At the start of the story, the narrator, a Minecraft player, encounters a pillager scouting party and receives a curse. They decide to protect a village from a raid, streaming their gameplay on Twitch. Despite preparation, they fail and start a new hardcore world. The player gathers resources, explores, and prepares for a new raid. They find another village, build defenses, and encounter various challenges. When the raid is about to start, they realize all villagers in their home village are dead. They find a lone survivor, bring them back, and start the raid. After defeating the pillagers, the player burns down a pillager tower and successfully defends their village.
1. The narrative begins with the sun rising and the world about to end, but the protagonist finds purpose in this event .
2. The protagonist's story starts in a mountain pass above a small village, where they encounter an unknown foe .
3. The protagonist kills a pillager scouting party, receives a curse as a result, and races back down the mountain .
4. The protagonist streams their entire adventure on Twitch, with the chat doubting their ability to accomplish the task .
5. The protagonist starts a new hardcore world with one life and a single purpose: to prove to their Twitch chat and villagers that they can win a raid .
6. The protagonist begins gathering supplies from the village, including wood for basic tools and diamonds .
7. The protagonist mining expedition results in the discovery of a diamond pick, which they use to mine for more diamonds and cobblestone .
8. The protagonist returns home to expand their tower and prepare for the raid, including enchanting their weapons and armor .
9. The protagonist heads to the Nether to gain experience levels, which are necessary for making powerful enchantments .
10. The protagonist returns home to build fortifications for the raid and recreate the game seat on a different world to show the layout of the wall and the surrounding ditch they made .
11. The protagonist starts the raid, but the villagers are killed, leading to the failure of the raid .
12. The protagonist is determined and makes numerous preparations for the next raid, including building battlements and walls for defense .
13. The protagonist starts the raid, but the villagers are killed again, leading to the failure of the raid .
14. The protagonist decides to return to the small tundra village they passed on the way to the pillager tower .
15. The protagonist prepares the small town for the raid to come, building battlements and walls, and locking villagers in their houses for protection .
16. The protagonist starts the raid, but the waves of pillagers become increasingly dangerous, including waves full of ravagers ridden by evokers .
17. The protagonist manages to beat back the vexes, the small flying demons summoned by the evokers, and starts dealing damage to the pillagers in the cave .
18. The protagonist defeats the raid in hardcore mode, looting all the treasures dropped by the pillagers .
19. The protagonist liberates all their villager friends, who are now safe to roam free once more .
20. The protagonist is content with their vengeance upon the pillagers who had massacred their villagers .