Vex

Vex

Idle

Attacking

Health points	14HP × 7
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Monster
Attack strength	Melee: Iron Sword: Easy: 5.5HP × 2.75 Normal: 9HP Hard: 13.5HP × 6.75 Unarmed: In Java Edition: Easy: 3HP Normal: 4HP Hard: 6HP In Bedrock Edition: Easy: 2.5HP × 1.25 Normal: 3HP Hard: 4.5HP × 2.25
Hitbox size	Height: 0.8 blocks Width: 0.4 blocks
Spawn	Summoned by evokers
Natural equipment	Iron Sword (right hand: 89%; left hand: 11%‌; may be enchanted)

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A vex is a small flying mob that wields an iron sword and is summoned by evokers. It attacks by lunging at its target with its sword and is capable of phasing through walls. It is considered a hostile counterpart to the allay.

Spawning

The vex only spawns as part of an evoker's summoning attack. While summoning, the evoker is surrounded by white particles and makes a magical, horn-like sound. Then, a group of three vexes appears near the evoker. The evoker can summon additional vexes even if some still remain alive from the last summoning. Blocks obstructing a vex's spawning point will prevent vexes from spawning.

Drops

The vex's iron sword does not drop, because its main hand's HandDropChances is 0. This is not affected by the Looting enchantment.

5XP is dropped when a vex is killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Behavior

Vexes attack players, adult villagers, iron golems, wandering traders, and any other target as commanded by their summoning evoker (any mob that attacks the evoker accidentally or purposefully)‌ or by itself‌. They still attack these mobs even when they do not have a weapon, dealing the same damage and raising both of its hands when attacking; an unarmed vex can be spawned with this command /summon vex ~ ~ ~ {}.‌ Vexes summoned by a monster spawner, spawn egg, or by the /summon command don't attack players unless provoked or already tied with another mob.

If any mob attacks a vex, any vexes in the area become hostile toward it. This includes "Johnny" vindicators that attack them, despite both being allied with the illagers.

Vexes are capable of flying through the air, can freely pass through any block, including water and lava (without taking damage) and bedrock, meaning they can die in the void. Cobwebs cannot slow down vexes, but honey blocks can‌. Vexes can be bounced back when pushed by a slime block with help of any piston.

While attacking, vexes glow red and lunge at their target. They often fly toward the back of their targets and attack from behind, making it difficult to block their attacks with a shield.

Vexes do not count toward the bossbar during a raid as they are not considered as raiders by the game.

Vexes summoned by an evoker start taking damage after 30 to 119 seconds and eventually die, even while riding a minecart or boat. Vexes summoned by a monster spawner, spawn egg, or by the /summon command do not take damage this way.

In Java Edition, vexes stay within a 15×11×15 cuboid range centered on their evoker's position when they spawned, even when attacking, unless summoned by a spawn egg or by the /summon command.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Vexes use the Hostile Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Vex	vex	entity.minecraft.vex

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Vex	vex	105	entity.vex.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: an enderman, a piglin, a zombified piglin, a spider, or a cave spider.	15	Bronze
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand also counts for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill one of these 73 mobs near a sculk catalyst: Armadillo Axolotl Bee Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Cat Cave Spider Chicken Cod Cow Creeper Donkey Dolphin Drowned Elder Guardian Enderman Endermite Evoker Fox Frog Ghast Goat Glow Squid Giant Guardian Hoglin Horse Husk Illusioner Llama Magma Cube Mooshroom Ocelot Panda Parrot Phantom Pig Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Polar Bear Pufferfish Rabbit Ravager Salmon Sheep Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Skeleton Horse Slime Sniffer Stray Spider Squid Strider Trader Llama Tropical Fish Turtle Vindicator Warden Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Wolf Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Mobs that drop no experience as well as the ender dragon are ignored for this advancement.
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 37 mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 37 mobs: Blaze Bogged Breeze Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.

History

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The specific instructions are: Attacking vexes before 18w43a, also before and after MC-181925

Java Edition
1.11			16w39a				Added vexes.
			16w42a				Vexes have been buffed - their attack damage has been increased from 3HP to 5HP on Easy, from 4HP to 9HP on Normal, and from 6HP to 13HP × 6.5 on Hard.
			16w43a				Vexes can now cross nether portals and end portals and move in water.
							Vexes are now able to draw from their own loot tables.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of vexes have been changed.
1.16.2			20w30a				The attack animation of unarmed vexes has been changed.
1.19.3			22w45a				The model and textures of the vex have been updated.
							Heads equipped by vexes are no longer visible.
			Pre-release 1				The textures of vexes have been slightly changed.
1.19.4			23w03a				Vexes now use a separate charging animation when empty-handed.
1.20.2			23w32a				Evokers evoking vexes or fangs now emit an entity_place vibration of frequency 14.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Added vexes.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of vexes have been changed.
							Vexes are now hostile toward wandering traders.
							Vexes can now be renamed with a name tag.[1]
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Vexes are no longer hostile toward baby villagers.
1.19.50			Preview 1.19.50.24				The model and textures of the vex have been updated.
1.19.60			Preview 1.19.60.22				The textures of vexes have been slightly changed.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Vexes now take damage over time after being summoned by an evoker.[2]
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added vexes.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19							Added vexes.

• 
  A vex with hidden pixels revealed by disabling the alpha channel.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Vex" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Despite their ghostly appearances and their ability to phase through walls, vexes are not undead mobs.
• According to JAPPA, the retexturing and remodeling of vexes was a long time in the making due to being requested so much.^[3]

Gallery

Screenshots

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  An evoker summoning vexes.
• 
  A vex charging at the player.
• 
  Two angry vexes flying toward their target, as their master watches.
• 
  Two vexes attack while their master summons fangs.
• 
  A dying vex.
• 
  Comparison between the allay and vex.

Mojang screenshots

• 
  A vex at night.
• 
  A vex at day.
• 
  "Who is carrying whom?"
• 
  The updated vex model.
• 
  New vex and allay.

Textures

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  Vex texture file.
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  Vex charging texture file.
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  Texture Update
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  Programmer Art

In other media

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  Merged vex and allay.
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  Vexes in promotional artwork for the Exploration Update.
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  Vexes in promotional artwork for the Village and Pillage Update.
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  A vex as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons.
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  The guardian vex, a unique variation that appears in Minecraft Dungeons.
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  Several vexes as they appear on the cover of Minecraft: Mob Squad.
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  Ditto, on the cover of Minecraft: The Haven Trials.
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  Vex Wings, unlocked by completing Feeling Ill.

References

External links

• "Meet the Vex" by Tom Stone – Minecraft.net, July 17, 2017.

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