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This article is about the hostile mob in the Minecraft 1.19 The Wild Update. For the unseen illager in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Warden. For the ancient mob in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Frostwarden. For the character in Minecraft: Story Mode, see Minecraft Story Mode:The Warden.
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The warden is a hostile mob summoned by sculk shriekers which is able to do both melee and ranged attacks. Wardens are completely blind and thus rely on vibrations and their sense of smell to identify moving entities, and deal the most non one-off damage of any mob in the game.

Spawning

Wardens do not use traditional mob spawning mechanics. When a player activates any sculk shrieker three times, and there isn't another warden within 48 blocks, and the light level is lower than 11, a warden emerges from the ground. Up to 20 attempts are made to spawn a warden within a 11×13×11 box centered on the shrieker.

The warning count for sculk shriekers is specific to each player, not each sculk shrieker. This means that the same player can activate three different sculk shriekers just once, and a warden spawns on the third activation.

Drops

Wardens drop five experience points when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior

Wardens are blind and wander randomly, even through rails. The warden's hitbox can fit inside a corridor 1 block wide and 3 blocks tall. This allows them to chase foes pathfinding precisely even in small cave corridors. Wardens are immune to knockback and to damage from fire and lava. Water does not slow down a warden and a bubble column has no effect on an aggravated warden. A nearby vibration agitates the warden, which moves toward the location where the vibration originated. It can also smell the area around it, allowing it to zero in on an entity's location. The more vibrations a mob or player makes, the more agitated it grows.

The souls on its chest creates a low throbbing heartbeat sound, in tandem with the Darkness effect. The animation and sound speeds up gradually as the warden becomes more agitated.[1] A warden prefers to track down mobs that it finds most suspicious,[more information needed] rather than the closest one.[2]

Once a warden reaches a high enough level of agitation, it roars and pursues the target. In this alerted state, the warden pathfinds to the target normally, regardless of vibrations made. If a mob or player collides with a warden, or attacks it first, the warden immediately enters its angry state.

Apart from players, a warden tracks down and attacks all other mobs, excluding other wardens. The warden can also follow vibrations made by non-mob entities such as projectiles or minecarts.

After sixty seconds of being "calm" and not detecting any vibrations, the warden burrows back into the ground and despawns. The warden is completely invulnerable while emerging or burrowing, including damage from /kill, though it can still be pushed by entities, pistons or liquids.

The warden's melee attack disables shields for 5 seconds, and deals an exceptional amount of damage, enough to instantly kill a player wearing unenchanted full netherite armor on Hard difficulty. If the target is still on its search radius and on high ground or hiding behind walls, a warden can charge up a ranged attack called a "Sonic Boom". This guided attack can pass through blocks, and is visible with the formation of green-blue particles that are quickly projected out of the warden's chest. It deals the same amount of damage as its melee attack and also disables shields for 5 seconds on impact.

Sounds

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Warden groans angrilyHostile CreaturesPlays randomly while searching for an entityentity.warden.agitatedsubtitles.entity.warden.agitated1??
Warden whinesHostile CreaturesPlays when the warden emerges, or randomlyentity.warden.ambientsubtitles.entity.warden.ambient1??
Warden ragesHostile CreaturesWarden targets an enemyentity.warden.angrysubtitles.entity.warden.angry1??
Warden lands hitHostile CreaturesWarden attacksentity.warden.attack_impactsubtitles.entity.warden.attack_impact1??
Warden boomsHostile CreaturesWarden casts sonic boomentity.Warden.boomssubtitles.entity.Warden_booms1
Warden chargesHostile CreaturesWarden prepares sonic boomentity.Warden.chargessubtitles.entity.Warden charges1
Warden digsHostile CreaturesWarden despawnsentity.warden.digsubtitles.entity.warden.dig1??
Warden diesHostile CreaturesDyingentity.warden.deathsubtitles.entity.warden.death1??
Warden emergesHostile CreaturesWarden spawnsentity.warden.emergesubtitles.entity.warden.emerge1??
Warden heart beatsHostile CreaturesPlays randomlyentity.warden.heartbeatsubtitles.entity.warden.heartbeat1??
Warden hurtsHostile CreaturesTaking damageentity.warden.hurtsubtitles.entity.warden.hurt1??
Warden takes noticeHostile CreaturesWarden notices vibrationentity.warden.listeningsubtitles.entity.warden.listening1??
Warden takes notice angrilyHostile CreaturesWarden moves toward the source of vibrationentity.warden.listening_angrysubtitles.entity.warden.listening_angry1??
Warden approachesHostile CreaturesWarden gets called by sculk shrieker onceentity.warden.nearby_closesubtitles.entity.warden.nearby_close1??
Warden advancesHostile CreaturesWarden gets called by sculk shrieker twiceentity.warden.nearby_closersubtitles.entity.warden.nearby_closer1??
Warden draws closeHostile CreaturesWarden gets called by sculk shrieker thriceentity.warden.nearby_closestsubtitles.entity.warden.nearby_closest1??
Warden roarsHostile CreaturesTargets entityentity.warden.roarsubtitles.entity.warden.roar1??
Warden sniffsHostile CreaturesScans for nearby entitiesentity.warden.sniffsubtitles.entity.warden.sniff0.75??
Warden stepsHostile CreaturesWalkingentity.warden.stepsubtitles.entity.warden.step0.3??
Warden tendrils clickHostile CreaturesDetects movemententity.warden.tendril_clickssubtitles.entity.warden.tendril_clicks1??
??
??

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Wardenwardenentity.minecraft.warden

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Wardenwarden131entity.warden.name

Entity data

Wardens have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

Main article: Entity format
  • Entity data
    • Tags common to all entities
    • Tags common to all mobs
    •  anger: Anger management of the warden.
      •  suspects: List of suspects that have angered the warden.
        • A suspect.
          •  anger The level of anger. It has a maximum value of 150 and decreases by 1 every second.
          •  uuid: The UUID of the entity that is associated with the anger, stored as four ints.

Advancements

There are no advancements associated with killing the warden. The warden is intended to be a natural disaster that is almost impossible to kill and best avoided.[3] Therefore, killing a warden doesn't count for the Monster Hunter advancement, nor is it needed to receive the Monsters Hunted advancement.[4]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawInvicon Sculk SensorSneak 100
Sneak near a Sculk Sensor or Warden to prevent it from detecting you AdventureSneak within 8 blocks from a sculk sensor, or 16 blocks from a warden.adventure/avoid_vibration

History

This section is missing information about The "nearby_closest" sound was always unused and apparently removed in 22w14a. 
Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.
Java Edition
2020Concept art was created with earlier designs for the warden, then known as the "stalker".
Warden (pre-release 1) The original "stalker" design was programmed into the game.
Warden (pre-release 2) Warden (pre-release 2 alternate) A second version of the "stalker" could transform into a form that was less wide and tall when chasing an entity or player, while its regular form was meant to disguise as a treasure totem. This was considered too goofy and insufficiently scary, and was scrapped.
2020Concept art for a "hollowed" design was created.
Warden (pre-release 3) This "hollowed" design was programmed into the game.
It was ultimately considered too gory for Minecraft, so it was scrapped.
October 3, 2020Warden (pre-release 4) The warden is announced at Minecraft Live 2020.
October 6, 2020A set of teaser images of the warden's size and behavior were released on Brandon Pearce's Twitter.
October 16, 2021Warden A revised texture and new behavior was shown at Minecraft Live 2021.
November 26, 2021The warden is revealed to have a sense of smell; it can detect and pathfind toward the general location of a player or mob through a "smelling" action. It also prioritizes smelling the player or mob that it is most suspicious of, rather than the one closest to it.[5][6]
December 18, 2021Showed warden emerge behavior.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.19
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Photo|Photo]]<br/>{{exclusive|education}}
{{Item
| image = Photo EE2.png
| renewable = No (unless [[portfolio]] is available)
| stackable = 
}}

A '''photo''' is an [[item]] containing a picture taken with a [[camera]].<ref>{{cite|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925044841mp_/https://educommunity.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/4407489082644-Feature-Walkthrough-Minecraft-Education-Edition-GOAT-Beta-version-1-17-30-| title = Feature Walkthrough Minecraft: Education Edition GOAT Beta (version 1.17.30)|website=Minecraft: Education Edition Support|date=September 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/blog/new-update-and-anniversary-for-mee| title = The GOAT Update Celebrates a Minecraft Milestone!|website=Minecraft: Education Edition|date=November 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{ytl|2Wd0J-EIfws|GOAT Release Playthrough|Minecraft: Education Edition|December 2, 2021}}</ref>

== Obtaining ==
A photo in a [[portfolio]] can be saved as a photo item by selecting the "Save to Inventory" button underneath it.

== Usage ==
Photos display an image when held in the hand or when placed in an [[item frame]], similarly to [[map]]s. Photos can have captions added to them by renaming them in an [[anvil]] or by adding a caption while they are in a portfolio. Photos can be added to [[book and quill]]s and portfolios by selecting the "Add Photo" button in the book and quill or portfolio.

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Photo
|spritetype=item
|nameid=photo_item
|id=?
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|education}}
{{History||1.17.30|snap=1.17.30.2|[[File:Photo EE1.png|32px]] Added photos.}}
{{History||1.17.30|snap=release|[[File:Photo EE2.png|32px]] Changed photo texture.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Photo Item 1.png|A photo being placed in an item frame.
Photo Item 2.png|A photo being saved from a portfolio.
Photo Item 3.png|A photo being added to a book and quill.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Items}}
{{Education Edition}}

[[Category:Education Edition items]]
[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]

[[ja:写真]]
[[pl:Zdjęcie]]
[[zh:相片]]</li><li>[[Raw Salmon|Raw Salmon]]<br/>{{about|the item|the mob|Salmon}}
{{Item
| title = Raw Salmon
| image = Raw Salmon.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|2}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Raw salmon''' is a food item that can be eaten by the [[player]] or cooked to make [[cooked salmon]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===
====Salmon====
[[Salmon]] always drops 1 raw salmon when killed, unaffected by Looting.<ref>{{bug|MC-212795||Salmon & Fish mobs are not affected by Looting}}</ref> If it is killed while on [[fire]], it drops 1 [[Cooked Salmon|cooked salmon]] instead.
====Guardians and elder guardians ====
[[Guardian|Guardians]] and [[Elder Guardian|elder guardians]] have a 2.5% chance to drop a random fish, with 25% of them being raw salmon, which drops as cooked if the guardian was on fire. The chance of getting the fish drop is increased by 1% per level with [[Looting]] (for a maximum of 5.5% with Looting III), but the type of fish is not affected.
====Polar bears====
[[Polar bear]]s have a 25% chance of dropping 0–2 raw salmon when killed. The maximum amount can be increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 with Looting III. If killed while on fire, they drop cooked salmon instead.
=== Fishing ===
{{main|Fishing}}Raw salmon can be obtained from [[fishing]]. The wait time of one being caught is decreased with the [[Lure]] enchantment and the chance of one being caught is slightly decreased with the [[Luck of the Sea]] enchantment (named as such because it increases treasure, not fish).

Catching salmon awards 1-6 experience.

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|raw-salmon}}

=== Villager gifts ===
{{in|java}}, Fisherman villagers throw raw salmon at [[player]]s under the [[Hero of the Village]] effect.

== Usage ==

=== Smelting ingredient ===

{{smelting
|Raw Salmon
|Cooked Salmon
|0.35
}}

=== Food ===

Raw salmon restores {{hunger|2}} [[hunger]] and 0.2 [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

=== Cats ===
Raw salmon can be used to tame [[cat]]s with {{frac|1|3}} chance of success, get cats off of [[chest]]s, and [[bed]]s, [[breed]] cats, and make baby cats grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time. Additionally, raw salmon can be used to heal cats by {{hp|2|mob=1}}.

Raw salmon can be used to gain [[ocelot]] trust, breed ocelots, and make baby ocelots grow up by 10%.
=== Dolphins ===

A [[dolphin]] can be fed raw salmon to increase its trust of the player and cause it to interact with the player more often. However, unlike most other animal mobs, this does not cause them to breed.

Additionally, dolphins swim to the nearest chest in a [[shipwreck]] or [[underwater ruin]] after they are fed raw salmon. If the chest in the nearest structure is broken, they swim to another structure with a chest.

=== Trading ===

Apprentice-level Fisherman [[villager]]s have 50%{{only|bedrock}} or {{frac|2|3}}{{only|java}} chance to buy 6 raw salmon and one [[emerald]] for 6 cooked salmon.

Journeyman-level Fisherman villagers offer to buy 13 raw salmon for an emerald.

=== Wolves ===
{{IN|bedrock}}, raw salmon can be fed only to [[wolves]] not at full health, healing them by {{hp|2|mob=1}}. Unlike other wolf food, raw salmon cannot be used to breed wolves or to accelerate the growth of baby wolves.

==Sounds==
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Raw Salmon
|spritetype=item
|nameid=salmon
|itemtags=fishes
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Raw Salmon
|spritetype=item
|nameid=salmon
|id=265
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Lion Hunter}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet;Fishy Business;A Complete Catalogue}}

== Video ==
<span style="display:inline-block">{{yt|s_GcAFeoREk}}</span>

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|[[File:Raw Salmon JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw salmon.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|Raw salmon is now obtainable rare drops from [[guardian]]s and [[elder guardians]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44a|Raw salmon can now be found in [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.10|snap=16w20a|Raw salmon is now dropped from [[polar bear]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>fish</code> and <code>cooked_fish</code> IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these [[item]]s' numeral IDs were 349 and 250.}}
{{History|||snap=18w08b|Salmon has been added as a [[mob]], which drops raw salmon when killed (cooked while on [[fire]]).
|[[File:Raw Salmon JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for raw salmon has been changed.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w48a|Raw salmon can now be found in chests in [[village]] fisher cottages.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Fisherman [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] raw salmon.}}
{{History|||snap=19w13a|Fisherman villagers now give raw salmon to players under the [[Hero of the Village]] effect.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Raw Salmon JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw salmon.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Salmon now restores [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].
|Raw salmon can now be used to tame [[ocelot]]s.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 1|Salmon is now [[drops|dropped]] by [[guardian]]s and [[elder guardian]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Added [[polar bear]]s, which drop raw salmon.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Raw salmon is now found inside [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Salmon has been added as a [[mob]], which drops raw salmon when killed (cooked while on [[fire]]).
|[[File:Raw Salmon JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for raw salmon has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Added [[dolphin]]s, which can be [[breeding|bred]] with raw salmon.}}
{{History||1.5.0|snap=beta 1.5.0.0|Raw salmon can no longer be used to breed dolphins. 
|Giving raw salmon to dolphins now leads the [[player]] to nearest [[underwater ruins]] or [[shipwreck]].}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Raw salmon can no longer be used to tame [[ocelot]]s.
|Raw salmon can now be used to [[breeding|breed]] ocelots.
|Added stray [[cat]]s, which can be tamed by being fed raw salmon.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Raw salmon can now be [[trading|sold]] to fisherman [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.52|If [[salmon]] is [[death|killed]] while on [[fire]], then they now drop [[cooked salmon]] instead of a raw salmon.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|[[File:Raw Salmon JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw salmon.}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|[[File:Raw Salmon JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for raw salmon have been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Raw Salmon JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw salmon.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== See also ==
* [[Fishing]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{items}}

[[de:Roher Lachs]]
[[es:Salmón crudo]]
[[ja:生鮭]]
[[ko:생연어]]
[[pt:Salmão cru]]
[[ru:Сырой лосось]]
[[tr:Çiğ Somon]]
[[zh:生鲑鱼]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Food]]</li></ul>
Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1File:Warden JE1.png Added wardens.
22w11aWardens are not added yet in this non-experimental snapshot.
22w12aReadded wardens.
Wardens are no longer considered undead, have a new attacking animation, have much longer vertical reach, do not slow down in water, and are now immune to fire and lava.
22w13aCan now walk over rails.
22w14aWardens now gets angry at all living mobs that bump into it, not just players.
22w15aWardens now can make a ranged attack who can penetrate walls when player building high, hiding behind walls or being out of range of their melee attack.
Wardens now can smell players from further away.
The vertical range wardens in which wardens get angry has been increased to 20 blocks from 6.
Bedrock Edition
December 9, 2021Warden Ported warden code from Java Edition.
December 17, 2021Showed new animation of the warden burrowing into blocks.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
Wild Update
(Experimental)
beta 1.18.30.32Added wardens behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
Currently, there are no hit or death sound effects, and some features are outdated compared to the latest Java snapshots.
1.19.0
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Smarter Watch|Smarter Watch]]<br/>{{Joke feature}}{{Exclusive|Java}}{{Item
| title = Smarter Watch
| image = Smarter Watch.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

The '''Smarter Watch''' was a joke offhand [[item]].

== Usage ==
Smarter watches were "equipped" by having them placed into the offhand slot. Upon equipping, they would display the current time above the hotbar, in minutes and seconds, with one minute of in-game time being 5/6 of a real-time second, and one in-game hour being 5/6 of a real-time minute or 50 seconds.

The smarter watch would also notify the [[player]] of statistics milestones, alongside taken [[damage]], [[item]] specific info, [[crafting]] items and more.{{info needed|What exactly?}}

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table
|sound=Tick1.ogg
|sound2=Tick2.ogg
|subtitle=''None''
|source=player
|description=When a notification is displayed
|id=item.smarter_watch.notice
|translationkey=''None''
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=java
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Smarter Watch
|spritetype=item
|nameid=smarter_watch
|id=502
|form=item
|translationkey=item.smarterWatch.name
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.RV|snap=1.RV-Pre1|[[File:Smarter_Watch_(item).png|32px]] [[File:Smarter Watch.png|32px]] Added the smarter watch.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
Smarter Watches are an unsupported [[item]] due to being an [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke, and therefore issues relating to them will not be fixed.

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
TechGear.png|A [[player]] wearing the smarter watch, featured in this [[wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke version.
</gallery>

{{Items}}
{{Jokes}}

[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[Category:Joke items]]

[[pt:Relógio inteligente]]</li><li>[[Kelp|Kelp]]<br/>{{About|the plant|the dried variant|Dried Kelp}}
{{For}}
{{Block
|image=Kelp.gif
|invimage=Kelp
|transparent=Yes
|tool=Any
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
|light=No
|hardness=0}}

'''Kelp''' is an underwater plant that generates in most [[ocean]]s.

== Obtaining ==

=== Natural generation ===

Kelp naturally generates in any [[ocean]] [[biome]]s (except in [[Frozen Ocean|frozen]], [[Deep Frozen Ocean|deep frozen]] and [[Warm Ocean|warm]]), near and around [[seagrass]]. Each chunk has {{frac|1|18}} chance to generate a [[vegetation]] of kelp.

=== Breaking ===

Kelp can be mined instantly with any [[tool]] or with the player's fist. Removing water from the kelp block destroys the kelp. Breaking one part of a kelp stalk destroys all kelp [[block]]s above it. Each block drops a kelp [[item (entity)|item]].

=== Trading ===

Kelp can be bought from [[wandering trader]]s for 3 emeralds.

== Usage ==

Kelp can be placed underwater by hand, or anywhere by the use of [[commands]] such as {{cmd|setblock}}. Placing it by hand gives it a random {{code|age}} value between 0 and 24. Kelp can be placed only in [[water]] source blocks or downward-flowing water, not horizontally flowing water.

When placed in downward-flowing water, the flowing water transforms into a water source block,<ref>{{bug|MC-134229}}</ref> which is useful for faster [[bubble column]] elevator creation.

Any building block can be placed on top of a kelp plant, which is useful for building structures over a deep ocean without needing to build from the ocean floor (see also [[lily pad]]).

=== Cooking ingredient ===

{{smelting
| showname = 1
| Kelp
| Dried Kelp
| 0.1
}}

=== Composting ===

Placing kelp into a [[composter]] has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

=== Growth mechanics ===

Kelp can be planted on a broad variety of blocks. It grows underwater if it has either a source block of water or, {{in|Java}}, flowing water above it.<ref>{{bug|MC-133354}}</ref> Neither [[player]]s nor [[dispenser]]s can remove the water source block that kelp grows in without breaking the kelp first.

Kelp does not require any [[light]] level to grow. Kelp also grows without having [[sky]] access. [[Bone meal]] can be used to grow kelp by 1 block on each use.

Kelp, when planted, is generated with a randomly chosen age value, which can be checked when pressing [[Debug screen|<kbd>F3</kbd>]]{{only|java}}. The age value of a newly planted kelp plant varies randomly from 0 to 24. Each time the kelp grows in height by one block, the newly generated top of the kelp plant increases its age by 1. When the top block of the kelp plant reaches an age of 25, it stops growing. This means that kelp can naturally grow to a height between 2 (if the first kelp plant had an age of 24) and 26 blocks (if the first kelp plant had an age of 0). 

When a kelp plant block is broken, the age of the kelp plant block underneath is randomized to a value from 0 to 24 and the kelp continues growing until it reaches age 25. It is possible to use this mechanic to cultivate a kelp plant to increase its growth height beyond its natural maximum height of 26 blocks. This can be done by breaking the top-most block of the kelp plant each time it reaches age 25. A kelp plant cultivated by a player in this way repeatedly grows until it reaches the water surface.

Each time it receives a [[random tick]], kelp has a 14% chance of growing.

If [[shears]] are used on the topmost block of kelp, that block automatically sets its {{cd|age}} value to {{cd|25}} and stop growing.{{only|JE}}

=== Farming ===
{{Main|Tutorials/Kelp farming}}
Kelp farming is similar to farming [[sugar cane]], although kelp must be placed underwater. Automation of harvest is easier because items float up in water.

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Wet grass}}
=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Shear.ogg
|subtitle=Plant cropped
|source=block
|description=When the tip of kelp is cropped with [[Shears#Cropping growing plants|shears]]
|id=block.growing_plant.crop
|translationkey=subtitles.block.growing_plant.crop
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}: ''None''

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Kelp
|spritetype=block
|nameid=kelp}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Kelp Plant
|spritetype=block
|nameid=kelp_plant
|form=block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
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=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

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== History ==
{{History|java classic}}
{{History||May 21, 2009|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110762705/my-list-on-tile-types-so-far|[[Notch]] shows interest in adding a "[[seaweed]]" [[block]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||November 18, 2017|link={{YouTubeLink|mAapz_nIC_Y}}|Kelp plants were shown in a clip of [[MineCon Earth]].}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w07a|[[File:Kelp JE1 BE1.gif|32px]] [[File:Kelp (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added kelp.}}
{{History|||snap=18w07b|Kelp now behaves more like [[water]], meaning [[mob]]s can no longer spawn within the plant under water nor can they replenish their breath by [[swimming]] through it.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10a|[[File:Kelp JE2.gif|32px]] The texture for kelp has been overhauled.}}
{{History|||snap=18w14a|[[File:Kelp.gif|32px]] Top of the kelp textures have been shifted slightly downward.
|The generation rules for kelp have been changed, it now mainly generates in [[cold ocean]] [[biome]]s and can no longer generate in [[warm ocean]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w20a|The {{cd|kelp_top}} has been changed ID to {{cd|kelp}} and {{cd|kelp}} has been changed to {{cd|kelp_plant}}, for both the [[block]] and [[item]] forms.}}
{{History|||snap=pre2|Kelp is now destroyed by [[sponge]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-127111}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=pre6|Added 5 new [[sound]] events that apply to kelp: <code>block.wet_grass.break</code>, <code>block.wet_grass.fall</code>, <code>block.wet_grass.hit</code>, <code>block.wet_grass.place</code>, and <code>block.wet_grass.step</code>.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=19w03a|Placing kelp into the new [[composter]] has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Kelp now has a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
|Added [[Wandering Trader|wandering trader]]s, which sell kelp.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w11a|Kelp can now be grown with [[bone meal]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Kelp has been moved from the Miscellaneous tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the [[Creative inventory]].<ref name="misc decoration">https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-174434</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w46a|Kelp no longer generates on magma blocks.<ref>{{Bug|MC-185605|resolution=Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w37a|Kelp now stops growing if [[shears]] are used on the tip.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|[[File:Kelp JE1 BE1.gif|32px]] [[File:Kelp (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added kelp.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:Kelp (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] The kelp [[item]] texture has been updated to the {{el|je}}'s.}}
{{History||1.5.0|snap=beta 1.5.0.4|[[File:Kelp.gif|32px]] The texture of the kelp plant has been updated.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Kelp can now be bought from [[wandering trader]]s for 3 [[emerald]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Kelp can now be used to fill [[composter]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|[[File:Kelp.gif|32px]] [[File:Kelp (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added kelp.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* In real life, [[wikipedia:kelp|kelp]] is not considered a [[wikipedia:plant|plant]]. It is classified by scientists as a [[wikipedia:Brown algae|brown algae]].
** Kelp in real life absorbs nutrients directly from the water, instead of through its root-like structure, [[wikipedia:Holdfast (biology)|holdfast]], which merely attaches it to the seabed. This is in accordance with kelp being able to grow on almost any solid block in ''Minecraft''.

== Gallery ==
<gallery heights="60">
SeaPlantsMineConEarth2017.jpg|Kelp shown in a clip from MINECON Earth 2017. 
Kelp in ocean with Jappa textures.jpg|Naturally generated kelp in an [[ocean]] biome.
Kelp on shoreline.png|Naturally generated kelp near the shore.
Ocean life.png|An ocean with kelp visible in the far distance.
Kelp on Land.png|Kelp placed outside of [[water]] using the {{cmd|setblock}} command before 18w07b.
Waterless kelp.png|What kelp looks like without water (water removed using a [[resource pack]]).
Coral reef at night.png|Kelp within a [[coral reef]].
Floating Kelp.png|Kelp that generated in mid-air due to an [[ocean monument]]'s water cutting through it.
Kelp in ocean.jpg|Multiple kelps.
Kelp 255 blocks tall.png|Without obstacles, kelp can grow all the way to building limit.
ArgoMajor Kelp.jpg|First image of kelp in ''Bedrock Edition''.
</gallery>

== References ==
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[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]

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beta 1.19.0.20Wardens are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
Added hurt, death and angry listening sound effects.
Wardens can now preserve anger levels towards despawned entities.
Wardens no longer get angry towards other wardens or inanimate objects.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • Some previous names being considered for the warden were the stalker and the hollowed.[7]
    • The stalker iteration was tall, asymmetrical and it had a glowing core. It occurred in totems throughout the deep dark. The stalker would stand completely still to any trick players into taking its core and aggravating it, and could transform into a one block high form to prevent players from digging away. That iteration, specifically its appearance and transformation mechanic, felt clunky and was more goofy than scary, so it was scrapped by the Mojang developers.[8]
    • The hollowed was designed with the intent of inciting trypophobia and had white flesh with holes in it. That iteration was deemed too gory by the developers and had to be toned down.[9]
    • In the sixth episode of The Secrets of Minecraft, it was jokingly revealed that the warden's personal name is "William", similar to how the ender dragon, the wither, and player characters all have personal joke names. The word was also jokingly broken down into the words: war and den.[7]
  • Brandon Pearce stated in a tweet that the souls in the warden's chest is incredibly important to its lore.[10]
    • He also stated that the warden is inspired by the "monster" heard at the end of the 11 music disc.[11]
  • Coincidentally, in the spinoff game, Minecraft: Story Mode, there is an unrelated character also named The Warden.
  • Although the warden is supposed to be blind, spectating it reveals that it still has normal vision.

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Videos

Other gameplay

References

  1. "Currently the Warden's heartbeat gets faster the angrier or "close" it is to find its prey. In real time, this has really felt like it mimics the panic level of the player itself — the closer the Warden is to finding you, the more anxious you're probably going to be."@kingbdogz on X, October 17, 2021
  2. "Also currently it sniffs out the mob/player that it is most suspicious of, rather than the nearest mob/player."@kingbdogz on X, November 26, 2021
  3. "You shouldn't be killing Wardens, they are designed to be unkillable"@kingbdogz on X, August 17, 2021
  4. "No"@kingbdogz on X, July 7, 2021
  5. "Kinda. Wardens have no capability to detect players through vision. It technically has no idea where the player is, a system tells the Warden a general location that the player MIGHT be, not exactly. Only when the Warden suspects a mob enough that it knows their exact position"@kingbdogz on X, November 26, 2021
  6. "Also currently it sniffs out the mob/player that it is most suspicious of, rather than the nearest mob/player."@kingbdogz on X, November 26, 2021
  7. a b "The Secrets of How We're Making the Warden" – Minecraft on YouTube, January 21, 2022
  8. "Some ideas we had for early iterations of the Warden. stalkers were going to have a glowing item in the middle of its chest that you would also randomly find throughout the biome floating on totems. The idea was stalkers would stand perfectly still to "fake" those glowing items."@kingbdogz on X, January 22, 2022
  9. "146 - From Modding to Mojang with Kingbdogz // The Spawn Chunks: A Minecraft Podcast" – The Spawn Chunks @ 2:55 on YouTube, June 21, 2021
  10. "In terms of character, the souls in its chest were incredibly important to its lore and, likewise with the color palette. It all comes together to tell a story that I think can be really more unsettling than any of these previous iterations, despite it being less "gory"."@kingbdogz on X, January 23, 2022
  11. "Ask Mojang #11: All About Caves & Cliffs" – Minecraft on YouTube, October 30, 2020
  12. "That Sculk with a version of the Stalker"@kingbdogz on X, January 22, 2022
  13. "Looking kinda short there, Iron Golem."@kingbdogz on X, October 6, 2020
  14. "warden x ancient city sneak peak"@Cojomax99 on X, February 15, 2022
  15. "Warden whines"@kingbdogz on X, February 17, 2022
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