Woodland mansions hide deep in dark forests, far from spawn, packed with illagers and loot. The fastest way to one is a woodland explorer map. Watch the map reveal the route, then peek inside.
YouMansionWoodland explorer map
Entrance
TotemEvoker
Vindicator
Vex nest
LootLoot vault
Secret room
An explorer map marks the nearest mansion.
How to find one
Buy an explorer map
Trade a cartographer villager emeralds and a compass for a woodland explorer map. It marks the nearest mansion and your route to it.
Or explore dark forests
Mansions only generate in dark forest biomes. Without a map you can wander them, but expect to travel a very long way.
What is inside
Two or three floors of illagers, with secret rooms tucked between them.
Evokers
Spellcasters that summon vexes and fangs. Each one drops a totem of undying, the mansion's prize.
Vindicators
Axe-wielding illagers that hit hard and rush you in tight rooms. The most common threat inside.
Vexes
Small flying pests summoned by evokers. They phase through walls, so deal with the evoker fast.
Loot rooms
Hidden and themed rooms hold chests with diamonds, enchanted gear and golden apples.
Go prepared
A mansion can overwhelm an unprepared player fast. Evokers hit through walls and vindicators swarm. Bring:
Armour + a good weaponPlenty of foodBlocks to wall off roomsA totem of undying
Quick answers
How do I find a woodland mansion?
Buy a woodland explorer map from a cartographer villager for emeralds and a compass. The map marks the nearest mansion, then you travel to the marker. You can also explore dark forests directly.
What is inside a woodland mansion?
Illagers: evokers, vindicators and the vexes evokers summon, spread over two or three floors, plus secret rooms with loot chests.
Do evokers always drop a totem?
Yes. Every evoker you kill drops exactly one totem of undying, and mansions are one of only two places evokers spawn.
How far away are mansions?
Usually thousands of blocks from spawn, since they only generate in dark forests far out. An explorer map saves a very long search.
Is a woodland mansion dangerous?
Very. Evokers and vindicators can overwhelm you fast, so bring good armour, a strong weapon, food, blocks and ideally a totem.
Can I get a cartographer to sell the map?
Yes. Cure or trade up a cartographer villager (job site: a cartography table) until the woodland explorer map appears in its trades.
Mansions spawn exclusively in dark forest biomes, and the generator spaces them thousands of blocks apart, so wandering into one by accident almost never happens. Finding the biome is the real search: the mansion sits inside it somewhere, but a dark forest without a mansion is far more common than one with.
A cartographer sells the map that ends the search
A journeyman cartographer in a village trades an explorer map that points at the nearest mansion, and that map is worth more than the emeralds it costs. It is also the only reliable way to find one without flying for an hour, which is why the search usually starts at a village rather than in a forest.
What is actually inside decides whether it is worth it
The pull is the totem of undying that every evoker drops, plus the illager banner and the loot rooms. The risk is that vindicators hit hard and evokers summon vexes that go through walls, so a mansion visited too early is a lost inventory rather than a totem.
Compass
Emerald