Minecraft Dungeons:Skeleton Vanguard

"SKELETON VANGUARD – These armored skeletons are the Nameless One's personal guard. Their shields will absorb your first attack, while they slash you with their blades. Persevere with a bow to finish them off without getting too close."

- Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes

A vanguard is an undead hostile skeleton variant that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Appearance
Vanguards are seen wearing vanguard armor, a leather belt around its waist, and an iron helmet with a brown stripe wrapped around it near the base which is thought to tie the gold stun on the helmet.

Spawning

 * Missions
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 * Mobs

Behavior
One notable thing about vanguards is that they carry a shield around with them. This shield absorbs the first attack that is against it, no matter how much damage the attack deals. This means vanguards are never able to be OHKO'd. Vanguards have two behaviors.

Vanguards immediately chase after the hero once seen or alerted by another mob.
 * Walk

Vanguards stab the target with its glaive (which make skeleton vanguards melee attackers) when close enough. Vanguards have a longer attack reach than most other mobs, meaning that they can hit targets from farther away. The long attack reach also allows them to take down targets more easily, such as wolves, whose own attack reach cannot reach far enough to retaliate against the vanguard.
 * Attack

Vanguard armor
Vanguard armor is an armor set that is exclusively equipped by vanguards within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Appearance
The chest plate covers half of the rib cage, extending to the back and around the arms.

Desert shield
A desert shield is a shield that is exclusively equipped by vanguards within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Behavior
Desert shields provide vanguards some protection against shields. Desert shields do not deflect all ranged attacks. The Tower guards shields deflect all ranged attacks wielded by tower guards.

Cursed presence


The cursed presence is an ancient vanguard that can be encountered during ancient hunts with the minimum offering of the following runes:



The ancient resides within a -themed arena and possesses, at minimum, the following enchantments:



Fifteen enchanted baby zombies act as the ancient's minions, possessing the following enchantments:



Upon defeating the cursed presence, a gilded variant of the following items drops as a reward:



Data values

 * In the game files, vanguards are referred to internally by the name.
 * In the game files, vanguard armor is referred to internally by the name.
 * In the game files, desert shields are referred to internally by the name.

Trivia

 * In the official handbook, vanguards are referred to as skeleton vanguards.