1.14, the first release of Village & Pillage, is a major update to Java Edition released on April 23, 2019. It focuses mainly on villages, adding a new type of illagers known as pillagers, and redesigns village architecture to match the biome it is located in. This update also introduces many new blocks and mobs, revamps the crafting system by moving some functionalities to different blocks, updates the taiga biome with foxes and sweet berries, and adds a new bamboo jungle biome along with bamboo and pandas. It is also the first major release to include the new textures of the Texture Update.
Originally, 1.14 was planned to be the version number for Update Aquatic, but the numbering was changed when the Technically Updated release (planned earlier as 1.13) was merged with the actual Update Aquatic 1.13, making 1.14 version number available for the next (i.e. Village & Pillage) update.
The update was originally revealed during the MINECON Earth 2018 livestream on September 29, 2018.