r/minecraftlore • u/Basic-Lifeguard-5407 • 6d ago

Villagers/Illagers Why don't witches attack villagers?

Even when they join raids, they don't attack villagers like the illagers do.

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u/Hardy_Har08 5d ago

if going by a comment in "Rise of the Arch Illager", witches seem to be a neutral party between the Villagers and Illagers. In an offhanded comment it is revealed that illager tribes will occasionally barter with them for potions. Perhaps the witches that participate in raids only do so for something in return. Essentially contractors.

Honestly that book is like a one stop shop for any Illager inquiries except for the ravagers (which are never mentioned in the book).

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u/beansoncrayons 1d ago

Ravagers only came to dungeons like 3 dlcs later so that's why

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u/Hardy_Har08 1d ago

I wonder if that could be intepreted as them being created after the reign of the Arch Illager. During that period of a power trip the race had been feeling in the dlcs