Elder Guardian Ghost
| Health points |
20HP × 10 |
|---|---|
| Behavior |
Hostile |
| Mob type | |
| Attack strength |
Spikes: 2HP |
| Hitbox size |
Height: 1.9975 blocks |
| Spawn |
See Spawning |
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An elder guardian ghost is an invisible hostile mob used to render the particle of an elder guardian in the player's interface in Bedrock Edition.
Spawning
Elder guardian ghosts can be spawned using commands, such as /summon elder_guardian_ghost.
Behavior

Elder guardian ghosts are invisible and have defensive spikes that deal 2HP.
When the elder guardian ghost spawns outside of water, it floats upwards until it despawns, similar to a mob tied to a balloon, or under a high level of Levitation effect, but it passes through blocks.
The elder guardian ghost itself is not immune to suffocation damage. It behaves similar to custom mobs added in behavior packs with broken AI; the mobs float upward and pass through blocks when hit.
If an elder guardian ghost is spawned underwater, it slowly sinks downward, passing through all blocks (including bedrock), until it eventually it falls into the void and dies. When underwater, the elder guardian ghost can rotate its body, look at players, and swim while slowly sinking downward.
The elder guardian ghost can be affected by the Instant Health effect and increase its health, and its maximum health can reach 3.4*10^38HP × 1.7E+38.[1]
Elder guardian ghosts inflict Mining Fatigue III when spawned in Survival or Adventure.
Sounds
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Players | When an elder guardian ghost dies | game | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When an elder guardian ghost is damaged from a generic source | game | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| Elder Guardian Ghost | elder_guardian_ghost | 120 |
Entity data
History
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | Added the elder guardian ghost along with its spawn egg. | |||||
| 1.18.30 | beta 1.18.30.26 | Elder guardian ghosts are now invisible. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Elder Guardian Ghost" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
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The elder guardian particle effect controlled by the ghost. -
The elder guardian ghost flying before Beta 1.18.30.26.
References
- ↑ MCPE-172605 — resolved as "won't fix".
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