Published Jun 22nd, 2014, 6/22/14 2:03 am
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I have seen many rants about the new mob, a.k.a. The Guardian. I was thinking, "why don't we stop ranting and start learning how to fight these guardians?" I went online and researched about them, and I'll summarize it here. Hope you enjoyed this small guide!
1. Stats
- 30 health points (takes 5 hits from a diamond sword, 4 critical hits from a bow)
- deals 2 to 9 damage
- resistant to lava and fire
2. Behaviour
- attacks squids and players
- swims in abrupt charges; when not swimming they sink
- can live without water, but will attempt to jump into it when on land- will swim away and stop attacking when target enters 2 block radius
- spikes retract when swimming
3. Combat
- no melee attack
- uses laser beams
- charges until bright yellow, deals damage and recharge
- deals 4 (Easy Mode) to 9 (Hard Mode) damage
- has a 14 block radius
- can be stopped by obscuring the beam with solid blocks
- Spikes
- similar to Thorns enchantment
- deals 2 damage
- not used when the spikes retract
"Well, that's nice, but how do we fight them?"
Here's a few suggestions from Minecraft Wiki:
- If players must melee a Guardian, they should try to corner it and hope for the best
- trick it into swimming within melee range (which is very hard)
- If the Guardian is in shallow water players can use fishing rods to pull it out of the water where players can kill it using melee attacks
- Entering their territory without armor will almost always lead to a swift death, therefore full diamond gear is recommended (reduces 80% of damage)
- Respiration III allows you to stay underwater for almost 1 minute before you start taking damage
More suggestions from PMC and myself:
- A Power II bow is enough to kill a Guardian with 2 full shots. Unfortunately, it is really hard to shoot accurately because arrows will sink down after flying for around 1-2 blocks in the water.
- Using Depth Strider III with a speed II potion allows you to chase up with Guardians
- A very effective way to kill a single Guardian is to swim towards it. It will stop attacking, retract its spikes and swim away; attack it before it escapes, and repeat until the Guardian dies
- Thorns are useless
| Credit | Dragnoz, Swuggles, Minecraft Wiki |
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