enhanced Pillagers

Tired of pillager patrols that die in two arrow hits? Patrol Boost makes the pillager patrols that wander into your world on their own much more dangerous.

What it does

Every time a natural pillager patrol spawns, it gets reinforced:

• Double the pillagers: every pillager in the patrol is joined by another one
• 2-3 vindicators: always two, with a 50% chance of a third
• 1 evoker: it summons vexes and uses fangs, so don't stand still

Raids and pillager outposts are not affected. Only the patrols that come to you after some time has passed in your world.

Features

• Lightweight: no per-tick scanning of the whole world, each patrol is processed only once
• Fully vanilla: only datapack functions, no mods or resource packs needed
• Works in singleplayer and on servers
• Compatible with other datapacks: it uses its own patrol_boost namespace and tags

Installation

1. Download patrol_boost.zip
2. Put it into saves/<your world>/datapacks/ (on a server: world/datapacks/)
3. Run /reload or restart the world

You don't need to unzip it.

Testing

Want to see it right away? Summon a patrol leader:

/summon pillager ~ ~ ~ {PatrolLeader:1b,Patrolling:1b}

Good to know

• The extra mobs get vanilla equipment: crossbows for pillagers, axes for vindicators
• Reinforcements do not follow the patrol's walking route. They stay near where the patrol spawned and attack as soon as they spot a player
• Difficulty and the usual patrol spawn rules still apply, so patrols can still be rare on Peaceful and are never created there

Compatibility

Made for Minecraft Java Edition 26.2. It may load on other versions, but patrol NBT names changed between versions, so only 26.2 is supported.

Feedback

Found a bug or want something added, like more health, enchanted weapons, or other mobs? Leave a comment or open an issue.