Allay
Allay — mob.
Obtaining
Allays are found in cages at pillager outposts and in jail cells in woodland mansions. An outpost cage is a dedicated structure feature; a mansion group creates one to three allays. Once released, a lead or the player's held item can help move one to a permanent home.
| Outpost source | Cage with allays |
|---|---|
| Mansion source | Woodland mansion jail cell |
| Mansion group | 1–3 allays |
| Transport | Lead or following behavior |
Drops
An allay has no entity loot table. If it is holding an item, the held item can drop when the allay dies unless an enchantment prevents equipment drops; the held stack is otherwise a player-assigned delivery filter.
| Entity loot table | None |
|---|---|
| Held item | Can drop on death |
| Main-hand slot | One item |
Duplication
An allay duplicates when it is dancing near a jukebox and receives an amethyst shard. The duplicate interaction has a short cooldown, so the shard is an activation item rather than a normal breeding food.
| Activation item | 1 amethyst shard |
|---|---|
| Required state | Dancing |
| Cooldown | 6,000 ticks (5 minutes) |
| Result | One persistent allay at the dancer's position |
Sounds
The sound set changes the ambient event depending on whether the allay holds an item. Giving, taking, throwing, hurting, and dying use separate events.
| Ambient with item | entity.allay.ambient_with_item |
|---|---|
| Ambient without item | entity.allay.ambient_without_item |
| Item given | entity.allay.item_given |
| Item taken | entity.allay.item_taken |
| Item thrown | entity.allay.item_thrown |
| Hurt | entity.allay.hurt |
| Death | entity.allay.death |
Behavior
An allay can hold one item, search nearby for dropped copies of that item, and return matching stacks to its owner. It flies instead of walking, heals one health point every ten ticks, ignores fall damage, and treats its liked player as an ally. A note block can become its delivery point, while a jukebox makes the allay dance and opens its duplication interaction.
| Category | passive |
|---|---|
| Max health | 20 |
| Width | 0.35 |
| Height | 0.6 |
| Summonable | Yes |
| Fire immune | No |
| Item matching | Searches for copies of the held item |
| Delivery | Owner or recently played note block |
| Dance trigger | Jukebox |
| Duplication | Amethyst shard while dancing |
| Maximum health | 20 |
| Movement speed | 0.1; flying speed 0.1 |
| Pickup search distance | 32 blocks |
| Player follow distance | 64 blocks |
| Note-block distance | 1,024 blocks |
| Healing | 1 health every 10 ticks |
| Fall damage | Immune |
Data values
The mob uses the `minecraft:allay` identifier, belongs to the creature category, listens to the `note_block_play` game event, and stores a single main-hand item. Its one-slot inventory is the state that connects item matching, delivery, and duplication.
| Identifier | minecraft:allay |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Entity ID | minecraft:allay |
| Category | Creature |
| Dimensions | 0.35 × 0.6 blocks |
| Eye height | 0.36 blocks |
| Inventory | 1 main-hand slot |
| Listening event | note_block_play |
| Entity loot | None |
| Spawn egg | Allay Spawn Eggallay_spawn_egg |
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See also
References
The page follows the Allay entity and AI implementation, structure sources for outposts and mansions, entity registration, and sound registry.
| Local source | Allayallay |
|---|---|
| Entity behavior | net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/allay/Allay.java |
| AI and delivery | net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/allay/AllayAi.java |
| Entity registration | net/minecraft/world/entity/EntityTypes.java |
| Mansion source | net/minecraft/world/level/levelgen/structure/structures/WoodlandMansionPieces.java |
| Outpost source | data/minecraft/worldgen/template_pool/pillager_outpost/features.json |
| Sounds | net/minecraft/sounds/SoundEvents.java |
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Data and provenance
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Facts
| Category | passive |
|---|---|
| Max health | 20 |
| Width | 0.35 |
| Height | 0.6 |
| Summonable | Yes |
| Fire immune | No |
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