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Pillager Outpost Finder

Locate the nearest pillager outpost in any Minecraft Java seed — for crossbows, ominous banners, and starting raids.

Find the nearest outpost

Java Edition · seed-accurate via cubiomes

Pillager Outpost
Enter a seed and where you're starting from
View in seed map JavaScript required — this runs WebAssembly.

The map opens on this seed in the Overworld, with pillager outpost the only marker switched on.

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About Pillager Outpost

What the structure is, and what it's worth the trip for

A pillager outpost is a tall dark-oak watchtower guarded by pillagers and a captain. Kill the captain for an ominous banner, and — in current versions — an ominous bottle that lets you trigger a village raid on demand. Enter your seed and this finder returns the nearest outpost.

Outposts generate in village biomes and in the mountain biomes where villages don't, so there's usually one within reach of any settled area.

How it works

The placement rules this finder reproduces

Outposts place on a region grid seeded by your world seed and deliberately avoid generating too close to villages. The finder computes the seed-driven placement and returns the nearest outpost to your search origin.

Tips

Getting a useful result on the first search

  • The captain is the pillager carrying the ominous banner above its head — kill it for Bad Omen.
  • Clear the tower from the top down; the chest is on the top floor.
  • Pair the outpost with a nearby village to run raids for totems and emeralds.
  • See outposts and villages together on the seed map.

Frequently asked questions

What people ask about finding this structure

How do I find a pillager outpost? +

Enter your world seed and this finder returns the nearest pillager outpost. They generate in village biomes (plains, desert, savanna, taiga, snowy plains) and in mountain biomes where villages don't spawn.

What's in the outpost tower? +

The watchtower chest holds dark oak logs, crops, crossbows, enchanted books, and bottles o' enchanting. The captain drops an ominous banner and, in recent versions, an ominous bottle.

How do I start a raid from an outpost? +

Kill the outpost captain to gain Bad Omen (an ominous bottle grants it in current versions). Entering a village while afflicted triggers a raid.

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