Aaah, the village. Once a place of peace, a nexus of happiness, a safe haven for everyone to soothe their souls in a never-ending mantra of “HRMM!”. Who in their right mind would dare to ruin this sanctuary of perfect balance? Now, the easy answer would be the crossbow-wielding Pillagers – the all-new threat of the Village & Pillage update.
But in reality, the true villain for all this upcoming village discord, is, in fact, Mojang. Why would those dastardly developers do this? In short, because it was time to give the Overworld a worthy adversary.
“For a long time villages have always been a very serene, peaceful place, except at night when zombies would come, and then it was anything but that,” says Cory Scheviak, developer on the Minecraft Java Edition. “There’s never been a group of adversaries that maybe had it out – or perhaps even felt jealousy – for the villager lifestyle. With villages and villagers getting a new fresh coat of paint, we felt that it was time for them to also get a new challenge, to balance out their luxurious lifestyles they’ll be living.”
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