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 sort your items more efficiently. When used correctly, you’ll never lose anything again. Helper spirits are also easy to find and multiply, making them incredibly practical. They have a special relationship with music, which 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 places in Minecraft. They are found at Pillager Outposts, where they are caged, and you can free them. If you’re not playing on “Peaceful,” watch out for the Pillagers. Additionally, Allays can also be found in the prison cells of a Woodland Mansion, though this isn’t always the case. Be cautious of the Vindicator here, as they can deal significant damage!
Whether Allays are present or not is determined during world generation. This is tied to your Minecraft world’s seed, so you might be unlucky, as sometimes helper spirits don’t spawn. Each cage/cell has a 50% chance of containing 1–3 Allays.
Guide: Taming Allays in Minecraft
Once you free the Allays from their prison, they will fly around. You can bind them to you by giving them a random item. They then follow you within a radius of 64 blocks but can also be led with a leash. 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 an empty slot using a right-click, another player can bind the blue spirit to themselves.
Tips for Multiplying Allays
You can now multiply Allays yourself, though it’s different from other animals. You’ll need a Record Player and a Record. You’ll also need Amethyst Shards, which you can find in underground geodes. Your helper spirit must be nearby and dance to the music. The shard will then split the Allay into two spirits. The cooldown for this process is five minutes.
Efficient Use: Overview of Allay Tasks
You might be wondering what the blue spirits are actually good for. Allays can pick up an entire stack of the item they’re bound to. If you give them a block of sand, they will collect up to 64 more blocks within a radius of about 32 blocks. Once an Allay has collected all nearby items, it will bring them to you and drop them at your feet.
As mentioned earlier, with an empty right-click and a new item, you can bind nearly any block or item to an Allay and have it collected automatically. Note, however, that some items (e.g., Ender Pearls or Eggs) can only stack up to 16 items.
Automatic Item Sorting with Allays
You can also have the helper spirits drop items at a specific location. You’ll need a Note Block, which you activate. All spirits within a 16-block radius will then drop their items around the note block for 30 seconds.
If you want your items to be automatically sorted, you can set up a small system with:
- a Note Block
- a Redstone clock made from two facing Observers
- a water channel
- a Hopper and a Chest
Practical Uses for Allay Helper Spirits
Of course, we also want to give you some practical applications for using an Allay. It’s worth having about a handful of these spirits and taking them on different excursions. You can have them give you items directly or set up a small collection area.
Tree Felling: You’ll be chopping down trees quite often in Minecraft, and Allays are your best companions for this! They can collect tree logs, as well as fallen saplings, apples, and sticks. This way, you don’t have to run back and forth waiting for the leaves to decay. Helper spirits take care of this step for you!
Fighting Monsters: While fighting monsters, they also drop many useful items. Allays are incredibly practical here as well. You can assign zombie flesh, bones, and gunpowder to them and have these drops collected automatically. A big 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 quite low.
Crops: If you don’t have automatic farms, helper spirits are your helping hand when manually harvesting fields. Whether it’s sugarcane, wheat, or potatoes, they can collect any items and bring them to you in the end. This makes harvesting much more enjoyable and ensures you don’t overlook anything.
Eggs and Chickens: You can also place Allays with a leash next to your chicken coop. They will collect the eggs and give them to you when you’re nearby. Especially at the beginning, this is quite practical since chickens are a good food source.
Campfires: The usefulness of campfires is often underestimated, and with the blue spirits, you can automate the process. As soon as the meat or baked potato is done, it pops off the campfire. The Allay can then pick up the item. Be sure, however, to place a trapdoor above the campfire so that your spirits don’t burn as well.
Kelp: When you break items underwater, they float to the surface. Your Allays will then wait there to collect excess items like kelp. An automatic farm is hardly needed anymore! And kelp is not only delicious but also a great fuel for the furnace.
Cave Tours: Allays are also handy helpers during cave tours, collecting excess coal, iron, or even diamonds. Especially with such valuable resources, it’s important not to leave anything behind.
Conclusion
If you’ve never used Allays in Minecraft, now is the time! They collect any items around you and can also sort them into chests through a note block. You can certainly take advantage of this! Rent your own Minecraft server with us and gather as many helper spirits as possible with friends. The good thing is that everyone can benefit from this, as Allays are bound to a player with an item but can also be switched.
