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Minecraft Guardian

Guardian has 30 health points (15 hearts). Find damage, all drops and their chances, spawn biomes, and ready-to-use /summon commands for Java and Bedrock here.

Built by Florian Galz

English: Guardian · Data from Java 26.3 and Bedrock 1.26.50.4.

Want to test Guardian? Try it on your own server with cheats enabled.

Health

Hostile

30

Guardian has 30 health points, or 15 hearts. Attacks you as soon as it sees you.

Damage

–

no fixed value

Attack

Ranged attack

Armor

0

Spawns in

Overworld

Drops

  • Prismarine Shard

    +1 per Looting level

    0–2 items

  • One of 2 items · 80 % chance

    • Raw Cod
    • Prismarine Crystals

    +1 per Looting level · burning: Cooked Cod

Looting on your sword increases the quantity and chance with each level.

Spawn

Overworld

In structures: Ocean Monument (Group 1)

Does not spawn naturally in biomes.

/summon command

Spawns the mob at your position. Works in chat with cheats enabled, or in the server console with coordinates instead of ~ ~ ~.

/summon minecraft:guardian ~ ~ ~

Discover more

More mobs: Hostile

Other mobs with the same behavior.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Guardian.

In Java Edition, Guardian has 30 health points, or 15 hearts. In Bedrock, it has 30 health points.

When killed, Guardian drops Prismarine Shard, Raw Cod, Prismarine Crystals. Quantities, chances and special drops are listed above.

Guardian does not spawn naturally in biomes.

With cheats enabled, enter /summon minecraft:guardian ~ ~ ~ in Java Edition. In Bedrock, the command is /summon guardian ~ ~ ~.

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