can be used as decorative blocks.
Mossy Stone Brick Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Mossy Stone Bricks 6	Mossy stone brick walls can be broken with any pickaxe.	Mossy stone brick walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Nether Brick Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Nether Bricks 6	Nether brick walls can be broken with any pickaxe.	Nether brick walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Prismarine Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Prismarine 6	Prismarine walls can be broken with any pickaxe.	Prismarine walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Red Nether Brick Slab and Red Nether Brick Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Nether Bricks 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Nether Bricks 4	Red nether brick slabs and stairs can be broken with any pickaxe.	Red nether brick slabs and stairs can be used as decorative blocks.
Red Nether Brick Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Nether Bricks 6	Red nether brick walls can be broken with any pickaxe.	Red nether brick walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Sandstone Walls and Red Sandstone Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Sandstone 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Red Sandstone 6	Sandstone and red sandstone walls can be broken with any pickaxe.	Sandstone and red sandstone walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Scaffolding		Ingredients Crafting recipe Bamboo + String 6	Scaffolding can be broken with any tool as well as by hand. When broken all connected scaffolding will break as well.	Scaffolding is designed to be used for building in survival. Standing in scaffolding and jumping will allow the player to climb, while sneaking will allow the player to descend through the scaffolding. If there is no block below the scaffolding block the player is on the player will not descend through the block.
Signs for all wood types.		Ingredients Crafting recipe Spruce Planks or Birch Planks or Jungle Planks or Acacia Planks or Dark Oak Planks + Stick 33333	Signs can be broken with any tool as well as by hand.	All sign variants retain the same use as the original sign. While the default text color is black, the color can be changed with dyes.
Smithing Table		Smithing tables generate naturally as part of plains village toolsmiths houses.
Smoker		Ingredients Crafting recipe Any Log or Any Stripped Log or Any Wood or Any Stripped Wood + Furnace	Smokers can be broken with any pickaxe.	Smokers can be used to cook any smeltable food. The smoker smelts items at twice the speed of a furnace.
Smooth Quartz Slab and Smooth Quartz Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Smooth Quartz Ingredients Crafting recipe Smooth Quartz 4	Smooth quartz slabs and smooth quartz stairs can be broken with any pickaxe.	Smooth quartz slabs and smooth quartz stairs can be used as decorative blocks.
Smooth Red Sandstone Slab and Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Smooth Red Sandstone 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Smooth Red Sandstone 4	Smooth red sandstone stairs and smooth red sandstone slabs can be mined with any pickaxe.	Smooth red sandstone stairs and smooth red sandstone slabs can be used as a decorative block.
Smooth Sandstone Slab and Smooth Sandstone Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Smooth Sandstone 6 Ingredients Crafting recipe Smooth Sandstone 4	Smooth sandstone stairs and smooth sandstone slabs can be mined with any pickaxe.	Smooth sandstone stairs and smooth sandstone slabs can be used as a decorative block.
Stonecutter		Ingredients Crafting recipe Iron Ingot + Stone	Stonecutters can be mined with any pickaxe.	Stonecutters can be used to craft walls, stairs, or slabs for stone like blocks.
Stone Brick Walls		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone Bricks 6	Stone brick walls can be broken with any pickaxe.	Stone brick walls can be used as a decorative block, as well as a barrier to keep mobs both inside a space, or outside one.
Stone Slab		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone 6	Stone slabs can be broken with any pickaxe.	Stone slabs can be used as a decorative block.
Stone Stairs		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stone 4	Stone stairs can be broken with any pickaxe.	Stone stairs can be used as a decorative block.
Sweet Berry Bushes		Sweet berry bushes can be found naturally in all taiga variants. Sweet berry bushes can be planted with sweet berries.	Sweet berry bushes can be broken with any tool as well as by hand.	Sweet berry bushes drop sweet berries by using or when broken, dropping 1-2 berries at age three, and 2-3 berries at age four. Sweet berry bushes slow players while standing in them at age one, as well as deal damage to players while moving at age two and above. Standing still while in sweet berry bushes will deal no damage.
Wither Rose		A wither rose will drop from mobs killed by a Wither.	Wither Roses can be broken with any tool as well as by hand.	Wither Roses can be be used to craft suspicious stew with the Wither effect. Any mob standing on a Wither rose will be inflicted with one second of the Wither effect for as long as they continue to touch it.

Changed

Name	Image	Change
Brewing Stand		Brewing stands can now be found in village temples.
Carpet		Ingredients Crafting recipe White Carpet + Matching Dye 88888888888888888888 Can now be crafted by surrounding a dye with white carpet.
Chorus Flower		Chorus flowers now break when shot with an arrow.
Dispenser		Dispensers with shears can now shear sheep standing in front of the dispenser.
All Leaves		Leaves now have a chance of dropping sticks.
Nether Brick Fence		Ingredients Crafting recipe Nether Bricks + Nether Brick 3 Previously the recipe used all nether bricks, this is now changed to take both nether brick and nether bricks to avoid conflict with the recipe for Nether Brick Walls.
Sign		Signs can now only be crafted with matching wood planks. The default text color on signs has been changed from black to white. The color of text on signs can be changed with dye now. All original signs have been changed to oak signs. Signs now support editing anywhere on the sign, without having to backspace to the place where the edit is to be made. Signs now have copy and past support.
All Slabs and Stairs		Slabs and stairs now have directional opacity, meaning sides that are not completely solid will not block light.
Smooth Stone Slab		Name changed from stone slab to smooth stone slab. Recipe now uses smooth stone instead of stone.
Vines		Vines can now be climbed without supporting blocks by holding jump.

Items

New

Name	Image	Obtaining	Uses
Banner Pattern		Ingredients Crafting recipe Paper + Chosen Design Item	Banner patterns can be used in a loom to apply the chosen pattern to that banner.
Black Dye		Ingredients Crafting recipe Ink Sac or Wither Rose	Black dye is used in place of ink sacs as dye in all recipes.
Blue Dye		Ingredients Crafting recipe Lapis Lazuli or Cornflower	Blue dye is used in place of lapis lazuli as dye in all recipes.
Brown Dye		Ingredients Crafting recipe Cocoa Beans	Brown dye is used in place of cocoa beans as dye in all recipes.
Crossbow		Ingredients Crafting recipe Stick + Iron Ingot + String + Tripwire Hook	The crossbow is a ranged weapon that has a longer range, as well as being able to deal more damage than a bow.
Suspicious Stew		Ingredients Crafting recipe Brown Mushroom + Red Mushroom + Bowl + Any Flower	Suspicious stew gives a status effect to the player after eating it, the effect given depends on the flower used to craft it. The effect is hidden after suspicious stew is crafted, making it impossible to tell ones with negative effect from ones with positive effects.
Sweet Berries		Sweet berries can be harvested from sweet berry bushes. Additionally sweet berries can be found in taiga village house chests.	Sweet berries give 2 () hunger points when eaten. Sweet berries can be used on grass blocks, dirt, podzol, coarse dirt, and farmland to plant a sweet berry bush sapling. Used to breed foxes.
White Dye		Ingredients Crafting recipe Bone Meal or Lily of the Valley	White dye is used in place of bone meal as dye in all recipes.

Changed

Name	Image	Changes
Bone Meal		Bone meal can now be used to craft white dye. Bone meal can no longer be used as a dye, it can still be used as a fertilizer though. Bone meal can now be obtained from a composter.
Book and Quill		While writing you can now edit any part of the page. The maximum number of pages has been raised to one hundred.
Cocoa Beans		Cocoa beans are now used to craft brown dye. Cocoa beans can no longer be used as a dye. Name changed from cocoa beans to cocoa.
Green Dye		Name changed from Cactus Green to Green Dye to remain consistent with other dyes.
Ink Sac		Ink sacs can now be used to craft black dye. Ink sacs can no longer be used as a dye.
Lapis Lazuli		Lapis lazuli can now be used to craft blue dye. Lapis lazuli can no longer be used as a dye.
Red Dye		Name changed from Rose Red to Red Dye to remain consistent with other dyes.
Yellow Dye		Name changed from Dandelion Yellow to Yellow Dye to remain consistent with other dyes.

Events

New

Name	Trigger	Description
Raid	A raid is triggered when a player with the Bad Omen effect enters a village.	During a raid a combination of pillagers, vindicators, evokers, witches, and ravagers, the combination being dependant on the level of the bad omen effect, will spawn arround a village. A boss bar at the top of the screen will show the number of raid enemies still alive within the village.

Effects

New

Name	Acquired	Description
Bad Omen	The Bad Omen effect is given to the player when they kill the leader of an illager patrol.	If the player enters a village while having the Bad Omen effect a raid will be triggered.

Structures

New

Name	Image	Found	Chests	Mobs	Description
Pillager Outpost		Pillager outposts can generate in any biome a village can generate in.	The structure contains one chest at the very top.	Pillagers	The pillager outpost can have a combination of smaller structures surrounding it, these structures include a cage, targets, logs, and a tent.