Minecraft Dungeons:Orb of Dominance

"As he wanders through deep forests and up craggy mountains, he stumbles upon a dark cavern—with a sinister secret waiting inside. Archie discovers an object which whispers to him promises of power: the Orb of Dominance. With it, Archie realizes he can wield incredible magic and reshape a world that turned its back on him. All he needs to do is exactly what it tells him.

After all, it’s called the Orb of Dominance for a reason, right? But is it named for the way Archie uses it—or is it using him?"

- Minecraft Dungeons: The Rise of the Arch-Illager synopsis

The Orb of Dominance is a sentient object in Minecraft Dungeons that made the Arch-Illager believe that it gave him his powers.

Appearance
The Orb of Dominance is a 5×5×5 cube, despite being called an orb. No pieces of the cube that large were seen in the ruins during the final cinematic atop the Obsidian Pinnacle. Coincidentally, there were multiple 2×2×2 and 1×1×1 pixel shards that were perfect cubes.

Lore
The Orb can put its victims into a trance-like state. After that, it manipulates them with the promise of power at the price of complete obedience.

Its first confirmed victim is Archie (the future Arch-Illager), who ended up leading the illagers and other monsters to war against the villagers and other enemies.

Atop the Obsidian Pinnacle, after the Arch-Illager's health is reduced to 0, the orb transforms into the Heart of Ender. After its defeat, it shatters, freeing Archie from its influence, who celebrates its destruction with the heroes.

However, the Orb was able to retain its power and survive, albeit in small shards. One of these shardsmade its way to a jungle, where it formed the Jungle Abomination by corrupting various objects and plants, awakening the jungle itself. Another shard went to a lively island, where it corrupted a wraith, covering the island in a Creeping Winter. The third shard landed on top of a mountain, corrupting the ancient protector of the Gale Sanctum, causing howling winds. A fourth shard dived into an ocean, which emboldened and corrupted an elder guardian, disrupting the ocean currents.

After all four of the stray shards in the Overworld were destroyed, it was discovered that two endermen had recovered the reformed remains of the Orb from the ruins of the Obsidian Pinnacle, taking it through the End Portal. Since then, the Heart of Ender lived on in the darkest reaches of The End, leading to a journey to destroy the ethereal remnant of the orb of dominance. It is finally destroyed for real with the defeat of the Vengeful Heart of Ender.

Confirmed victims

 * , dwelling within an became corrupted by one of the orb's shards.
 * , an outcast Illager who built the, became the Arch-Illager under the orb's influence.
 * , dwelling within a, became corrupted by one of the orb's shards.
 * , the ancient protector of the, became corrupted by one of the orb's shards.

Confirmed corruptions

 * (boss) — A cauldron shaped golem built by the witches of the that was given sentience by the orb.
 * — One of the six enchanted endersent that was enhanced by the orb to guard an Eyes of Ender within.
 * — One of the six enchanted endersent that was enhanced by the orb to guard an Eyes of Ender within.
 * — One of the six enchanted endersent that was enhanced by the orb to guard an Eyes of Ender within the.
 * — One of the six enchanted endersent that was enhanced by the orb to guard an Eyes of Ender within the.
 * — One of the six enchanted endersent that was enhanced by the orb to guard an Eyes of Ender within.
 * — One of the six enchanted endersent that was enhanced by the orb to guard an Eyes of Ender within.
 * — Small anemones summoned by wavewhisperers to trap heroes.
 * — Small vines summoned by whisperers to trap heroes.
 * (boss) — A cave spider dwelling in that was enhanced by the orb.
 * (boss) — A Royal Guard dwelling on the that was enhanced by the orb.
 * — A Royal Guard dwelling on the that was enhanced by the orb.
 * (boss) — A rudimentary golem constructed within an from objects in the Jungle for the fractured consciousness of one of the orb's shards.
 * — An inhabitant of the that was corrupted by a shard of the orb.
 * — A Mage dwelling on the that was enhanced by the orb.
 * (boss) — A war machine dwelling atop the that was given function and sentience by the orb.
 * — Anemones that were corrupted by one of the orb's shards making them grow larger and shoot poison projectiles.
 * — Vines that were corrupted by one of the orb's shards making them grow larger and shoot poison projectiles.
 * — Anemones that were corrupted by one of the orb's shards making them grow all over the sea.
 * — Vines that were corrupted by one of the orb's shards making them grow all over the jungle.
 * — A cube shaped golem that was given function and sentience by the orb through splitting from the Redstone Monstrosity.
 * — A golem that was given function and sentience by the orb.
 * — A golem that was given function and sentience by the orb.
 * (boss) — A war machine dwelling within the that was given function and sentience by the orb.
 * — An inhabitant of the that was corrupted by a shard of the orb.
 * — An inhabitant of the that was corrupted by a shard of the orb.

Confirmed manifestations

 * — The first manifestation of the orb, created atop the as a last resort from the defeat of the Arch-Illager.
 * — The second manifestation of the orb, created within the after the remnant of the orb was taken there by two Endermen.
 * — The third and final manifestation of the orb, formed within a from the anguish of being shattered.

Trivia

 * Due to the fact that the Orb of Dominance is a 5x5x5 cube, this means that the orb is the size of a mob head in the base game.
 * After the Orb of Dominance shatters, shards of the orb appear in the background of the main menu.
 * The shard that corrupted the Wretched Wraith uses a 6x6x6 texture but is roughly 3x3x3 in size. This would make this shard 27/125ths or ≈0,22 the size of the original orb that corrupted Archie.
 * No perfectly cubical piece of that large size was seen in the ruins upon its destruction atop the Obsidian Pinnacle.
 * The Orb of Dominance produces enderman sounds in the opening cinematic.
 * The mobs that it creates also produce enderman sounds.
 * The Heart of Ender and the Vengeful Heart of Ender have an end-like appearance.