Warden

Warden

The warden is a hostile creature that is summoned by sculk screamers. They are completely blind creatures, and therefore use vibrations and their sense of smell to identify and locate players and other creatures. They are extremely powerful, and have the most damage and health of any creature. The warden is the tallest creature in the game, measuring almost 2 blocks wide and 3 blocks tall, with a collision box 2.9 blocks high and 0.8 blocks wide. His body is made of sculk and a bone-like material, the latter of which is noticeable in his arms, feet, and most notably in 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, and his chest has a set of souls that light up the more upset he is.

Wardens are blind creatures that wander around at random and are susceptible to vibrations made by a sculk sensor as well as those emitted by some entity, be it the player, some creature, projectiles such as snowballs and arrows, or other types of entities. A nearby vibration alerts a warden, who moves toward the location where the vibration originated. Wardens have a mechanic that resembles a sense of smell, to counteract their lack of vision. It can "sniff" the area around it, allowing it to detect the position of an entity even if it is not moving or invisible[2]. That is, a player can crouch and walk in that state, and the warden, although he cannot see him, can perceive his presence and track his movement. If an entity gets too close, the warden will immediately detect it. Additionally, they prefer to track the creatures they find most suspicious, rather than the closest ones.

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, the player or creature that threw the projectiles. 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 your chest create a low, throbbing heartbeat sound, on par with the Darkness effect. The animation of its chest and antennae as well as the sound it emits gradually accelerate as the warden becomes more agitated.