Minecraft offers a variety of interesting creatures, but the Allay is one of the coolest mobs you can have in your world! These little blue spirits are loyal companions that help you organize your items better. If you use them correctly, you’ll never lose anything again. Helper spirits are also easy to find and multiply, making them incredibly handy. Plus, they have a special relationship with music that you can use to your advantage. We’ll explore this and more in this article!
Locations: Where to Find Allays in Minecraft
You can find Allays in two locations in Minecraft. Firstly, they can be found at Pillager Outposts. They are trapped in cages there, and you can free them. If you’re not playing on “Peaceful,” be cautious of the Pillagers. Secondly, Allays can also be found in the prison cells of a Woodland Mansion, though this isn’t always guaranteed. Be especially wary of the Vindicator here, as they can hit really hard!
Whether or not Allays are present is determined at world generation. It’s tied to your Minecraft world’s seed, and you might be unlucky, as sometimes helper spirits don’t spawn. Each cage/cell has a 50% chance of containing 1–3 Allays.
Guide: How to Tame Allays in Minecraft
When you free the Allays from their prison, they will fly around. You can bind them to you by giving them a random item to hold. They will then follow you within a 64-block radius but can also be leashed to follow you. Once a helper spirit is bound to you, you can no longer attack it.
On a multiplayer server, you can also share Allays! As soon as you remove the item with a right-click using an empty slot, another player can bind the blue spirit to themselves.
Tips for Breeding Allays
You can now breed Allays yourself, which works differently than with other animals. You will need a Jukebox and a Music Disc. Additionally, you’ll need Amethyst Shards, which you can find in underground geodes. Your helper spirit must be nearby and dance to the music. The Allay will split into two spirits with the shard. The cooldown for this is five minutes.
Efficient Use: Overview of Allay Tasks
Now you’re probably wondering what the blue spirits are actually good for. Allays can pick up an entire stack of the item they are bound to. So if you give them a sand block, they’ll collect up to 64 more stone blocks within a radius of about 32 blocks. Once an Allay has picked up all the surrounding items, it will bring them to you and drop them at your feet.
As previously mentioned, with an empty right-click and a new item, you can bind almost any block and item to an Allay and have it collected automatically. Keep in mind, though, that some items (e.g., Ender Pearls or eggs) stack only up to 16 items.
Automatic Item Sorting with Allays
You can also get the helper spirits to drop items in a specific location. You will need a Note Block, which you activate. All spirits within a 16-block radius will drop their items around the Note Block for 30 seconds.
If you want your items to be sorted automatically, you can set up a small system with:
- a Note Block
- a Redstone clock made of two opposing observers
- a water channel
- a hopper and a chest
Practical Applications for Allay Helper Spirits
Of course, we want to give you some practical application possibilities for using an Allay. It’s worth having about a handful of these spirits and taking them on various excursions. You can have the items given to you directly or set up a small collection area.
Tree Felling: You’ll often cut down trees in Minecraft, and Allays are your best companions for this! They can collect the logs, as well as any fallen saplings, apples, and sticks. This way, you don’t have to run back and forth waiting for the leaves to decay. Helper spirits handle this step for you!
Fighting Monsters: While battling monsters, they also drop many useful items. Here, too, Allays are incredibly practical. You can assign zombie flesh, bones, and gunpowder, and have these drops collected automatically. A significant advantage is that Allays can regenerate, and a little damage doesn’t bother them much. The chance of a spirit dying in battle is therefore relatively low.
Crops: If you don’t have automatic farms, then helper spirits are your helping hand for manually harvesting fields. Whether sugarcane, wheat, or potatoes, they can collect any items and bring them to you at the end. This makes harvesting much more enjoyable and ensures you don’t miss anything.
Eggs and Chickens: You can also place Allays with a leash next to your chicken coop. They’ll collect the eggs and give them to you when you’re nearby. Especially at the beginning, this is quite practical because chickens are a good food source.
Campfires: The usefulness of campfires is often underestimated, and with the blue spirits, you can automate the process. Once the meat or baked potato is cooked, it pops off the campfire. The Allay can then pick up the item. Make sure, however, to place a trapdoor above the campfire so your spirits don’t burn.
Kelp: When you mine items underwater, they float to the surface. Your Allays will be waiting there to collect excess items like kelp. An automatic farm is hardly necessary! And kelp is not only tasty but also a great fuel for the furnace.
Cave Tours: Allays are also practical helpers on cave tours, collecting excess coal, iron, or even diamonds. Especially with such resources, it’s important not to leave anything behind.
Conclusion
If you’ve never used Allays in Minecraft, now is the time! They collect all sorts of items around you and can sort them into chests through a Note Block. You can, of course, make use of this! Rent your own Minecraft server from us and gather as many helper spirits as possible with friends. The good news is that everyone can make use of them, as Allays are bound directly to a player via an item but can also be transferred.
