Warden

General description

The warden is a hostile creature that lives in the depths of dark caves and that is summoned by sculk screamers. They are completely blind creatures, and therefore use vibrations and their sense of smell to identify and locate other creatures. They are extremely powerful, and have the most damage and health of any creature.

appeareance

The warden is the tallest creature, measuring almost 5 meters, weighing 1,452kg. His body is made of sculk and a bone-like material, the latter of which is noticeable on his arms, feet, and most notably on the ribs of his chest and the spine of his back. He has a pair of antennae on his head, no eyes or a conventional face, replaced instead by a large hole from where he can emit screams and noises, and his chest has a set of souls that light up the more upset he is.

Behaviour

Wardens become "altered" when they detect an entity through vibrations. An entity that makes a vibration will cause a warden to detect its source and walk towards it. A warden remains in his altered state for 5 seconds, after which he calms down and desists from tracking. If an entity makes too many vibrations, gets close enough to be detected by their sense of smell, or attacks them directly, the wardens become "angry" by immediately entering their angry state and will begin to chase said entity. They work in a particular way with projectiles. If a projectile is thrown, it will go to the point where the projectile landed, and takes a 5 second reload time to be distracted again. If multiple projectiles are thrown in less than 5 seconds, be they snowballs, arrows, etc., it will enter its angry state immediately and go towards the source from which the projectiles were launched, that is, whoever threw the projectiles. Once angered, the wardens pursue their target, a process where they increase their speed approximately four times and run as if they were observing the target entity, and in turn inflict the Darkness effect on said entity. They track and attack all creatures, but exclude other wardens. In this state, the souls in his chest create a low, throbbing heartbeat sound, on par with the Darkness effect. The movements of its ribs and antennae as well as the sound it emits gradually accelerate as the warden becomes more agitated. The Warden CAN'T talk, he can only and exclusively emit noises but can learn to understand human language but never speak it.

personality

Personality Hostile, wild, territorial, possesive,dominant, extremely sadistic, extremely strong and serious (it is practically impossible to see him in any other way than serious), he has a lot of control of his territory and will kill anything that comes close to what's his. He is best avoided, as if he were a natural disaster. The Warden CAN'T talk, he can only and exclusively emit noises but can learn to understand human language but never speak it.

Spawning

They are spawned when a entity activates naturally generated sculk shriekers three times and if there isn't already another warden within 24 blocks of it. A warden spawns by emerging from the ground near the shrieker that summoned it, taking about 6.7 seconds to do so and being completely invulnerable until fully emerged. The warning count for sculk shriekers is specific to each person rather than each sculk shrieker. This means that the person can activate three different shriekers in different locations and a warden emerges after the third activation. The light level does not have an effect on warden spawning as it does with other creatures. After spawning, wardens wander randomly around the world and move toward nearby vibrations originating from living beings and non-living beings including projectiles and minecarts. A warden also periodically sniffs the area around it, allowing it to zero in on targets even if they don't create vibrations. If a warden is actively sniffing and it picks up a nearby vibration, movement, or action then it will become increasingly agitated. This effect applies other entities.

Habilities:

A warden can fit inside any space that is tall enough for them, allowing it to chase people and creatures through small corridors. Wardens are immune to damage from fire or lava and do not take knockback. They pursue through paths that are usually avoided by other creatures, including rails, cacti, or magma blocks. A warden, whether angered or not, gives 12 seconds of Darkness to all creatures within a 20 block radius of it every 6 seconds. The souls in its chest make a low heartbeat that occurs in tandem with the Darkness effect. The heartbeat speeds up as the warden becomes increasingly agitated. A warden prefers to track down the most suspicious targets, rather than the ones closest to it. The Warden CAN'T talk, he can only and exclusively emit noises but can learn to understand human language but never speak it.

Sculk family part 1

A sculk is a plant-like structure that generates on deep dark caves and form the natural habitat of the Warden. it is formed by several structures such as: A Sculk shrieker is a sculk structure found in the deep dark biome that produces a "shrieking" noise when a entity either stands on it (regardless of sneaking) or triggers a nearby sculk sensor. Shriekers that generate naturally in the deep dark will inflict Darkness and may summon a warden when triggered, but those that are placed by a person or sculk catalyst will never summon wardens or inflict Darkness under any circumstance. The sculk sensor is a block in the sculk family. It detects vibrations caused by actions and events in a radius around it and emits a redstone signal, and, if it was triggered by a player, also activates nearby sculk shriekers. Players can sneak to avoid making vibrations and wool can be used to occlude and block them.

Sculk family part 2

A sculk catalyst is a block that convers the floor around it with the sculk family (except for more sculk catalysts) when a entity dies nearby.