How to Get an Ominous Vault in Minecraft: Spawn Commands

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All about the Ominous Vault block and how to get one for yourself
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Are you trying to get an Ominous Vault in Minecraft? Whether you want one for the loot inside or just because they look cool, Ominous Vaults are a little tricky to obtain—mainly because you cannot pick them up, even with a tool that has Silk Touch. To get an Ominous Vault, you'll need to use a spawn code in Creative mode. To learn how, read on—this article includes a step-by-step guide, plus how to find Ominous Vaults naturally and what loot these vaults contain.

How to Get Ominous Vaults in Minecraft Creative Mode

  • To get an Ominous Vault in Creative mode, you'll need to enter a spawn command.
  • You can find Ominous Vaults in Trial Chambers, but these vaults cannot be picked up.
  • Ominous Vaults cannot be obtained in Survival mode at all.
Section 1 of 3:

Getting an Ominous Vault

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  1. If you're currently in Survival mode, you'll need to swap to Creative mode to get an Ominous Vault. There are two ways to do this:
    • Go to Settings > Game while you're in a Minecraft game of Minecraft. Under "Personal Game Mode," choose Creative . Exit settings to save your choices and switch to Creative.
      • You can also change your "Default Game Mode" to Creative if you like, but it's not required.
    • Go to Settings > Game and activate cheats. Exit the menu, then open the chat box and type /gamemode c to switch to Creative.
      • To open the chat box, press T on PC or right on the d-pad for Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo.
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    Enter a command to get an Ominous Vault. The only way to get an Ominous Vault in Creative mode is with a spawn command. Use one of the following spawn commands to get an Ominous Vault: [1]
    • Java Edition:
      • /give @s minecraft:vault[block_state={ominous:"true"},block_entity_data={id:"minecraft:vault",config:{key_item:{count:1,id:"minecraft:ominous_trial_key"},loot_table:"minecraft:chests/trial_chambers/reward_ominous"}}]
      • /setblock x y z minecraft:vault[ominous=true]{config:{key_item:{count:1,id:"minecraft:ominous_trial_key"},loot_table:"minecraft:chests/trial_chambers/reward_ominous"}}
    • Bedrock Edition:
      • /setblock x y z vault ["ominous"=true]
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Finding Ominous Vaults Naturally

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  1. Ominous Vaults are found in Trial Chambers. To find a Trial Chamber, you can use Trial Explorer Maps purchased from journeyman-level Cartographers. [2] However, the Ominous Vaults found inside Trial Chambers cannot be picked up, so you can't bring them back to your base or put them somewhere else. [3]
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Ominous Vault Uses

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  1. You must have an Ominous Trial Key to unlock an Ominous Vault, and each player can unlock an Ominous Vault only one time. [4]
    • Each Ominous Vault will contain 2 to 5 stacks of loot. It pulls from three loot tables to give out loot: Common, rare, and unique loot.
      • There will be 1 to 3 sets of common loot in each Ominous Vault. In the case that no rare loot is given, you will get an extra set of common loot (which means you could get up to 4 sets of common loot).
      • There's an 80% chance for an Ominous Vault to have a set of rare loot.
      • There is a 75% chance for an Ominous Vault to have a set of unique loot.
    • Common loot includes the following: Emerald, Wind Charge, Arrow of Slowness IV, Diamond, Ominous Bottle III - V
    • Rare loot includes the following: Block of Emerald, Enchanted Crossbow, Block of Iron, Golden Apple, Enchanted Diamond Axe, Enchanted Diamond Chestplate, Enchanted Book, Block of Diamond
    • Unique loot includes the following: Flow Armor Trim Smithing Template, Enchanted Golden Apple, Flow Banner Pattern, Music Disc (Creator), Heavy Core
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      References

      1. ↑ https://minecraft.wiki/w/Ominous_Vault#Obtaining
      2. ↑ https://minecraft.wiki/w/Trial_Chambers#Locating
      3. ↑ https://minecraft.wiki/w/Ominous_Vault#Natural_generation
      4. ↑ https://minecraft.wiki/w/Ominous_Vault#Usage

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