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Official artwork for Minecraft 1.14 Village & Pillage
Release Java Edition Major update

Minecraft 1.14 “Village & Pillage”

Released on 23 April 2019, Minecraft Java Edition 1.14 Village & Pillage rebuilds villages with biome-based architecture and adds raids, Pillagers and Ravagers. It also brings Pandas, Foxes, the Wandering Trader, the Crossbow, new functional blocks such as the Stonecutter and the Grindstone, and new default textures.

Released 23 Apr 2019 98 new blocks & items Resource pack format 4 Data version 1952

Key takeaways

  • Villages: each village takes its style from its biome, and villagers follow a daily schedule, claim a bed and a work station and restock up to twice a day.
  • Raids: killing an illager that wears a banner can give you Bad Omen, and a villager rings the Bell to warn the village of a raid.
  • New mobs: Pillagers, Ravagers, Pandas, Foxes and the Wandering Trader with its llamas. Cats and Ocelots are now separate mobs.
  • Crossbow: slightly stronger than the Bow but less durable, with three new enchantments: Multishot, Piercing and Quick Charge.
  • New textures: the game's textures were redrawn, and the old set stays available as the Programmer Art resource pack.

Headline features

The changes you will notice first, with the pages that go deeper.

Mob

Pillagers and Ravagers

Pillagers fire crossbows and roam in illager patrols, and Ravagers are a new hostile mob. Pillager Outposts can generate in any biome where villages generate.

Gameplay

Raids and the Bell

An illager captain carries a banner, and killing it can bring a Bad Omen on you. The Bell alerts villagers to a raid, and the Hero of the Village effect lowers trade prices.

Blocks

Work station blocks

Each villager profession has its own work station, such as the Smoker, the Blast Furnace or the Stonecutter. The Grindstone takes over repairing items from the crafting grid.

Mob

Pandas, Foxes, Wandering Trader

Pandas have several personalities and live in the new Bamboo Jungle. Foxes come in red and snowy variants and breed with Sweet Berries, and the Wandering Trader sells random trades.

Official video

Published by Mojang on the official Minecraft YouTube channel.

Clicking loads the video from YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com).

Everything new in 1.14

compared with 1.13.2 · from the game files
98Blocks & items
7Entities
2Biomes
1Structures
2Effects
3Enchantments

New entities

Bamboo JungleBiome Bamboo JungleBamboo Jungle HillsBiome Bamboo Jungle HillsPillager OutpostStructure Pillager OutpostCatEntity CatFoxEntity FoxPandaEntity PandaPillagerEntity PillagerRavagerEntity RavagerTrader LlamaEntity Trader LlamaWandering TraderEntity Wandering Trader

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What changed

GraphicsMinecraft's textures were renovated, and the previous textures can be enabled as Programmer Art in the resource pack menu.
TechnicalA new light engine moves light computation off the main thread on the server.
VillagersTrade prices now depend on your reputation and on demand.
ItemsRepairing items in the inventory or crafting table moved to the Grindstone.
MobsOcelots can no longer be tamed but may start trusting you if you feed them fish, and tamed Cats can bring morning gifts to their owners.
AccessibilityA new Accessibility menu gathers all accessibility options in one place.
TechnicalBlock drops are now controlled by loot tables, and item models gain the custom_model_data property.

Source: official Java Edition 1.14 changelog

Mods & loaders for 1.14

Mods must be rebuilt for each version. Counts from the files published on Modrinth and CurseForge, in our catalog.

LoaderMods with a 1.14 fileLatest build
Fabric140.20.1
NeoForge7·
Forge14·
Quilt5·
Shader loadersShaders with a 1.14 fileLatest build
Iris53·
OptiFine50·
25 mods in our catalog have a 1.14 file →

78 texture packs and 31 maps in our catalog support 1.14.

How to play 1.14

  1. 01

    Open the Minecraft Launcher and select Minecraft: Java Edition.

  2. 02

    Go to Installations, create a new installation and choose version 1.14.

  3. 03

    Back up your worlds before opening them in a new version.

From first snapshot to release

32 snapshots, 5 pre-releases and 0 release candidates over 181 days.

  1. 18w43a24 Oct 2018
  2. 19w04a24 Jan 2019
  3. 19w14b05 Apr 2019
  4. 1.14 Pre-Release 110 Apr 2019
  5. 1.1423 Apr 2019
All 37 test builds →

Minecraft 1.14 FAQ

When was Minecraft 1.14 released?

On 23 April 2019, for Java Edition, under the name Village & Pillage. Four bug-fix releases followed, from 1.14.1 to 1.14.4 on 19 July 2019.

How does a raid start in 1.14?

Killing an illager that wears a banner on its head can give you Bad Omen. When a raid comes, a villager rings the village Bell to alert the others.

What do the new Crossbow enchantments do?

Multishot fires three arrows at once, Piercing lets an arrow hit a number of mobs equal to its level plus 1, and each level of Quick Charge cuts the charging time by 0.25 seconds.

Can I keep the old textures in 1.14?

Yes. The redrawn textures are the new default, but you can enable the old Programmer Art textures in the resource pack menu.