Minecraft Dungeons:Skeleton Vanguard

A skeleton vanguard (referred simply as the vanguard in-game) is an armored variant of the skeleton and is an undead hostile mob found in Minecraft Dungeons. It also wears the vanguard armor which is exclusively worn by them.

Appearance
Skeleton vanguards are a desert variant of the skeleton. They are seen wearing an iron chest plate, 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. They are similar to the Nameless One and the but doesn’t wear the crown and the robe.

Spawning

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Behavior
The Skeleton Vanguard has two behaviors.

A skeleton vanguard immediately chases the hero once seen or alerted by another mob.
 * Walk

When close enough, it stabs the target with its glaive (which makes skeletons vanguard melee attackers). The shield serves as extra health as it absorbs the first attack. The skeleton vanguard has a longer attack reach than most other mobs, so it can hit targets from farther away. Their long attack reach also allows them to take down allies more easily, such as wolves, who can't touch them because of this glaive.
 * Attack

Vanguard Armor
The vanguard armor is an unobtainable set of armor worn exclusively by skeleton vanguards.

Appearance
The iron chest plate is cover half of the rib cage. The chest plate extands to the back and around the arms.

Desert Shield
A desert shield is an unobtainable shield equipped exclusively by skeleton vanguards.

Cursed Presence


The Cursed Presence is the ancient variant of the skeleton vanguard 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:



15 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 will drop as a reward:



Trivia

 * In the game files, the vanguard armor is referred to internally as.
 * In the game files, the skeleton vanguard’s shield is referred to internally as.