Illagers are hostile mobs that look similar to villagers, wandering traders and witches. The illagers are considered "exiled", "outcast", or "offshoot" villagers because they pursue and attack players, villagers, wandering traders, snow golems,[Bedrock Edition only] and iron golems. These mobs are a major enemy in Minecraft Dungeons.
Illagers don't spawn alone. They always spawn naturally in groups such as patrols or raids or in their structures.
Illagers sometimes have their own "leader". They have a small chance to become a raid captain, even when summoned by commands. (in Java Edition when using their spawn egg as well).
Vindicators can break down doors like zombies, in Normal or Hard modes.
Evokers and illusioners cast spells when fighting.
Java Edition
Evokers, illusioners and vindicators can open doors like villagers, using a spell, which does not rest their spell cool down. Note that pillagers (and witches and vexes) cannot.
All of them can spawn reinforcements when hit, like zombies do. Their reinforcements include other illagers and ravagers.
Bedrock
All illagers and vexes ignore baby villagers.
If an illager, except a pillager or a ravager, gets hit by a pillager, they would try to fight back and kill that pillager. The pillager will not fight back.
Criteria
There are 3 specific criteria for a mob to be considered an illager. They are as follows:
- "Johnny" vindicators do not attack the mob.
- The mob can not be damaged by evoker fangs.
- The mob won't fight back when they hit by pillager or illusioner's arrows.[Java Edition only]
Illagers
Only the pillager, vindicator and evoker can spawn naturally. The illusioner is exclusive to the Java Edition, and is unused. Vexes can be summoned by evokers, who can spawn in woodland mansions and raids.
- Evoker
- Illusioner[Java Edition only]
- Pillager
- Ravager[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only]
- Vindicator
Monsters that spawn in raids
- Ravager
- Not an illager In Java Edition because "Johnny" vindicators attack them. And they won't fight back that illager.
- Vex
- "Johnny" vindicators attack them. They spawn when summoned by an evoker.
- Witch
- "Johnny" vindicators attack them and they take damage from evoker fangs. They do spawn in raids.
If a witch is hit by a pillager or "Johnny" vindicator, it won't fight back. [Java Edition only]
Natural occurrences containing illagers
Natural structures containing illagers
Vindicators and evokers are found in mansions, while pillagers spawn in pillager outposts.