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 appears to be able to put its victims in 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 it’s 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 created the Jungle Abomination out of various objects on the island.

Another went to a lively island, where it corrupted a local wraith, covering the island in a Creeping Winter.

Another one also landed on top of a mountain, corrupting the Ancient Protector of The Sanctum, causing howling winds.

Another dived into an ocean, which corrupted an Ancient Elder Guardian, disrupting the ocean currents.

After all the stray shards in the Overworld were destroyed, it was discovered that some Endermen had recovered the remaining shards from the ruins of Highblock Keep, taking the shards 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.

Confirmed Victims

 * who became the Ancient Guardian.
 * , an outcast Illager who became the Arch-Illager.
 * , that became the Wretched Wraith.

Confirmed Embodiments

 * , created as a last resort from the defeat of Archie.
 * for the fractured consciousness of one of the orb's shards.
 * , 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.
 * All mobs created directly by the Orb of Dominance or its shards all seem to have purple/pink colors on them, and some of them have enderman-like eyes.
 * 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.
 * The Orb of Dominance also enhanced a Cave Spider who became the Giant Cave Spider, as well as a Royal Guard who became the Giant Royal Guard in the arcade version of Minecraft Dungeons.

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