Minecraft:Elder Guardian

Template:Infobox entity An elder guardian is a large Minecraft:hostile mob and a variant of the Minecraft:guardian. It is the largest and strongest Minecraft:aquatic mob. It attacks the same way as a normal guardian, and it also applies Minecraft:Mining Fatigue to Minecraft:players in a large radius around itself. They are only found in Minecraft:ocean monuments; three of them generate in each one.

Spawning

Three elder guardians spawn naturally during the generation of each Minecraft:ocean monument:

• One in the top room of the monument.
• One in each of the two wings of the monument.

They are spawned with the ocean monument and thus they do not respawn.

Drops

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• Template:Xp – when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

File:Guardian laser.png

Laser

Behavior

Elder guardians do not swim around as much as normal guardians, and they do not swim away when approached by a player they are targeting, unlike regular guardians. Like normal guardians, elder guardians attempt to attack the player, Minecraft:squid, Minecraft:glow squid, and axolotls.

The elder guardian's eye follows and stares at any nearby players and always looks directly at its target. The eye still follows a player under the effects of Minecraft:Invisibility or in Minecraft:Spectator mode, though the elder guardian does not attack.

Elder guardians are considered Minecraft:aquatic mobs, and thus are affected by the Minecraft:Impaling enchantment.Template:OnlyTemplate:Until

The elder guardian has three methods of attacking, including firing its laser, inflicting Minecraft:Mining Fatigue, and a defensive thorn-like attack.

The elder guardian pathfinds toward an ocean monument if it is not within one.

An elder guardian attacks Minecraft:axolotls that are not playing dead. Otherwise, an elder guardian does not attack mobs that attack it, although the attacking mob takes damage from the elder guardian's natural spikes defense.

The elder guardian, like a normal guardian, does not take suffocation damage when out of the water for a prolonged period of time.

Elder guardians cannot ride boats.

Clip of player in boat being cursed with mining fatigue by elder guardian in java.

Cursing player in Java Edition.

Laser

The laser takes 3 seconds to charge, doing no damage and allowing the player to move away in the meantime. As it charges, it changes from purple to bright yellow. Once charged, the beam flashes green, abruptly disappears, and deals Template:Hp damage plus another Template:Hp magic damage on Normal difficulty. The magic damage is increased by another Template:Hp in Hard difficulty after its usual scaling factor of 1.5x, meaning an elder guardian can deal up to Template:Hp magic damage on Hard difficulty with a single beam attack. The elder guardian swims around for a few seconds before firing again. The beam cannot be dodged and has a maximum range of approximately 14 blocks. Once the player is out of range, if the beam is obstructed by solid blocks, or if the player has a shield, the guardian's beam disengages from the player and deals no damage.

Inflicting Mining Fatigue

Template:IN, immediately after spawning and once each minute thereafter, the elder guardian searches for any player within a spherical radius of 50 blocks to afflict with Minecraft:Mining Fatigue III. Template:IN, the elder guardian inflicts any unafflicted player within range immediately.

When afflicted, the player sees a ghostly image of the elder guardian and hears a ghostly noise. The effect decreases a player's attack speed by 30% and decreases mining speed even more for 5 minutes. The attack targets players through blocks, even underground, and a potion of Minecraft:Invisibility offers no defense. This is not considered an attack in regards to the Minecraft:Thorns enchantment.

Clip of player in boat being cursed with mining fatigue by elder guardian in bedrock.

Cursing player in Bedrock Edition.

The image of the elder guardian is a particle effect that can be recreated by issuing the command Template:Cmd.Template:Only

Spikes defense

An elder guardian deals Template:Hp (Template:Hp on Hard mode) damage every time it is hit while its spikes are extended, similar to the Minecraft:Thorns enchantment on armor. If cornered by a player or axolotl, the elder guardian usually extends its spikes and fires at point-blank range.

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

Elder guardians have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

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See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Achievements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

Advancements

Advancements that apply to all mobs: Template:Collapse

History

Trivia

• The elder guardian's status as a boss or simply a powerful mob was historically ambiguous. While it lacks important characteristics of a boss, chiefly a health bar, it has been grouped with boss mobs and addressed as one by Mojang before.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Mcnet</ref> The elder guardian was also marketed as a boss Template:In, having been introduced in the Minecraft:Boss Update. Jeb later stated that it is intended as a miniboss rather than a full boss and that this is why it does not have a health bar.<ref name="miniboss">Template:Ytl</ref>
• The elder guardian's eye is the "head" part of the Minecraft:mob's Minecraft:model, giving the illusion of a dynamic eye.
• According to Minecraft:Jeb, elder guardians were introduced to encourage Minecraft:players to solve the temple maze rather than dig through it easily. He acknowledges there are ways around it, but players still have to solve the challenge in a different way.<ref name=":0" />
  • Also according to Jeb, the "jumpscare" by an elder guardian is unintentional; instead, he added it to provide a visual cue as to why players get slowed down by Minecraft:Mining Fatigue.<ref name=":0" />
• Template:IN, elder guardians make their underwater death sounds if killed on land.
• According to a post Jeb made on Bluesky, the elder guardian drops a sponge to make sure a player can get at least three from an ocean monument without a sponge room.<ref>Template:Bluesky
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• Despite being classified as only a Minecraft:monster, the elder guardian was referred to as an "Minecraft:animal of the deep" in a Minecraft video about them.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

Gallery

Render

• Elder guardian's spikes retracted.
  Elder guardian's spikes retracted.

Screenshots

• A special effect of the elder guardian, which gives Minecraft:Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes.
  A special effect of the elder guardian, which gives Minecraft:Mining Fatigue III for 5 minutes.
• The elder guardian's Mining Fatigue effect.
  The elder guardian's Mining Fatigue effect.
• An elder guardian spawned inside an Minecraft:ocean monument.
  An elder guardian spawned inside an Minecraft:ocean monument.
• An elder guardian spreading its spikes.
  An elder guardian spreading its spikes.
• An elder guardian's laser.
  An elder guardian's laser.
• An elder guardian in full view.
  An elder guardian in full view.
• The inside of an elder guardian (spikes retracted).
  The inside of an elder guardian (spikes retracted).
• Size comparison between an elder and a normal Minecraft:guardian.
  Size comparison between an elder and a normal Minecraft:guardian.
• The elder guardian curse ghastly image shows the elder guardian's full Minecraft:model.
  The elder guardian curse ghastly image shows the elder guardian's full Minecraft:model.

Mojang screenshots

• A player avoiding an elder guardian by using the Minecraft:Invisibility effect.
  A player avoiding an elder guardian by using the Minecraft:Invisibility effect.
• A player avoiding an elder guardian by using the Minecraft:Invisibility effect.
  A player avoiding an elder guardian by using the Minecraft:Invisibility effect.
• A group of Minecraft:axolotls attacking an elder guardian on Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2020.
  A group of Minecraft:axolotls attacking an elder guardian on Minecraft:Minecraft Live 2020.
• An elder guardian in a monument.
  An elder guardian in a monument.

Textures

• Elder guardian texture file.
  Elder guardian texture file.

In other media

• Official artwork of an elder guardian.
  Official artwork of an elder guardian.
• An elder guardian in promotional artwork for the Minecraft:Boss Update.
  An elder guardian in promotional artwork for the Minecraft:Boss Update.
• Minecraft Mobestiary's page about elder guardians.
  Minecraft Mobestiary's page about elder guardians.
• Minecraft:Lego Minecraft elder guardian.
  Minecraft:Lego Minecraft elder guardian.
• Narrator and Minecraft:MARILLA attempting to battle an elder guardian.
  Narrator and Minecraft:MARILLA attempting to battle an elder guardian.
• Animatic of Minecraft:Steve fighting an elder guardian, from the Trails & Tales trailer.
  Animatic of Minecraft:Steve fighting an elder guardian, from the Trails & Tales trailer.

External links

• Template:Mcnet
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