Minecraft Dungeons:Key Golem

Gold Key Golem

Behavior	Passive

“	KEY GOLEM – You'll find these cute little mobs hiding throughout the world. You must carry them on your back to a locked door, as they're too afraid to go alone. If you take damage while carrying one, it will scurry back to where you found it.	„
	— Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes

A key golem is a small passive mob in Minecraft Dungeons that helps the hero to unlock certain doors upon collection.

Appearance[]

A gold key golem is a small golden golem resembling a key with a small face and legs.

Spawning[]

Behavior[]

If the hero reaches a locked door while wearing a key golem, it disappears, the lock turns yellow, and the door opens.

The key golem can be picked up by certain mobs. If the mob gets killed, the key golem returns to the closest rug.

When hit with a weapon enchanted with Exploding, an explosion is triggered where the key golem was hit.

Sleeping

Key golems start off asleep.

Alert

When the hero approaches a key golem, it wakes up.

Run

Key golems attempts to evade the hero in any way that it can. The hero must hit it to collect it, at which point it gets strapped to the hero's back.

Panic

Key golems squirm and yell in fear while on the hero's back. If the hero is damaged while wearing the key golem, the key golem escapes and flees back to its original location, but if another entity hits it, that entity gets the key golem on its back.

Diamond Key Golem[]

Diamond Key Golem

Behavior	Passive

A diamond key golem is a blue variant of the key golem in Minecraft Dungeons that helps the hero to unlock certain doors upon collection.

Appearance[]

A diamond key golem is a blue variant of the key golem resembling a key with a small face and legs.

Spawning[]

Behavior[]

Diamond key golems behave exactly like their gold counterparts except that the lock that it opens turns blue and the door opens.

Health[]

Power	Min Health
1	1
4	1
10	1
16	1
22	1
27	1
33	1
39	1
45	1
51	1
56	1
62	1
68	1
74	1
80	1
86	1
91	1
97	1
103	1

Sounds[]

Gold key mix[]

Sound	Description
	Happy
	Hurt
	Idle
	Jump
	Panic
	Panicked Breath
	Scared
	Sleep
	Snore
	Step
	Wake Up
	"Wowo"

Default[]

Sound	Description
	Happy
	Hurt
	Idle
	Jump
	Panic
	Panicked Breath
	Scared
	Sleep
	Snore
	Step
	Wake Up
	"Wowo"

Data value[]

In the game files, the two key golems are listed internally as being categorized under the name BabyKey.
In the game files, the key golem is referred to internally by the name BabyKey_Gold.
In the game files, the diamond key golem is referred to internally by the name BabyKey_Silver and the name BabyKey_Diamond.

History[]

Minecraft Dungeons
September 29, 2018					During the trailer for Minecraft Dungeons, the key is seen twice. It is not yet named
May 17, 2019					During the interview with David Nisshagen about Dungeons, the key is mentioned at the end. Again, the Key Golem is not yet named.
June 9, 2019					The Key Golem is shown in the Gameplay Reveal trailer for Minecraft Dungeons, and its name is finally revealed.
1.1.1.0					Added gold key golems and diamond key golems.

Trivia[]

A Twitter post was released highlighting that key golems always run away.^[1]

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Key Golem" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery[]

Trailers[]

The first time a gold key golem appears in the trailer.
The second time a gold key golem appears in the trailer.
A gold key golem in the MINECON Live 2019 trailer.
A gold key golem as seen in a Twitter video highlight of the gameplay reveal trailer.^[2]}}