How to use the Pillager Outpost Finder
Pillager outposts appear in the same kinds of biomes as villages but far less often. Use this finder to get an outpost close to a village for a raid farm, or to free an allay from its cages.
- Type or paste your seed in the seed box (numbers and text seeds both work), then pick your edition and version.
- Pillager outposts are marked on the map automatically. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and hover an icon to see its coordinates.
- Click an icon to copy the coordinates or a ready-made /tp command, and tick "Completed" to keep track of the ones you have visited.
- Use the "Nearest" list in the sidebar to jump straight to the closest ones to spawn or to any X/Z you enter.
Where outposts generate
On Java, outposts use regions of 32×32 chunks with an 8-chunk separation. Each region then only has a small chance (1 in 5) of actually getting one. The spot must be in a village-type biome (plains, desert, savanna, taiga, snowy plains, meadow) or in mountain biomes such as grove, snowy slopes, jagged peaks, frozen peaks and cherry grove. Java also refuses outposts within about 10 chunks of a village start.
The result is that outposts are noticeably rarer than villages, and often sit on hillsides where the watchtower stands out from far away.
Raids and loot
The tower holds pillagers and a captain with a banner. In 1.21+ killing a captain drops an Ominous Bottle; drink it to get Bad Omen, then walk into a village to start a raid. Raid farms are usually built next to an outpost because pillagers keep spawning around the tower.
The top-floor chest has crossbows, arrows, food and sometimes the sentry armor trim template. Small cage structures near the tower can hold allays or iron golems, and some outposts have pumpkin patches and target practice areas.
Editions and versions
| Dimension | Overworld |
|---|---|
| Java Edition | 1.14 – 26.3, exact positions |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.18 – 26.3, exact positions |
Questions
Do outposts always spawn near villages?
No. Outposts and villages use separate regions. They can be close, and the game avoids placing an outpost right on top of a village, but there is no guaranteed link.
Where are the allays?
Outposts have a chance of small cage structures around the tower containing allays or iron golems. The map marks the tower position.
Are outposts exact on Bedrock?
Yes. The finder implements Bedrock's outpost placement, including snowy taiga outposts, so pick Bedrock in the edition selector.
Do pillagers respawn at an outpost?
Yes. Pillagers keep spawning in patrols around the tower's area on solid ground, which is what pillager and raid farms rely on.
Which version added pillager outposts?
Java 1.14 (Village & Pillage). The finder hides them for older versions.
Updated · data for Minecraft Java & Bedrock up to 26.3