Hero of the Village

Hero of the Village is a challenge advancement in the Adventure tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Successfully defend a village from a raid." It branches directly off Voluntary Exile, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Adventure tab covers advancements focused on exploration, combat, trading, and interacting with the world and its inhabitants. Hero of the Village was added in Minecraft 1.14 and is still in the 26.2 advancement set.

It is rated Hard difficulty on this site: requires significant effort, rare resources, or dangerous encounters. Because it is flagged as a challenge advancement, completing Hero of the Village makes a special toast and a sound play, and its frame in the advancement screen is the magenta challenge style rather than a normal square. Challenges are the hardest tier and usually represent a milestone rather than routine progress. Nothing else in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf at the tip of its branch.

In tree terms, Hero of the Village sits second along its line: the full path from the Adventure root reads Adventure -> Voluntary Exile -> Hero of the Village. That means 2 advancements must be completed before this one becomes available, and Hero of the Village is one of 47 total advancements in the Adventure tab. No other advancement shares its parent, so it is the only thing that branches from Voluntary Exile.

Completing Hero of the Village grants 100 experience points, reflecting its status as a challenge, and challenge advancements pay out far more XP than ordinary tasks. The XP drops at your position the moment the advancement fires.

It is a leaf advancement, so nothing further unlocks from it; it stands as a completed tip of its branch.