Guardian

The Guardian is a mob that will appear in 1.8. It is hostile and only spawns underwater. Its eyes will always look toward the camera.

The mob will have a ranged attack and will be hostile to squid as well as the player. A full set of diamond armor, potion of water breathing and respiration enchantment is recommended on hard mode.

This mob will be released in the 14w25a snapshot.

This mob spawns in the new Water Dungeons. It also has a larger grey variant that spawns in the top floor of the dungeon. The larger ones appear to rule over these dungeons, as when approaching a dungeon, a ghostly image appears of the larger one.

This mob attacks by sending out a large laser beam which harms the player.



= Behavior =

Guardians will swim around in water, attacking any players a squids that come into sight. They swim in abrupt charges, moving their tail rapidly when doing so. When out of water, they will jump and flail around making wet noises. They will quickly move towards the water, at witch point they swim away.

Attacking
The guardian has only 1 method of attack, firing its laser. The laser will need a second or so to charge, doing no damage in the mean time, and changing from purple to bright yellow. Once charged, the beam abruptly ends and deals damage. If the target come near the guardian while it is firing its beam, the guardian will stop firing and run away until it is at a comfortable range, at which point it will continue attacking.

= History =

= Trivia =


 * An image sprite of the mob was uploaded to the stylesheet of the official Minecraft subreddit under the name, "Plankton". The moderators have since stated that it was due to the fact that they had no idea what it was either.

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