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 gives the Arch-Illager his power.

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 players.

However, the Orb was able to retain its power and survive, albeit in small fragments. One of these made its way to a jungle, where it formed the Jungle Abomination by corrupting various objects and plants, giving the awakened jungle itself sentience, another went to a lively island, where it corrupted a local wraith, covering the island in a Creeping Winter, another one landed on top of a mountain, corrupting the ancient protector of the Gale Sanctum, causing howling winds, another dived into an ocean, which corrupted an ancient Elder Guardian, disrupting the ocean currents.

After all four of the stray shards in the Overworld were destroyed, it was discovered that some endermen had recovered the reformed remains of the Orb from the ruins of Highblock Keep, 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 resurrection of dominance. After battling the final form of the Heart of Ender, it is finally defeated for real with the destruction of the remaining chunk of the Orb and freeing all dimensions from its corruption.

Confirmed victims

 * that was corrupted by one of the orb's shards.
 * , an outcast Illager who became the Arch-Illager under the orb's deception.
 * that became the Wretched Wraith by one of the orb's shards.
 * that was corrupted by one of the Orb's shards.

Confirmed corruptions

 * (boss) — An enchanted cauldron that was given life by the Orb.
 * — Six powerful endersent that were enhanced by the Orb to guard six Eyes of Ender in various Overworld.
 * Endersent Eyesent who guard one eye of Ender:
 * — One of the endersent Eyesent sent to.
 * — One of the endersent Eyesent sent to.
 * — One of the endersent Eyesent sent to.
 * — One of the endersent Eyesent sent to.
 * — One of the Endersent Eyesent sent to.
 * — One of the Endersent Eyesent sent to.
 * — Small anemones summoned by wavewhisperers to trap players.
 * — Small vines summoned by whisperers to trap players.
 * — A normal cave spider that was enhanced and turned into a large boss by the Orb.
 * (boss) — A normal Royal Guard that was enhanced and turned into a large boss alongside a Mage.
 * Jungle Abomination (boss) — A giant mob constructed with objects in the Jungle for the fractured consciousness of one of the orb's shards.
 * — A bulky mob created by the Orb using plants around the Jungle.
 * — A normal Mage that was enhanced by the Orb along with a Royal Guard.
 * (Boss) — A war machine given function and life by the Orb.
 * — Anemones that were transformed by one of the orb's shards making them grow larger and shoot poison projectiles.
 * — Vines that were transformed by one of the orb's shards making them grow larger and shoot poison projectiles.
 * — Anemones that were transformed by one of the Orb's shards making them grow all over the sea.
 * — Vines that were transformed by one of the Orb's shards making them grow all over the jungle.
 * — A creature created by one of the Orb's shards using aquatic plants around in the ocean.
 * — A creature created by one of the Orb's shards using plants around the jungle.
 * — A creature created by one of the Orb's shards using plants around the jungle.

Confirmed embodiments

 * , created as a last resort from the defeat of Archie.
 * , formed from the anguish of being shattered.

Trivia

 * The Orb of Dominance is a 5×5×5 cube. No pieces of the cube that large were seen in the ruins during the final cutscene in the Obsidian Pinnacle. Coincidentally, there were multiple 2×2×2 and 1×1×1 pixel shards that were perfect cubes.
 * The Orb of Dominance produces enderman sounds in the opening cinematic, and the mob that it produces, the Heart of Ender, has an end-like appearance.

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