Dungeons:Vanguard

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A vanguard is an undead hostile skeleton variant that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Lore

An army of vanguards led by a skeleton horseman marched towards the Nameless One within the desert temple.^[1]

Spawning

Upon spawning, vanguards emit a shriek sound.

Missions

• Desert Temple
• Lower Temple
• Dingy Jungle (Secret area)
• Overgrown Temple
• Panda Plateau
• Lone Fortress
• Abyssal Monument (Secret area)
• Daily Trial
• Tower
• Treetop Tangle

Mobs

• Nameless One

Behavior

Vanguards have two behaviors.

Walk

Vanguards immediately chase after the hero once seen or alerted by another mob.

Attack

Vanguards stab the target with its glaive (which make vanguards melee attackers) when close enough. The shield serves as extra health as it absorbs the first attack. Vanguards have a longer attack reach than most other mobs, meaning that they can hit targets from farther away. The long attack reach also allows them to take down targets more easily, such as wolves.

Health

Cursed Presence

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The Cursed Presence is an ancient vanguard that can be encountered during ancient hunts with the minimum offering of the following runes:

The ancient resides within Cursed Presence Ancient Dungeon and possesses, at minimum, the following enchantments:

• Chilling
• Gravity Pulse
• Poison Cloud

Fifteen enchanted baby zombies act as the ancient's minions, possessing the following enchantments:

• Burning

Upon defeating the Cursed Presence, a gilded variant of the following items drops as a reward:

• Cutlass
  • Dancer's Sword
  • Nameless Blade
• Phantom Armor
  • Frost Bite
• Soul Crossbow
  • Feral Soul Crossbow
  • Voidcaller

Sounds

Vanguard

Misc

According to sfx_mob_skeletonVanguardSummon file, the Vanguard spawn sound in game are mix from:

Data values

• In the game files, vanguards are referred to internally by the name SkeletonVanguard.
• In the game files, vanguard armor is referred to internally by the name DesertArmor.
• In the game files, desert shields are referred to internally by the name desertShield.

History

Minecraft Dungeons
June 14, 2019							Vanguards are first seen.
Dungeons Beta							Added vanguards.
1.8.0.0							Added the cursed presence
1.10.2.0							Now appears within the Overgrown Temple and the Panda Plateau.
1.14.1.0							No longer appears within the Lone Fortress.
?							Now appears again within the Lone Fortress.

Issues

Issues for Minecraft Dungeons relating to "Vanguard" are no longer maintained on the bug tracker since September 28, 2023.

Quotes

Trivia

• A vanguard is actually someone who leads an attack on an enemy, in contrast to the mob that is described as the personal guards of the Nameless One.

Gallery

Renders

• 
  Vanguard.
• 
  Vanguard (shieldless).
• 
  Vanguard armor.
• 
  Desert shield.

Animations

• 
  Vanguard idle.
• 
  Vanguard idle (shieldless).
• 
  Vanguard walk.
• 
  Vanguard walk (shieldless).
• 
  Vanguard attack.
• 
  Vanguard attack (shieldless).

Textures

• 
  Vanguard armor texture file.
• 
  Desert shield texture file.

Screenshots

• 
  The cursed presence within an ancient hunt.
• 
  A vanguard as seen on the Minecraft Dungeons menu.

References

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