Illager Update
A dark expansion to Illager culture, ritual soul magic, enhanced outposts, and a complete Wandering Trader overhaul — all vanilla-friendly and fully survival-compatible.
🔥 Illager Improvements
New Pillager Outpost Variant A redesigned outpost layout that adds environmental storytelling, new pathways, and improved loot options.
Pillagers With Attack Dogs Pillagers have a 12.5% chance to spawn with loyal hounds, making outposts and raids more chaotic and dangerous.
👻 Ritual Brewing
Vex Souls Dropped by Vexes; used for advanced ritual crafting.
Ritual Cauldron Brewing Perform Illager rituals using a water cauldron with a Soul Lantern above it. Two new ritual recipes:
Allay Summoning — Vex Soul + Ghast Tear
Illusioner Summoning — Bow + Pillager Head + Ghast Tear
🔪 Cleavers
Cleavers are not meant for combat. They are utility tools used for harvesting Illager and Villager heads.
Progression from Wood → Diamond
Specialized for decapitation, not damage
Enables collection of:
Pillager Heads
Villager Heads
🧳 Wandering Trader Rework
The Wandering Trader is now a true world traveler.
60 Total New Trades
30 Emerald Trades — Sell overworld items to the Trader
30 Material Trades — Receive useful overworld materials without emeralds
Trade Themes
Logs from every overworld wood type
Cave, forest, ocean, and swamp resources
Clay, gravel, sand, dirt, and stone variations
Iron and gold nugget exchanges
Rare items gathered from across the overworld.