Warden Mob – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains all about the Warden with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let’s learn about the Warden in Minecraft.
Background
The Warden is a new mob that was introduced in the Wild Update. The following is a picture of what the Warden looks like in Minecraft:
| Hostility Level | Hostile Mob |
|---|---|
| Health Points | 500 health points ( x 250) |
| Where to Find | Deep Dark biome where the Warden is awakened by sculk shriekers (when awakened, the Warden will spawn and dig up out of the ground) |
| Weapon | None |
| Attack Method | The Warden has 2 attack methods – melee attack and ranged attack.
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| Drops |  1 Sculk Catalyst |
| Experience Points | 5 experience points |
Hostility Level (Hostile)
The Warden is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and the warden. Because the Warden is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.
Health Points
In Minecraft, the Warden has 250 hearts for health. This gives the Warden 500 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill the warden, you need to inflict 500 points of damage to the warden.
Where to Find the Warden
In Minecraft, the Warden is found in the Deep Dark biome and is awakened by sculk shriekers.
When a sculk shrieker is activated three times with a light level of 11 or lower (and another Warden is not within 48 blocks), the Warden will spawn and dig up out of the ground. After spawning, however, if the Warden is calm and has not sensed any vibrations for 60 seconds, it will immediately dig back into the ground and despawn again.
If you are having trouble finding the warden, you can summon the warden using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.
Weapon
The Warden does not carry a weapon.
Attack Method
In Minecraft, the Warden has 2 attack methods – melee attack and ranged attack.
- Melee Attack: The Warden will sense a player or mob through vibrations (or sense of smell when vibrations aren’t enough). The souls in the chest of the Warden light up and throb creating a heartbeat animation and sound that is in sync with the Darkness effect. The more vibrations the Warden detects, the more angry it will get. As the Warden becomes more angry, the speed of the heartbeat increases along with the heartbeat sound. Once the Warden reaches a certain level of anger, it will start its melee attack by roaring and charging towards the target causing damage.
- Ranged Attack: If you build up high, hide behind walls, or are out of range of a warden’s powerful melee attack, it will cause the Warden to switch to its ranged attack. When this happens, the warden’s rib cage will open up to shriek a sonically charged range attack that can penetrate walls.
Behavior
The Warden has the following behavior in Minecraft:
- The Warden is blind and can not see anything, so it uses vibrations to navigate and identify targets (also known as suspects). If vibrations are not enough, the Warden uses its sense of smell to track down its targets. You will notice them sniffing their surroundings to get closer to potential targets.
- When the Warden senses a vibration, it moves towards the source of the vibration. The more vibrations that the Warden senses, the more angry it gets.
- The souls in the chest of the Warden light up and throb creating a heartbeat animation and sound that is in sync with the Darkness effect. The more vibrations the Warden detects, the more angry it will get. As the Warden becomes more angry, the speed of the heartbeat increases along with the heartbeat sound.
- The Warden does not track down the closest target, but rather the one that angers it the most.
- When the Warden reaches a certain level of anger, it will start its melee attack by roaring and charging towards the target causing damage.
- If an entity attacks the warden, the Warden will immediately enter its anger state.
- The Warden will not only attack players, but it will also target and attack other mobs (but it does not attack other wardens).
- The Warden disables a shield when it hits one with its fists.
- The Warden has special interactions with thrown projectiles. If the Warden receives two projectile vibrations within 5 seconds of one another, it will grow angrier at the shooter. If the Warden receives a projectile vibration more than 5 seconds from the last projectile, it will not grow angrier at the shooter. This allows you to strategically distract the Warden without it getting angry while you take loot from nearby chests.
- If you build up high, hide behind walls, or are out of range of a warden’s powerful melee attack, it will cause the Warden to switch to its ranged attack. When this happens, the warden’s rib cage will open up to shriek a sonically charged range attack that can penetrate walls.
- The Warden is immune to damage from fire and lava.
- If the Warden is calm and has not sensed any vibrations for 60 seconds, it will immediately dig into the ground and despawn.
- The Warden gets angry at ALL living mobs that bump into it, not just players
Drops
When you kill the Warden in Minecraft, it will drop a Sculk Catalyst.
Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.
Experience Points
As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.
These orbs represent experience points. When you kill the warden, you will gain 5 experience points.
Spawn Egg for Warden
You can spawn the Warden using the following spawn egg:
Warden Spawn Egg
Warden Spawn EggCommand Examples
Here are some game command examples for the Warden in Minecraft:
Spawn Events for Warden (Bedrock/Education)
Here are the spawn events that you can use in game commands for the Warden in Bedrock Edition and Education Edition:
Warden Seeds
You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn near a biome with the Warden:
Other Mobs
Here are some of the other mobs in Minecraft:
Allay
Axolotl
Bat
Bee
Blaze
Camel
Cat
Cave Spider
Chicken
Cod
Cow
Creeper
Dolphin
Donkey
Drowned
Elder Guardian
Ender Dragon
Enderman
Endermite
Evoker
Fox
Frog
Ghast
Giant
Glow Squid
Goat
Guardian
Hoglin
Horse
Husk
Illusioner
Iron Golem
Killer Bunny
Llama
Magma Cube
Mooshroom
Mule
Ocelot
Panda
Parrot
Phantom
Pig
Piglin
Piglin Brute
Pillager
Polar Bear
Pufferfish
Rabbit
Ravager
Salmon
Sheep
Shulker
Silverfish
Skeleton
Skeleton Horse
Slime
Snow Golem
Spider
Squid
Stray
Strider
Tadpole
Trader Llama
Tropical Fish
Turtle
Vex
Villager
Vindicator
Witch
Wither Boss
Wither Skeleton
Wolf
Zoglin
Zombie Horse
Zombified Piglin (Zombie Pigman)
Zombie Villager
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