The dangerous mobs of Minecraft come in many forms. Those most powerful being the rarest. Elder Guardian ranks exceptionally high due to its slew of powerful effects. Should the players encounter these huge aquatic beasts, they better be ready for a serious fight. To understand their capabilities and rewards for fighting them, let’s check Minecraft Elder Guardian.
Guardian
Guardians are far more uncommon than most mobs. Owing in part that they only spawn around ocean monuments. In addition, these structures are somewhat rare, only spawning in certain oceans, which affects the guardian spawn frequency too.
Guardians can only spawn in water, requiring at least two blocks of water, one above and one below, to properly spawn. In Java edition, it could also lead to oceans opening to the sky, spawning fewer Guardians as water could penetrate further.
The Bedrock Edition made them spawn around each ocean structure at predetermined points. From here on, the Guardians may patrol the area, which makes them less predictable. These Guardians will spawn even if a player manages to destroy the ocean monument and will remain in the area regardless.
Elder Guardian
So what changes with Elder Guardians in Minecraft? Well, they are far bigger than the regular Guardian. Making them the biggest aquatic mob in the game and the most powerful aside from bosses. A single Elder Guardian can pose ample trouble to players even if they are properly equipped.
Elder Guardians can track players with their eye no matter their position, even going invisible will have the eye follow us, although the Elder Guardians won’t attack. Although dangerous, Elder Guardians do not respawn, and only three are in every Ocean Monument. Making these difficult fights feel more worthwhile.
Elder Guardian Attacks
There are two dangerous attacks Elder Guardians can do in Minecraft. The first one is a simple reflective spike damage that happens when something gets close to it. The second one is a powerful laser that comes out of its eye.
The laser starts firing up with a purple color which turns light yellow as it warms up. This allows players to dodge or move out of the way before the laser properly fires. Once it does, it will quickly flash green before disappearing. Upon hit, players will be hit for incredibly heavy damage. This attack is likely to kill if not avoided.
As the Elder Guardian spawns, it will seek out the player. Inflicting them with Mining Fatigue III once within range. The effect lasts for 5 minutes, during which time the player will keep seeing Elder Guardian ghosts and hearing weird sounds. In terms of mechanics, their attack speed will be cut by 30%, and their mining speed will be set to 2.7%, which means we’ll take 37 times longer to mine anything.
Elder Guardian Drops
As standard Guardians, these mobs drop prismarine shards in Minecraft. They drop up to two without any enchantments or up to 5 if you get Looting. This material is only available in ocean monuments and nowhere else.
Every Elder Guardian will drop another ocean monument-exclusive item, a wet sponge, when killed. Sponges can be used to suck up water, while wet ones need to be dried out in the furnace before doing this. However, the drop isn’t affected by Looting.
There’s a chance Elder Guardian will drop raw cod when killed or prismarine crystal. There’s also a chance that it won’t drop anything. These three options are mutually exclusive, meaning only one will occur on every kill.
Lastly, there’s a 2.5% chance of a random fish dropping. This is the least meaningful part of the loot, but it could recuperate some of our lost food and health.