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.