Raiding an Overhauled Pillager Outpost Safely

Preparing Your Equipment

Because overhauled outposts feature enhanced layouts, expanded verticality, and more challenging pillager encounters, adequate preparation is critical. Bring a full set of armor, a shield to deflect incoming crossbow bolts, a ranged weapon with ammunition, food for health regeneration, and building blocks to navigate multi-tiered scaffolding.

Clearing the Compound

Take on the outpost systematically to avoid being overwhelmed by pillager patrols:

1. Secure the Perimeter: Circle the base of the outpost first. Engage pillagers lingering around the newly added plate areas before attempting to climb any elevated platforms.

2. Break Line of Sight: Use the added decorative structure elements and compound walls for cover against ranged attackers stationed above.

3. Ascend the Towers: Approach the 4 distinct tower types carefully. Clear each level as you climb, placing torches to ensure visibility and placing blocks to seal off stairwells behind you if you need to retreat and heal.

4. Defeat Ringleaders: Work your way to the top platforms where pillagers often cluster, eliminating standard mobs before finishing off banner-bearing raid captains.