The Minecraft 1.19 update has officially been released for all platforms, and it is already highly celebrated within the community. Intending to fulfill all player demands, Minecraft 1.19 brings new biomes along with new mobs and high-level parity between the Minecraft Java and Bedrock editions. But the most significant addition of this update comes in the form of Allay, the winner of the Minecraft mob fan vote back in 2021. Allay is a cute new mob that acts as a friend and collects items for players. Not only that, but it also upgrades the existing in-game mechanics, including music, pillagers, and more. But unless you are following Minecraft releases closely, it can be hard to keep track of all the features of Allay. So, we’re here to cover everything you need to know about Allay in Minecraft 1.19, how it works, where to find it, and what not to do with Allay. So let’s jump right in.
For your ease, we have divided the guide into separate sections, and each one focuses on different aspects related to this new Minecraft 1.19 mob. You can use the table below to explore each of these sections conveniently.
What Is an Allay in MinecraftWhere to Find Allay in Minecraft
Pillage OutpostsWoodland MansionsWhat Does Allay Do in Minecraft
Allay and Note BlocksUses of AllayBasic Properties of Allay Mob
Health & RegenerationAttackingMob InteractionLight EmissionItem Collection and StackingHow to Exchange Items with AllayMeet Allay in Minecraft 1.19 Before Release
Pillage OutpostsWoodland Mansions
Allay and Note BlocksUses of Allay
Health & RegenerationAttackingMob InteractionLight EmissionItem Collection and Stacking
What Is an Allay in Minecraft
First announced at Minecraft Live 2021, Allay was a part of the 1.19 Wild update’s mob fan vote. The community was given the opportunity to choose a new mob for the next update, and Allay came victorious. We share our condolences to the Copper Golem and its fandom. But moving on, Allay is a passive fairy-like mob that chooses a particular item and collects its copies for the player throughout the loaded chunks.
The Allay is similar to the Minecraft bees in size but can fly at much higher heights. Unlike existing mobs, Allay isn’t related to any specific Minecraft biome. Moreover, it doesn’t interact with any in-game mobs other than the players. Even hostile mobs like zombies or creepers don’t care about Allay’s presence.
Where to Find Allay in Minecraft
In Minecraft’s creative game mode, you can meet the Allay using spawn eggs. However, we suggest reading our article on how to find and use Allay in Minecraft 1.19 for more detailed information. As for its natural spawning, you can find Allay in the following locations:
Pillage Outposts
Like Iron Golems, Allay spawns trapped inside wooden cages generated around Pillager Outposts. Each cage can have up to three Allays at the same time. You have to break the wooden structure to help Allay escape. Once free, the Allay starts wandering until it finds dropped items.
But before you jump ib to rescue the Allays, make sure to avoid or kill the Pillagers. Each outpost can have up to a dozen Pillagers who are hostile towards villagers and players. Unless you have the best Minecraft enchantments, they can overpower and kill you within minutes.
Mansions are one of the most dangerous structures in the game. They are home to hostile mobs, including zombies, creepers, vindicators, pillagers, and more. But with such high stakes, the treasures of the mansions are impressive too. It has various hidden and exposed rooms spread across three floors, each with unique features.
There’s a vast cage room within the mansion, usually on the ground floor. It has four cobblestone cages, each with 3 Allays trapped in them. You can use the lever outside the cages to open their doors and free the Allay. So, with one mansion, you can get 12 Allays at once.
What Does Allay Do in Minecraft
Allay’s only function in Minecraft is to collect items. It chooses a particular item and looks for its copies throughout the loaded chunks. An Allay can collect items in the following situations:
Allay and Note Blocks
Note Blocks are wooden blocks in Minecraft that play music in the game. Allays in Minecraft are attracted to these Note Blocks. If an Allay hears music playing from a Note Block, it drops all its collected items next to the Note Block instead of looking for a player.
But that doesn’t work all the time. Allay sees a specific Note Block as its favorite for 30 seconds of playing music. Once that time is up, it will ignore that same Note Block until it plays music again. You can create a Redstone machine to keep the music playing for an extended period.
Now that you know how it functions, the uses of Allay become pretty clear. Here are some of our ideas:
- An Allay can make the collection system in farms fully automatic and much faster without using complex Redstone mechanics. For more information, read our article on how to use Allay in an automatic Minecraft farm.You can also create automatic sorting systems to collect similar items in the same area or chest.A group of Allay can help you collect items quickly after an explosion and killing mobs.Since an Allay can hold up to 64 copies of a stackable item at a time, you can also use it as a portable storage option.You can use an Allay to find lost or accidentally dropped items within loaded chunks. But you must have a duplicate copy of that item.
Now that you have a general idea about Allay and its powers, we should understand its in-game properties. Keep in mind that all these are subject to change in the official release.
Like most peaceful smaller mobs, Allay doesn’t have a lot of health. You can kill it with two hits of a diamond sword or four hits of an iron sword. It also dies by suffocating within blocks, staying underwater for a long time, and due to fire damage. However, Allay can’t receive any fall damage as it keeps constantly floating irrespective of the height.
There is no attacking mechanic in Minecraft for Allay. It only runs away when being attacked. But do keep in mind that Allay is immune from attacks by its owner. That means if it is holding an item it got from you, your attacks won’t affect the Allay. However, if you take the item back, technically disowning it, you can easily kill the Allay.
Moreover, most hostile mobs ignore the Allay. So, you don’t have to worry about protecting it unless you are around the Wither or the Warden. Among these two, Wither targets Allay by default but the Warden only harms it when it gets annoyed by the Allay’s presence.
At the moment, every other mob seems unbothered by Allay’s presence. No hostile mob attacks it in general. The only mob that attacks Allay in Minecraft is the Wither which generally tries to kill every mob in the area. So, cute fairy-like mobs are no exceptions to it.
Thanks to their unique colors, Allay stands out in almost every biome during the day. But they become even easier to locate at night. Each Allay emits minimal light, which isn’t enough to light the area around them, but it does make it glow. Their light level is similar to far-away torches or spider eyes in the dark.
If you are just exploring some Minecraft house ideas, Allay can function as a unique and beautiful light source. Just make sure they don’t accidentally start stealing your building material.
If an item can be placed on top of an existing item, as a stack in your inventory, it’s stackable in Allay’s inventory as well. This remains true for various items, including diamonds, building blocks, and more. But if an unstackable item, like armor, is in Allay’s inventory, it will drop one near you or a Note Block before looking for the next one.
As for item dropping, it has an exciting animation and mechanics. Instead of dropping stacks. It showers each item of that stack individually on the player or the Note Block. Allay can easily pick up stacks of items, but it can only throw one item.
Handing and taking back items from Allay is quite simple. If the Allay is empty-handed, you can give it the item you are holding by right-clicking or using the secondary action key on it. Then, Allay will go around finding and collecting copies of that item for you.
Similarly, if you are empty-handed, you can right-click or use the secondary action key on Allay to take the item it is holding. But once you do that, the Allay will start roaming freely. You have to hand it another item soon enough otherwise the empty-handed Allay will fly away.
Allay is part of the Minecraft 1.18.30.22/23 beta release that users can enjoy on the Bedrock edition and Minecraft Preview. We already have a dedicated guide on how to get Allay in Minecraft right away, so check it out via the attached link. Use can interact with this mob before the official release of the wild update and test out everything we have detailed above.
