Dungeons:Ancient Guardian

This page describes content that is a part of the Hidden Depths DLC.

 

The Ancient Guardian is a boss in Minecraft Dungeons. It can be found in the Abyssal Monument mission and in The Tower. It is the sole boss of the Hidden Depths DLC.

Ancient Guardian

Health points	13000
Behavior	Hostile
Classification	Aquatic, Boss
Attack strength	Melee Attack: 200 Aoe Ram Damage: 200 Aoe Spike Damage: 160 Beam Damage: 150
Spawn	Abyssal Monument

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Lore

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The ancient guardian, as its name implies, is the oldest guardian of the Abyssal Monument. After the shattering of the Orb of Dominance, one of its shards landed within the Hidden Depths, corrupting the ancient guardian.

With its newfound power, the ancient guardian was emboldened and empowered, turning from a brilliant white to a corrosive purple. The shard of the Orb of Dominance attempted to use it to spread its corruption, but it was bested by heroes journeying the ocean's depths.

Spawning

• Abyssal Monument (Boss)
• Tower (Boss)

In the Abyssal Monument, the ancient guardian has a unique spawning cinematic where it breaks through a wall in the structure.

Behavior

When the hero reaches the arena, the ancient guardian enters by bursting through a wall. After taking notable damage, it can swim away from the arena to avoid further damage. In addition, it has five attacks:

Spike attack

The ancient guardian can attack nearby heroes or summons by piercing them with its spikes, which creates a high-damage shockwave.

Spike protection

The ancient guardian sometimes pops out its spikes as a means of defense. Attacking it with a melee weapon results in the attacker taking some damage back in a similar manner to the Thorns enchantment.

Laser attack

The ancient guardian is capable of firing a yellow beam at its target, which behaves the same way as its weaker counter parts but deals more damage. After doing this attack, the ancient guardian retracts its spikes, and can be attacked without suffering thorns damage.

Summon minions

The ancient guardian can summon guardians to assist itself during battle. It usually summons about three guardians near a hero, but this attack sometimes spawns an elder guardian instead. It cannot spawn elder guardians if there already is one alive.

Summon biomines

The ancient guardian spawns 3-5 biomines that explode shortly afterward, although it cancels this attack after becoming sufficiently damaged. When the biomines explode, they leave behind a temporary poison cloud that deals continuous damage to nearby heroes or summons.

Biomine

Biomine

Behavior	Hostile
Attack strength	35

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A biomine is a type of guardian-shaped mob that the ancient guardian summons every so often when coming back into the arena.

Behavior

When summoned, biomines explode shortly afterward, though it cancels this attack after becoming sufficiently damaged. When the biomines explode, they leave behind a temporary poison cloud that deals continuous damage to nearby heroes or summons.

Fake ancient guardian

Fake Ancient Guardian

Health points	1
Classification	Aquatic
Spawn	Summoned by the Ancient Guardian

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A fake ancient guardian is the version of the boss that is seen before the boss fight.

Spawning

• Abyssal Monument

Behavior

Attacking the fake ancient guardian eventually results in it disappearing and dropping an item from the Abyssal Monument loot table.

Drops

Armor

• Battle Robe
  • Splendid Robe
• Squid Armor
  • Glow Squid Armor

Artifacts

• Eye of the Guardian
• Gong of Weakening
• Harpoon Quiver
• Satchel of Snacks

Melee weapons

• Anchor
  • Encrusted Anchor
• Great Hammer
  • Hammer of Gravity
  • Stormlander
• Soul Scythe
  • Frost Scythe
  • Jailor's Scythe

Ranged weapons

• Bubble Bow
  • Bubble Burster
• Dual Crossbows
  • Baby Crossbows
  • Spellbound Crossbows
• Harpoon Crossbow
  • Nautical Crossbow

Sounds

Music

Ancient guardian

History

Issues

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

Gallery

Textures

• 
  The ancient guardian's in-game texture file.
• 
  The ancient guardian's in-game shadow texture file.

• 
  The texture file of the biomine.
• 
  The shadow texture file of the biomine.

Screenshots

• 
  The ancient guardian's boss fight intro cutscene.
• 
  The ancient guardian seen in its arena in the Abyssal Monument.

Development images

• 
  A render of the ancient guardian.

Concept artwork

• 
  4th sketch of the ancient guardian.
• 
  Concept art of the ancient guardian.

References

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