Is the Allay in Minecraft Bedrock

The Minecraft Allay is a relatively new mob that serves as a kind of caddy, picking up loose items and presenting them to its owner, a useful feature for those who are prone to leaving items behind or just want to make sure the area is properly combed along the way. A rather endearing ally, the Allay has already marked itself out as a fan favorite in Minecraft - because among other things, it'll dance when you play it music. Cute, right? We'll cover how to find, breed and use the Allays in Minecraft below, so you can have some friendly blue minions bobbing behind you.

How to find the Minecraft Allay mobs and spawns

The Minecraft Allay mobs are found in two locations since their introduction in the Minecraft The Wild Update: in dark oak cages around Pillager Outposts, and in the jail cells found in Woodland Mansions (such as the one seen above). They appear in groups of 1-3. though you can find multiple groups in one location - i.e., multiple jail cells and oak cages in the same area, each with a freshly baked batch of Allays inside. They tend to glow, so should be very easy to notice during nighttime hours (though they don't light up the surroundings like a torch).

Allays won't be aggressive and can be approached safely. Until properly interacted with, they will generally float about in no particular direction and pay the player no mind.

Minecraft Allay uses

Allays in Minecraft are strange item collectors/carriers, and their behaviour is as follows:

• When interacted with, the player gives the Allay whatever they're holding. The Allay then floats about nearby the player, looking for other, dropped versions of that item and presenting them to the player when found.
• If the player interacts with an Allay empty-handed, they take back the item that was given originally, and the Allay goes back to passive indifference.
• Allays do not attack and their owners cannot harm them. If another player or entity hurts them (assuming they aren't killed), the Allay flies about in a panic for a short time. If killed, they drop everything they're holding.
• Note blocks, when played, cause nearby Allays to come over and dance. 
• Leads and Name Tags can be used on Allays. 

The Minecraft Allay can pick up non-stackable items as well, and it has been suggested you may be able to use this Mob for sorting if you build an appropriate setup. The Allay drops off the items it has gathered once it's in range of a note block, so you can use one of those to determine where your collection should be deposited.

How to breed and duplicate Allays

Breeding and/or duplicating Allay requires Minecraft Amethyst Shards, gathered by breaking Amethyst Clusters. If you give an Amethyst Shard to an Allay while it's dancing, it will make a noise, produce some hearts, and duplicate into a second Allay, splitting like an amoeba. You then have to wait five minutes before either of them can be duplicated again.

Looking to make a new friends in Minecraft's Allay mob? These adorable little flying helpers, the love music and collecting items more than anything, and they might also be able to help automate projects for you once you learn how to best use their help.

The Minecraft Allay showed up packed into the 1.19 update (opens in new tab) next to the mangrove tree (opens in new tab) swamps and the cute new frog mob (opens in new tab) that lives in them. While The Wild Update lets you explore the Deep Dark and tiptoe past the Warden mob, the Allay isn't lurking down there. While you won't have to risk the Deep Dark to make friends with an Allay, you should still know that finding one isn't all roses. So lets look at how the Minecraft Allay works, what they do, and what exactly they're useful for.

Here's the quick details on the Allay:

• Can you tame the Allay? Sort of! It will follow you around if you've given it an item.
• Can you breed the Allay? Also sort of; they can be duplicated with amethyst.
• Is the Allay hostile? Nope, and they can be damaged by enemies but not their owner.
• How much does an Allay hold? Allay has one inventory slot, so up to a stack of any item.
• What does the Allay drop? Whatever it was holding in its hand.
• How far will an allay search for items? A radius of 32 blocks around the player.

Where to find and how to tame the Allay in Minecraft

The Allay don't actually have a natural habitat of their own. You'll find them captive in Pillager Outposts and Woodland Mansions, meaning you'll have to embark on a rescue mission to befriend one. At a Pillager Outpost for example, they're kept in wood and fence cages and you'll need to break them out. Give an Allay any item to befriend it and have it follow you home.

How to breed the allay in Minecraft

You can't breed the allay by feeding two of them like other mobs. As of version 1.19.1 you can duplicate them though, which works pretty similarly. Allays really love music, so when they're near a playing jukebox they'll begin to dance. If you give an amethyst shard to a dancing allay, it will duplicate into a second allay.

It makes sense that allays wouldn't reproduce like animal mobs but wow, music really is magic.

What does the Allay do in Minecraft? 

The Allay is a helper mob who loves to collect items. You can hand the Allay an item and it will fly around picking up and collecting any of the same item that it finds lying on the ground. It won't mine blocks on its own, though. So it can't run off to collect ores for you. What it will do is pick up item entities it finds and bring them back to you. The collection radius that an Allay will search is only 34 blocks, not a super huge area, so they're likely best used as mineshaft assistants or other confined areas.

You can take an item back from an Allay by right-clicking on it with an empty hand and give it something new also by right-clicking with that new item in your hand. The Allay has only one inventory slot, so it can hold one sword (but not use it!) for instance, or 64 cobblestone blocks, or 16 eggs. 

The Allay also loves music, and you can use that to your advantage as well. If you place a Note Block on the ground and play it, the Allay will instead bring and deposit its found item stacks there. 

"We imagine that players can maybe use this to make the Allay help you with sorting items or clearing up areas," Mojang explained during Minecraft Live in 2021.

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