Woodland mansions are huge, rare structures in dark forests packed with loot — and packed with evokers, vindicators and vexes. The hardest part is finding one; clearing it is mostly a matter of knowing the rooms.
How to find one
- Mansions spawn in dark forest biomes, typically far from spawn.
- Cartographer villagers trade Woodland Explorer Maps that point to a nearby mansion.
- Faster: use the Structure Finder on ChunkScope — enter your seed and it locates the nearest mansion attempts.
Loot worth taking
| Room | Loot |
|---|---|
| Secret rooms | Enchanted books, diamonds, emerald blocks |
| “Kitchen” / storage | Food, iron, gold |
| End chests | Rare gear, ender pearls |
| Redstone / trap rooms | Redstone, pistons |
The best prize is the Totem of Undying (from evokers) and Mending books hidden in secret rooms.
Clearing it safely
- Beware the evoker’s vexes — use the Totem and keep moving; vexes pierce armor.
- Clear room-by-room: light each room, break spawners first.
- Don’t sleep inside — mansion mobs ignore it and it resets spawns.
- Bring ender pearls to escape, a shield, and a sword with Looting III (evokers drop more totems).
Best-of: secret rooms
Mansions have several hidden rooms behind walls and false floors. Listen for the sound of water/lava and check corners — diamond blocks and Mending books are often in the “roof” and “fake wall” rooms.
After the raid
- Turn the mansion into a base or raid farm (evoker farm for totems).
- The Vex and Vindicator drops make it a slow but renewable loot source.
Use the Structure Finder to pinpoint the nearest mansion from any seed before you go.