
AirRaid
AirRaid is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 that brings aerial warfare to the Illager factions. By integrating with Immersive Aircraft, Pillagers…
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AirRaid is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 that brings aerial warfare to the Illager factions. By integrating with Immersive Aircraft, Pillagers, Vindicators, and Witches can now pilot Biplanes, Gyrodynes, and Airships to rain fire down upon players and villages.
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✨ Features
- Aerial AI: Custom AI logic allows mobs to fly aircraft, perform strafing runs, use rotary cannons, drop bombs, and dogfight with players.
- Natural Ambushes: While exploring the world, you may be ambushed by a roaming squadron of Illager aircraft.
- Structure Spawning: Pillager Outposts now spawn with parked aircraft and can launch defensive squadrons when players get too close.
- Raid Integration: Vanilla Village Raids are significantly harder! From Wave 3 onwards, the Illagers will call in air support.
- Configuration: Every aspect of the spawning logic, from squad sizes to ammunition counts, is fully configurable.
🛠️ Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21.1
- Fabric Loader
- Fabric API
- Immersive Aircraft
🎮 Commands
/airraid spawn <count> [vehicle] [weapon]- Spawns a squadron immediately at your location.
- Requires OP (Level 2).
/airraid reload- Reloads the
ia_pillager_addon.jsonconfiguration file without restarting the server.
- Reloads the
⚙️ Configuration
The config file is located at config/ia_pillager_addon.json.
Global Settings
checkIntervalTicks: How often the mod checks for ambush/structure spawns (Default: 200 ticks / 10 seconds).minSpawnDistance: Minimum distance from the player to spawn aircraft (Default: 60 blocks).spawnHeight: How high above the player aircraft spawn (Default: 40 blocks).
Factions (Natural Spawning)
Controls random ambushes and structure generation.
ambushChance: Chance per check interval to spawn a random ambush (0.0 - 1.0).structureSpawnChance: Chance to spawn a defensive squadron near an Outpost.parkedVehicleChance: Chance to spawn empty, parked aircraft at an Outpost.vehicles: A weighted list of which aircraft spawn.weaponAmmoCounts: Defines how much ammo (arrows/gunpowder/tnt) the AI spawns with.
Raid Config (Vanilla Raids)
enabled: If false, disables raid integration.startWave: The raid wave number where air support begins (Default: 3).spawnChancePerWave: The chance air support arrives during a specific wave.enableBombBay: If true, raiders will drop TNT on villages.
🤝 License
This mod is licensed under the MIT License.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as airraid-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 28 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.