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Not to be confused with Bad Luck.

Bad Omen is a status effect that causes a raid to appear if a player enters a village.

Effect

In Java Edition, Bad Omen's potency determines the number of waves of the raid (and thus final wave difficulty) that the player triggers upon entering a village. If the raid results in player victory, the Hero of the Village's potency equals the Bad Omen's potency (capped at level 6).

In Bedrock Edition regardless of bad omen level, it will always give the same effect.

Bad Omen can be removed through all conventional methods, such as drinking milk.

Causes

Cause Potency Length Notes
Raid captain I 1:40:00 If the outpost captain is killed by a player or tamed wolf.
Raid captain I–VI[note 1] 1:40:00 If the patrol captain is killed by a player or tamed wolf.‌[Java Edition only]
All villagers die or all beds destroyed during a raid. I 1:40:00 Player must be within village boundary.‌[Bedrock Edition only]
  1. One level is added each time a patrol captain is killed, capping at level six.

Immune mobs

Only boss mobs are immune to Bad Omen; however, only players can trigger raids.

Data values

ID

Bad Omen/ID

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
We're being attacked!Trigger a Pillager Raid.Walk in a village with the Bad Omen effect applied.20GBronze

History

Java Edition
1.1418w47aAdded Bad Omen.
19w08aChanged the Bad Omen icon texture to .
19w13aMaximum potency increased from three to six.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Added Bad Omen.
beta 1.11.0.3Changed the Bad Omen icon texture to .
Bad Omen now triggers a raid.
beta 1.11.0.5If all villages are no longer registered as villages during a raid, a nearby player will now be affected with Bad Omen.
beta 1.11.0.7An animation will now play on-screen when a player gets Bad Omen.

Trivia

  • If the player leaves a village during a raid, receives Bad Omen, and returns to the village, the effect will be canceled, but has no effect on the existing raid.
  • If the player kills a patrol captain indirectly, they can avoid receiving the Bad Omen debuff. This includes burning with fire or lava, drowning, explosions, and suffocation, among other things.
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