Ominous Banner - Minecraft Block Guide | Properties, Recipe & Uses (2025)

What is Ominous Banner in Minecraft?

An ominous banner is a special, decorative banner with a sinister design that is dropped by the captain of a pillager patrol. It looks like a gray banner with a pattern that resembles the face of a pillager. Its main purpose is to be a trophy and a trigger for raids. When a player holding an ominous banner enters a village, they will get the "Bad Omen" status effect, which will cause a raid to start. A raid is a difficult event where waves of pillagers and other illagers attack the village. For players, the ominous banner is a symbol of their victory over a pillager captain and a key to starting one of the game's biggest challenges.

How to get Ominous Banner in Minecraft

You cannot craft an ominous banner. The only way to get one is by defeating a pillager captain. Pillager captains are the leaders of pillager patrols, which are small groups of pillagers that can spawn randomly in the Overworld. You can identify the captain because they are the only one in the group carrying an ominous banner on their back. Pillager captains also spawn as the leaders of pillager outposts. When you defeat a pillager captain, they will always drop their ominous banner as an item for you to pick up. Be careful, as defeating the captain will give you the Bad Omen effect, which will trigger a raid if you go to a village.

How to use Ominous Banner in Minecraft

The main use for an ominous banner is to start a raid. If you have the Bad Omen effect (which you get from defeating a captain) and you walk into a village, a raid will begin. The banner itself is not needed to start the raid, only the status effect. The banner is more of a trophy. You can place it in your base as a decoration to show off your victory. It has a very cool and menacing design that is perfect for decorating a castle or a fortress. You can also use it as fuel in a furnace, but it is much too rare and special for that. It is a fun item that adds a bit of story and challenge to the game.

How to craft Ominous Banner in Minecraft

No recipes for this block.

What can Ominous Banner make in Minecraft

No items can be crafted.

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How This All Started

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That was probably a mistake.

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