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Village & Pillage: A Wanderous Journey

Village & Pillage: A Wanderous Journey is an animated short made to promote the Village & Pillage update, telling the story of a wandering trader trying to sell products.

A wandering trader is restocking the contents of a trader llama's chest in a old growth pine taiga, pulling out a bucket of pufferfish and nautilus shell. They cross through the forest before eventually seeing someone across from a river. The trader pulls out many items with the hopes of selling to them, only for it to just be two foxes stacked on top of each other. Next they approach a pillager outpost, the pillagers intimidate and immediately attack them. Now situated at a campfire, the trader sits down depressed and desperate while their llama eats a sweet berry off the bush and immediately spits it out.

Moving on to a snowy plains, the trader llama hums, creating a loud echo. Moving on to a desert, they stand stoically as the sun sets. Moving on to an eroded badlands biome, the wandering trader hums, creating a loud echo. There is simply nobody around to trade with, it seems, leaving the trader very saddened and hurt. Approaching a waterfall, the trader llama walks over to the edge, and sees something. It goes back and pushes their owner to see what they saw; to their relief, a village.

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-06-19 Open Original
Village & Pillage: A Wanderous Journey
Subjects Village & Pillage
Starring Wandering Trader
Production
companies 		Brikk Animation
Streaming
providers 		YouTube
Date April 17, 2019
Length 1:45

Village & Pillage: A Wanderous Journey is an animated short made to promote the Village & Pillage update, telling the story of a wandering trader trying to sell products.

Summary

A wandering trader is restocking the contents of a trader llama's chest in a old growth pine taiga, pulling out a bucket of pufferfish and nautilus shell. They cross through the forest before eventually seeing someone across from a river. The trader pulls out many items with the hopes of selling to them, only for it to just be two foxes stacked on top of each other. Next they approach a pillager outpost, the pillagers intimidate and immediately attack them. Now situated at a campfire, the trader sits down depressed and desperate while their llama eats a sweet berry off the bush and immediately spits it out.

Moving on to a snowy plains, the trader llama hums, creating a loud echo. Moving on to a desert, they stand stoically as the sun sets. Moving on to an eroded badlands biome, the wandering trader hums, creating a loud echo. There is simply nobody around to trade with, it seems, leaving the trader very saddened and hurt. Approaching a waterfall, the trader llama walks over to the edge, and sees something. It goes back and pushes their owner to see what they saw; to their relief, a village.

Characters

Settings

Quotes

A journey begins as a Wandering Trader sets out into the Overworld with a trusty llama. Will they find what they are searching for?

— Video description

Trivia

  • Thumbnail
    Thumbnail

Screenshots

  • A spruce forest.
    A spruce forest.
  • The wandering trader and their llama in a spruce forest.
    The wandering trader and their llama in a spruce forest.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • The wandering trader holding a bucket of pufferfish and a nautilus shell.
    The wandering trader holding a bucket of pufferfish and a nautilus shell.
  • The wandering walking through the spruce forest.
    The wandering walking through the spruce forest.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • The wandering trader and their llama overlooking a river.
    The wandering trader and their llama overlooking a river.
  • The wandering trader is holding many items.
    The wandering trader is holding many items.
  • A mysterious shadow behind a tree.
    A mysterious shadow behind a tree.
  • The wandering trader looks into the spruce forest.
    The wandering trader looks into the spruce forest.
  • A fox family walks out of the forest.
    A fox family walks out of the forest.
  • The wandering trader holds items once again.
    The wandering trader holds items once again.
  • A pillager outpost is seen in the distance.
    A pillager outpost is seen in the distance.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • The wandering trader once again holds their items.
    The wandering trader once again holds their items.
  • The wandering trader stands before the outpost.
    The wandering trader stands before the outpost.
  • A pillager holds the wandering trader at gunpoint.
    A pillager holds the wandering trader at gunpoint.
  • The wandering trader, while holding there items, realizes the problem.
    The wandering trader, while holding there items, realizes the problem.
  • A plains biome.
    A plains biome.
  • The wandering trader is walking through the plains biome.
    The wandering trader is walking through the plains biome.
  • The llama follows.
    The llama follows.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • The wandering trader's face is lit by campfire light.
    The wandering trader's face is lit by campfire light.
  • The wandering trader and their llama sits by the fire.
    The wandering trader and their llama sits by the fire.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • A snowy biome.
    A snowy biome.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • A desert biome.
    A desert biome.
  • The wandering trader overlooks a mesa biome.
    The wandering trader overlooks a mesa biome.
  • A mesa biome.
    A mesa biome.
  • The wandering trader continues to walk in sorrow.
    The wandering trader continues to walk in sorrow.
  • The llama walks ahead.
    The llama walks ahead.
  • A plains biome next to a forest.
    A plains biome next to a forest.
  • The llama looks down the cliff.
    The llama looks down the cliff.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • The wandering trader walks towards the cliff.
    The wandering trader walks towards the cliff.
  • The wandering trader squinting downwards.
    The wandering trader squinting downwards.
  • The wandering trader sees something.
    The wandering trader sees something.
  • A village is seen in the distance.
    A village is seen in the distance.
  • The wandering trader and llama look at each other.
    The wandering trader and llama look at each other.
  • The village.
    The village.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • The wandering trader and their llama run towards the village.
    The wandering trader and their llama run towards the village.
  • Ditto.
    Ditto.
  • The end?
    The end?

Development images

  • Concept art for A Wanderous Journey.[2]
    Concept art for A Wanderous Journey.[2]
  • Storyboard of A Wanderous Journey.
    Storyboard of A Wanderous Journey.
  • Another storyboard of A Wanderous Journey.
    Another storyboard of A Wanderous Journey.
  • A third storyboard of A Wanderous Journey.
    A third storyboard of A Wanderous Journey.

References

  1. ↑ "The Mayor of Minecraft" by Tom Stone – Minecraft.net, April 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Village & Pillage: A Wanderous Journey" by Brikk Animation – Behance, April 24th 2019.
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