Note: additional celebrate sounds
An evoker is a spell-casting illager found in woodland mansions and raids, and is the only source of the totem of undying.
Spawning
Woodland mansions
Individual evokers spawn during the generation of particular woodland mansion rooms. They do not respawn after their initial spawn.
Evokers spawned with mansions do not naturally despawn (unless the world is switched to Peaceful mode[JE only][upcoming: BE 1.16.230]).
They may also rarely spawn as a raid captain.[JE only]
In Bedrock Edition, evokers can spawn as passive mobs in peaceful difficulty.
Raids
Evokers can spawn during raids by themselves or riding Ravagers. Evokers cannot spawn in raids in easy difficulty, because such raids have only three waves, while evokers appear in the fifth wave and above.
Java Edition
Evokers spawn during raids starting at wave 5. Up to 5 evokers spawn on Hard difficulty. During these events, they can be a raid captain. On Hard difficulty, evokers can also spawn riding a ravager at Wave 7.
Bedrock Edition
Up to 5 evokers spawn during raids, with 1 evoker spawning during waves 5 and 6, and 3 evokers spawning during wave 7. One of them rides a ravager during wave 7.
Drops
- 1 Totem of Undying. The Looting enchantment does not increase this drop, and it is always dropped, no matter if another mob killed it or not.
- 0–1 Emerald if killed by the player, with an increase by 1 with each level of looting, 0-4 maximum.
- 1
Ominous banner [JE only] or Illager banner [BE only], if they spawn as a wave leader in raid or take an ominous banner on the ground. - 10 exp. upon player kills or if killed by a tamed wolf/summoned iron golem.
Behavior
An evoker attacking with its fangs.
An evoker summoning fangs in 2 circles around it.
An evoker summoning vexes.
An evoker using its sheep color conversion spell.
After the spell, the sheep is red.
Evokers attack players, villagers or baby villagers,[BE only] iron golems, snow golems[BE only] and wandering traders within 12 blocks. They are neutral toward every other mob except illagers. If a llama or wolf is caught in the attack, it retaliates on the evoker, causing the evoker to be hostile on them.
If the player is within a 10 block radius and the evoker is not in the middle of summoning an attack, the evoker flees from the player to avoid being attacked.
The evoker has two different attack methods: fang attack and summoning vexes. When attacking, the evoker is much more likely to use a fang attack, and may immediately follow it up by summoning some vexes.
When evokers are ready to attack, they raise their arms, doing different colored particles for the different attacks.
A evoker doesn't sit down when sitting in a boat or minecart, the evoker's legs does not stick forwards like a pillager or vindicator. If a evoker is riding a ravager, it's legs seems to sink in the ravager visually.
Evokers are shorter in Bedrock Edition.
Like shulkers and vindicators, evokers are passive on peaceful difficulty.[Bedrock Edition only][until BE 1.16.230]
Evokers can walk as fast as the player's sprinting speed, but mostly stays in the same spot if not provoked by any villagers or iron golems.
Evokers stare at the player in creative mode, just like villagers. The evoker might break the line of sight with the player if it starts summoning or when it sees a target and runs towards the target.
Fang attack
The evoker signals this attack by producing dark purple particles () and a low-pitched horn-like sound. A number of fangs rise out of the ground around the player, then snap shut and vanish. Players or mobs caught in the attack are dealt 6![]()
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damage, regardless of difficulty.[JE only] This damage is not mitigated by armor but is mitigated by enchantments such as Protection. Other illagers caught in the attack do not take damage, and the evoker doesn't take damage from the fangs or from another evoker's fangs.
Fangs appear no lower than the feet of the lowest combatant and no higher than one block above the feet of the highest combatant. Fangs attempt to appear on the highest opaque block between those two extremes, but fail to spawn if they are obstructed by a solid block. In practice, this means that fangs cannot spawn inside deep pits or on top of high walls, but may, for example, go up a staircase if the target is at the top and the evoker at the bottom, or vice versa.
The evoker typically summons its fangs in a straight line toward the target, but if the target is close enough to the evoker, the evoker summons them in 2 circles around itself.
The player can dodge the fangs, and the fangs do not follow the player, like turning towards the player and dealing damage.
Summoning fangs resets the evoker's spell cooldown to 2 seconds, and resets the cooldown for summoning fangs to 5 seconds.
Summoning vexes
The evoker signals this attack by producing white particles () and a higher-pitched horn-like sound. Three vexes appear nearby. The evoker can summon vexes as long as there are fewer than 8 vexes within 16 blocks centered on the evoker. The vex can pass through blocks and do a surprise attack.
This spell resets the evoker's spell cooldown to 5 seconds, and resets the cooldown for summoning vexes to 17 seconds.
Sheep color conversion spell
While the evoker is not engaged in combat and /gamerule mobGriefing is set to true, it changes the wool color of any blue sheep within 16 blocks to red. It signals the spell by producing orange particles () and making a "wololo" sound.
In Bedrock Edition, evokers can still change a sheep's color when /gamerule mobGriefing is set to false.
This spell resets the evoker's spell cooldown to 3 seconds, and resets the cooldown for the sheep color conversion spell to 7 seconds.
Spell Data
Bedrock Edition
Evoker Spell data in Vanilla Behavior Pack. (Evoker in bedrock used behavior pack from Bedrock Edition entity components documentation)
| Type | Weight | Min activation range (Distance) | Max activation range (Distance) | num Entities spawned (Amount) | Size | Summon cap | Summon cap Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fangs Attack (Line) | 3 | 3.0 | N/A | 16 Fangs | 20 | N/A | |
| Fangs Attack (Inside Circle) | 3 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5 Fangs | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Fangs Attack (Outside Circle) | 3 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8 Fangs | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Summoning Vexes | 1 | N/A | 3 Vexes | 1.0 | 8 | 16.0 | |
| Sheep color conversion spell | 3 | 0.0 | 16.0 | N/A | |||
| Type | Base delay | Delay per summon | Cooldown time | Cast duration | Entity lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fangs Attack (Line) | 1.0 | 0.05 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Fangs Attack (Inside Circle) | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Fangs Attack (Outside Circle) | 0.15 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Summoning Vexes | 2.0 | N/A | 17.0 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Sheep color conversion spell | N/A | 5.0 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Evoker Fangs
Evoker fangs are the entities that evokers use to attack the player with their fang attack.
The individual fangs in an evoker's fang attacks each have a delay. Before the delay is over, the fangs cannot be seen, although unlike truly invisible entities, fangs in warmup still have a visible debug hitbox. After the delay, the fangs expand into existence, snap shut, make critical hit particles, and shrink out of sight again, dealing 6![]()
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magic damage to all mobs standing on the spot. Naturally spawned fangs do not harm illagers, but player-spawned ones do.
Evoker fangs are not affected by Peaceful difficulty.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evoker murmurs | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Evoker casts spell | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Evoker cheers | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Evoker dies | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Evoker hurts | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Evoker prepares summoning | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Evoker prepares attack | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Evoker prepares charming | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Fangs snap | Hostile Creatures | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Entity tags (JE) | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evoker | evoker | raiders | entity.minecraft.evoker |
| Evoker Fangs | evoker_fangs | None | entity.minecraft.evoker_fangs |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evoker | evocation_illager | 104 | entity.evocation_illager.name |
| Evoker Fangs | evocation_fang | 103 | entity.evocation_fang.name |
Entity data
Evokers have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- Tags common to all mobs spawnable in raids
- SpellTicks: Number of ticks until a spell can be cast. Set to a positive value when a spell is cast, and decreases by 1 per tick.
Evoker fangs have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Owner: The UUID of the entity that that fired the fangs, stored as four ints. If the entity is an Illager, the fangs do not damage other Illagers.
- Warmup: Time in ticks until the fangs appear. The fangs appear and begin to close as soon as this value becomes zero or less; negative values simply result in no delay. The value continues ticking down while the closing animation is playing, reaching -20 on naturally spawned fangs.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Monster Hunter | Attack and destroy a monster. | Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: an enderman, a piglin, a zombified piglin, a spider, or a cave spider. | 15G | Bronze | ||
| Feeling Ill | Defeat an Evoker | — | 30G | Silver | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adventure | Adventure, exploration and combat | — | Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity. | adventure/root
|
![]() | Monster Hunter | Kill any hostile monster | Adventure | Kill one of these 34 mobs:
| adventure/kill_a_mob
|
![]() | Monsters Hunted | Kill one of every hostile monster | Monster Hunter | Kill each of these 34 mobs:
| adventure/kill_all_mobs
|
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.11 | 16w39a | ||||
| 16w43a | Added the Owner tag to evocation fangs. | ||||
| 1.13 | pre5 | The entity ID has been changed from evocation_illager to evoker.
| |||
| The name and ID of "Evocation Fangs" have been changed to "Evoker Fangs". | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| 18w47a | Evokers can now spawn in raids. | ||||
| 19w05a | Evokers are now hostile toward the new wandering traders. | ||||
| 19w13a | Evokers can now open doors during raids. | ||||
| ? | Evokers can no longer open doors during raids. | ||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| Evokers are now hostile to the new wandering traders. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Evokers can now spawn during raids. | |||
| Evokers are no longer hostile to baby villagers. | |||||
| 1.13.0 | ? | Evokers now have smoother casting animations. | |||
| beta 1.13.0.9 | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | |
| 1.90 | Evokers can now spawn in raids. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 1.9.19 | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Evoker" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Minecraft's "Meet the Evoker" shows an evoker with a hat, which is the similar model of the illusioner's.[1]
- This hat model is also seen in the evoker, witch, and vindicator's texture file but unused.
- The hat models also used to exist in the nitwit, librarian, and priest's texture before the Village and Pillage update.
- The sheep color conversion spell is a reference to priests in a video game named "Age of Empires", where they can turn enemy units into friendly units (changing the unit's color in the process) after making a "wololo" sound.
- Because "Age of Empires" and Minecraft are Microsoft branded IPs, Mojang was able to get the actual "wololo" sound effect from "Age of Empires" for evokers to use.[1]
- Evokers are referred to as 'evocation illagers' in the code for pre-1.13 and Bedrock Edition code.
Gallery
Screenshots
A dying evoker mob.
An evoker summons fangs while its vex minions attack.
An evoker using its sheep color conversion spell.
An excessive amount of illagers, including several hundred evokers, vindicators, and illusioners spawned by command blocks. Note the abundance of Vexes that originate from the evokers.
Evoker with an illager banner.
An evoker from Minecraft Dungeons.
In Other Media
An Evoker wearing a wig from "Meet the Evoker", as a reference to the game Age of Empires.
- ExplorationUpdateFull.jpeg
Evokers in promotional artwork for the Exploration Update.
An Evoker in promotional artwork for the Village and Pillage Update.
References
- ↑ a b "Meet the Evoker" by Marsh Davies. Minecraft.net, January 5, 2017















