Ravagers are large hostile mobs that only spawn alongside illagers in raids. They attack players, adult villagers, wandering traders and iron golems by running at them and biting them. They can be briefly stunned by being blocked with a shield, but after recovering they will roar, damaging and knocking away all nearby entities.
Spawning[]
Raids[]
Ravagers spawn starting at wave 3 as part of a raid.
Java Edition[]
Unridden ravagers spawn at wave 3, a ravager ridden by a pillager spawns at wave 5, and a ravager ridden by a vindicator spawns at wave 7. A ravager ridden by an evoker also spawns at wave 7.
Bedrock Edition[]
Up to 5 ravagers spawn as part of a raid. Unridden ravagers spawn at waves 3 and 5, a ravager ridden by a pillager spawns at waves 5 and 7, and a ravager ridden by an evoker spawns at wave 7.
Ravagers can be summoned with riders by using spawn event commands. /summon ravager ~ ~ ~ minecraft:spawn_with_pillager_rider
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Drops[]
Upon being killed, a ravager drops:
Ravagers, as well as piglin brutes, drop the most amount of experience orbs out of all non-boss entities.
Behavior[]
Ravagers are hostile toward players, iron golems, adult villagers, and wandering traders within a 32-block radius. They attack by ramming enemies with their head, dealing a knockback of 5 blocks. Ravagers also attack by opening and closing their mouths, similar to biting their target.
When ravagers see a villager and an iron golem together, they always prioritize villagers unless they are already attacking an iron golem.
They can also destroy certain block types by charging into them. In Java Edition, ravagers can only break leaves and crops. In Bedrock Edition, they can break leaves, all crops, any other non-tree plants, mushrooms, and turtle eggs. Here is the complete list:
Block | Bedrock Edition | Java Edition |
---|---|---|
Bamboo | Yes | No |
Bamboo Sapling | Yes | No |
Beetroots | Yes | Yes |
Brown Mushroom | Yes | No |
Carrots | Yes | Yes |
Carved Pumpkin | Yes | No |
Chorus Flower | Yes | No |
Chorus Plant | Yes | No |
Dead Bush | Yes | No |
Sunflower | Yes | No |
Lilac | Yes | No |
Peony | Yes | No |
Rose Bush | Yes | No |
Large Fern | Yes | No |
Tall Grass | Yes | No |
Leaves | Yes | Yes |
Azalea Leaves | Yes | Yes |
Flowering Azalea Leaves | Yes | Yes |
Flower except wither rose | Yes | No |
Grass | Yes | No |
Jack o'Lantern | Yes | No |
Melon | Yes | No |
Melon Stem | Yes | No |
Potatoes | Yes | No |
Pumpkin | Yes | No |
Pumpkin Stem | Yes | No |
Red Mushroom | Yes | No |
Sugar Cane | Yes | No |
Saplings | Yes | No |
Snow | Yes | No |
Sweet Berry Bush | Yes | No |
Turtle Egg | Yes | No |
Vines | Yes | No |
Lily Pad | Yes | No |
Wheat | Yes | Yes |
Crimson Fungus | Yes | No |
Warped Fungus | Yes | No |
Hanging Roots | Yes | No |
Cave Vines | Yes | No |
Azalea | Yes | No |
Small Dripleaf | Yes | No |
Big Dripleaf | Yes | No |
Spore Blossom | Yes | No |
Torchflower Crop | Yes | Yes |
Pitcher Crop | No | Yes |
Although ravagers are equipped with saddles, they cannot be ridden by the player. Ravagers will only naturally appear ridden by an illager. However, another mob can be allowed to ride a ravager using the /ride command.
In Bedrock Edition ravagers have delayed hits hit_delay_pct: 0.5. When set to 0.0, ravager hits wouldn't be delayed to match Java Edition.
When its bite attack is blocked by a shield, no damage is dealt and knockback is halved. A ravager also has a 50% chance to become stunned and unable to move or attack for 2 seconds. After this period, it will open its mouth and roar, dealing 6 damage and a knockback of 5 blocks to nearby entities. The roar knocks back nearby illagers without damaging them and has no effect on other ravagers (note that vexes and witches are not treated as illagers and will take both damage and knockback). Illagers that are knocked back by a ravager's roar can still take fall damage.
Ravagers do not attack pillagers who shoot at them by accident, and do not attack evokers when evoker fangs accidentally hit them. When a vindicator riding a ravager has been named "Johnny" it may attack the ravager while it is riding it, but the ravager does not attack the vindicator for any reason. When a ravager gets shot by a mob that battles with a projectile while it is attacking the player, the ravager first attempts to kill who shot it, then goes back to attacking the player once the deed is done. Any mob that doesn't battle with projectiles requires a ravagers to roar in order to aggro on it.
In Java Edition, a ravager who gets attacked by a mob (excluding illagers or goats) or player will alert other ravagers to target the attacker unless the ravager was killed in one hit.
Ravagers take 75% less of knockback, but they still float in water. A ravager being ridden dismounts its rider if it moves into water two blocks deep. Riders cannot mount ravagers again after being dismounted.
In Java Edition, any ravager can join a patrol if sufficiently near a patrol captain.
Sounds[]
Java Edition:
Ravagers use the Hostile Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Ravager grunts | Hostile Creatures | Randomly | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Ravager cheers | Hostile Creatures | When a ravager wins a raid | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Ravager bites | Hostile Creatures | When a ravager uses a melee attack | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Ravager roars | Hostile Creatures | When a ravager uses a roar attack after being stunned | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 35 | |
Ravager stunned | Hostile Creatures | When a ravager is stunned by a shield | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Ravager dies | Hostile Creatures | When a ravager dies | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Ravager hurts | Hostile Creatures | When a ravager is damaged | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Hostile Creatures | When a ravager walks | entity | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
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Hostile Creatures | Randomly | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | Randomly while in a raid | mob | 3.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | When a ravager wins a raid | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | When a ravager uses a melee attack | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | When a ravager uses a roar attack after being stunned | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | When a ravager is stunned by a shield | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | When a ravager dies | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | When a ravager is damaged | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Hostile Creatures | While a ravager is walking | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 |
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Entity tags (JE) | Translation key |
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Ravager | ravager | raiders | entity.minecraft.ravager |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
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Ravager | ravager | 59 | entity.ravager.name |
Entity data[]
Ravagers 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
- AttackTick: Attack cooldown for this ravager.
- RoarTick: Roar attack cooldown for this ravager.
- StunTick: Stun attack cooldown for this ravager.
Achievements[]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
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PS4 | Other | |||||
Kill the Beast! | Defeat a Ravager. | — | 30G | Silver |
Advancements[]
History[]
September 29, 2018 | Illager Beasts are announced at MINECON Earth 2018. | ||||
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Java Edition | |||||
1.14 | 18w43a | Added illager beasts. | |||
18w44a | Illager beasts no longer flee in the presence of rabbits.[1] | ||||
18w45a | Illager beasts now spawn in illager patrols, 200 blocks away from villages on grass or sand with a block light level of 0–8 and a sky light level of 10–15. | ||||
18w46a | Illager beasts no longer spawn as part of illager patrols, which has made them unused. | ||||
18w47a | Illager beasts now spawn in the new raids, which has made them used again. | ||||
19w05a | "Illager Beast" has been renamed to "Ravager". | ||||
The ID has been changed from illager_beast to ravager . | |||||
19w13a | Ravagers can now be ridden by evokers. | ||||
1.17 | ? | Ravagers can now break azalea and flowering azalea leaves. | |||
1.18 | Pre-release 8 | Ravagers no longer attack baby villagers. | |||
1.19 | ? | Ravagers can now break mangrove leaves. | |||
1.19.4 | ? | Ravagers can now break torchflower crops and cherry leaves. | |||
1.20 | 23w14a | Ravagers can now break pitcher crops. | |||
1.20.2 | 23w33a | Ravagers now have a lower attack range. They can no longer attack through multiple-block-thick walls.[2] | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Added illager beasts. | |||
Illager beasts are currently available only through Experimental Gameplay. | |||||
Illager beasts have a basic AI, use the player's hurt sound and don't have any animations. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | "Illager Beast" has been renamed to "Ravager". | |||
Ravagers now have animations and their own sounds. | |||||
The AI behavior of ravagers have been fully implemented. | |||||
Ravagers can now spawn during raids. | |||||
Ravagers can now be ridden by vindicators and pillagers. | |||||
Ravagers are no longer hostile to baby villagers. | |||||
beta 1.11.0.3 | Ravagers have been fully implemented and are now separate from Experimental Gameplay. | ||||
beta 1.11.0.5 | Ravagers can now be ridden by evokers. | ||||
1.19.20 | beta 1.19.20.20 | Ravagers can now destroy mangrove leaves, azaleas, azalea leaves, cave vines, big dripleaves, small dripleaves, spore blossoms, and hanging roots. | |||
1.19.40 | beta 1.19.40.21 | Ravagers are no longer illagers. | |||
Ravager's collision box has been changed to match Java Edition. | |||||
Ravager's movement speed has been increased to match Java Edition. | |||||
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.91 | Added ravagers. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Ravager" or "Illager beast" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
A ravager shown at MINECON Earth 2018.
A group of pillagers raiding a village, shown at MINECON Earth 2018.
A ravager seen in the Village & Pillage artwork.
A ravager destroying tree leaves.
A ravager biting an iron golem.
Efe cornered by a ravager.
Ravager riders[]
The specific instructions are: Ravager raiders with Java edition legs texture.
A pillager ravager rider.
A vindicator ravager rider.
An evoker ravager rider.
An illusioner ravager rider.
A pillager raid captain ravager rider.
A vindicator raid captain ravager rider.
An evoker raid captain ravager rider.
An illusioner raid captain ravager rider.
In other media[]
Lego Minecraft ravager.
Trivia[]
- When the ravager was first revealed at Minecon Earth 2018, it had the placeholder name of "illager beast", and kept this name for multiple snapshots and betas as Mojang listened for name suggestions from the community. In Java Edition 19w05a and Bedrock Edition beta 1.11.0.1, illager beasts were named ravagers, although "behemoth" was also considered.[3]
- Ravagers were mainly inspired by the manticore, particularly the version from Dungeons & Dragons.[4]
- Ravagers have a vaguely bovine appearance, and are jokingly described as "a spicy cow" on the Minecraft.net page.[4] However, they cannot be milked.
- Several ravager sounds are altered versions of the sounds of other mobs:
- The first and third ravager death sounds ( and ) are versions of the first pillager death sound () but lower pitched.
- The fourth ambient ravager sound () is the third evoker ambient sound () but lower pitched.
- The fifth ambient ravager sound () is the third villager "trade denial" sound () but lower pitched.
- The third stunned ravager sound () is the first zombie villager ambient sound () but slightly edited.
References[]
- ↑ "FYI, I asked Josh to remove this feature again. Although funny, being scared of rabbits doesn't fit with the Beast's lore." – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, October 30, 2018
- ↑ MC-2310 — "Wrong attack radius calculation damages/kills entities through blocks and corners" — resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 18w43a" – Minecraft.net
- ↑ a b "Meet The Ravager" – Minecraft.net, May 11, 2019
External links[]
- Meet the Ravager – Minecraft.net on May 11, 2019