Although the latest village update of Minecraft has enriched the lives of the villagers and allowed us to interact more with them, this update also brings new challenges: the deadly enemy of the villagers--the disaster villagers.

In the previous version, we could only find them living in the woodland mansion only deep in the forest. Now, in the latest version, the disaster-stricken villagers have many new partners, and we can also encounter patrols composed of disaster-stricken villagers in the wild. More than that, in some cases, they will also launch attacks on the village. Seeing this, are you a little bit worried? It does not matter, come, and see the content introduced by the official WeChat account~ This time, the peace of the village depends on you adventurers to protect!

Bad Omen

In the village version, we sometimes encounter disaster patrols composed of disaster villagers in the Minecraft, or find outposts inhabited by predators. The disaster villager with the flag in the patrol or outpost is their leader. After we encounter a disaster patrol or find an outpost and kill the leader, we will obtain an effect called “Bad Omen”. This effect will last for a long time, if we kill more leaders before the effect disappears, the intensity level of this effect will be increased.

“Bad Omen” is a negative effect as the name suggests. When we enter a village with this effect, the effect will disappear and trigger an “attack” event in the village. In the attack, we must face an assault team composed of various enemies. They will spawn around the village and try to attack the players and villagers we see. The attack will be divided into multiple waves. The types and numbers of enemies in each wave will increase. The number of waves is related to the difficulty of the map and the strength of the “Bad Omen” effect carried by the player when entering the village. The higher and the stronger the effect level, the more waves of attacks and the more difficult it is to defeat.

During the attack, we can see a BOSS blood bar at the top of the game interface, which represents the current attach status. As each wave of attack begins, the blood strip will gradually fill up; every time we defeat an invading enemy, the blood strip will get diminished; the blood strip going to zero means that we have withstood this wave of attacks. When we successfully complete all the waves, the blood strip will display the word “Victory” and disappear, and the villagers will start cheering and celebrating.

And if the attacking disaster villager killed all the villagers and destroyed the village, the attack would end in the victory of the attacker. The word “Failure” will be displayed on the top of the blood strip, and the attackers will begin to celebrate. You adventurers must not let them succeed!

Get to know yourself and the enemy as well

After understanding how the attack works, let us take a look at the creatures involved in the attack! After all, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win hundreds of battles.

There are five kinds of hostile creatures that participated in the attack in the original survival, some of which can directly cause physical damage to us, and some can use magic to attack. Magic attacks and physical damage are quite different. By wearing armor, we can reduce the damage caused by physical attacks. Magic attacks can directly penetrate the protection of armor, and even if we are wearing diamond armor, we will also suffer a lot of damage.

Not only that, but they also have a clear division of labour, just like an expedition that goes deep into the dungeon: there are “tanks” responsible for charging and encroaching, the main combat force for melee and long-range attacks, and even healers who assist themselves.

Predators are enemies who use crossbows added in the village update to conduct long-range attacks, while vindicators will rush to us for melee attacks with an axe. It can be said that the two of them are warriors who mainly cause physical damage.

On the side of magic users, we can meet our old friend the witch in the attack, and the evoker who is a member of the disaster villagers.Witches not only use potions to cause magical damage to us, and bring negative effects such as poison, slowness, and weakness, but also use healing potions and health restoration potions to heal themselves and teammates when they are hurt, and use potions with various positive effect to bring advantage to themselves and resolve danger.

The evoker is a team member who is more inclined to attack. He will release spells and summon dangerous fangs from the ground to attack. The damage they cause will not be reduced by the armor value provided by the armor itself. In addition, the evoker will also call out vicious ghosts to attack from time to time. Annoyed ghosts will fly in the air and dive down to attack, and they can pass through walls, which is extremely dangerous. Adventurers should pay attention to the movements around you!

Finally, they also have a big partner, the raider. They have thick skin and high hit point, and they can also fly into enemies they hit, which is a big threat.

Fully armed

Facing such a powerful enemy, of course we have to be prepared, but how can we effectively resist the attacks of the disaster-stricken villagers? Let the official Wechat show you the way!

First, of course we must equip ourselves. Wearing a set of iron armor or even diamond armor can protect our safety to a large extent, allowing us to fight with ease. If possible, adding enchantments to the armor is even a better idea.

Speaking of weapons, the official Wechat reckoned in addition to a handy melee weapon, a long-range weapon can be said to be a necessity, so that we can quickly and safely solve those key targets from a distance, for example, it can cause a large number of melee weapons. Magic damage will also heal other enemy witches. In the latest version, we have two conventional long-range weapons, bow and crossbow to choose from.

In addition, it is also a wise choice to carry a shield. With shield, we can block the arrows of the raiders, the attacks of swooping vicious ghosts, and the fatal charge attacks of the raiders. If we use the shield to block the knock from raiders, not only will we get hurt (although we will still receive a weak knockback effect), but the raiders will be impacted and stunned for a period of time, giving us a chance to take advantage. However, adventurers should be careful, when the angry raider recovers from the stun, it will roar, knock back the surrounding creatures and cause damage to them!

In addition to the above items, adventurers can also bring some other resources to make the battle easier, such as potions with positive effects, and golden apples and totems of immortality that can save us in critical moments.In addition to arming ourselves, we can also build some fortifications for the village to make it easy to defend and difficult to attack. We can choose to build a wall around the village, or dig a river to protect the village, which will make the offensive of the villagers more difficult and give us more opportunities to attack.

If the adventurer’s village is located in a desert or coniferous forest, we can also take local materials and use cactus and sweet berry plants as defensive measures. They will cause damage to nearby creatures and help us weaken the enemy.

Finally, the villagers also prepared a hard punch for us, that is, the bell in the centre of the village. If the bell rings during an attack, all nearby enemies participating in the attack will be briefly highlighted, leaving them with no place to hide. (PC version only) Make good use of this feature, and you will surely make your defensive actions more effective!

Village hero

Having said so much, there may be an adventurer who wants to ask, can we get any rewards after spending so much effort to defend against the attack? Of course, you are the adventurer who defended the village, and you deserve the title of “Village Hero”. But this is not just a nice name. After we successfully defended an attack, all players who participated in the defence will get a status effect called “Village Hero”. The strength of this status effect and when the attack is triggered, the "Bad Omens" possessed are of the same intensity level and will last for a longer period of time. In other words, the more difficult the initial battle, the more praise the adventurers will receive~

With the effect of “village hero”, we will receive thanks from the villagers, and villagers of different occupations will give different items. In addition, this effect will also reduce the price of the trading. The stronger the effect, the greater the discount. What are you waiting for, buy it quickly!

And, you adventurers, don’t forget that in addition to obtaining the effect of “village heroes”, when we defeat the incoming enemies, they will also drop unique items. For example, raiders will drop saddles and evokers will also drop precious totems of immortality, please do not forget!