Dungeons:Vindicator

Vindicator

Health points	Tier 1: 110 Tier 2: 330 Tier 3：500
Behavior	Hostile
Classification	Enemies
Mob category	Illager
Attack strength	Tier 1: 75 Tier 2: 85 Tier 3: 100
Speed	1100
Spawn	See § Spawning
Equipped models	Tier 1: Axe Tier 2: Original: Double Axe Arcade: Axe Tier 3: Original: Whirlwind Arcade: Double Axe

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A vindicator is a hostile axe-wielding illager that spawns in various locations. It has three variants, the first being unarmored and wielding an axe, the second variant having a helmet and a double axe, and the third variant wearing a horned helmet and wielding a whirlwind. In Minecraft Dungeons Arcade, the second variant wields an axe instead, and the third variant wields a double axe.

Lore

Before the Arch-Illager appeared, vindicators were basic illager soldiers, guarding the woodland mansions and participating in raids. After Archie gets the Orb of Dominance, the vindicators and pillagers led by the evokers Thord and Walda, joined the Arch-Illager's army, patrolling the Highblock Keep, the Fiery Forge, Redstone Mines, and participating in raids, now with the help of redstone golems and the redstone monstrosity. After the heroes defeat the Arch-Illager, they traveled to other areas of the mainland and even other dimensions, where vindicators can also be found.

Spawning

Behavior

If a vindicator sees a hero, it charges and attacks with an axe.

Tier 3 vindicators cannot be stunned by anything except some artifacts, any armor with the Snowball enchantment, and any weapon with the Stunning enchantment.

Strong attack

Vindicators attack the hero on sight, performing powerful axe swings at melee range. They are incredibly fast, though they attack slower than most other melee monsters.

Retreat

After vindicators attack a hero, they retreat. When they retreat, they lower their axes.

Target lock

Vindicators turn to "lock onto" the hero if they run more than fifteen blocks away. Once locked on, their charge speed is greatly increased and they no longer retreat after hitting. Instead, they will chase the hero while attacking whenever they are in range until aggravation is exhausted.

Aggressive

A vindicator becomes aggressive if a hero is standing in the vindicator's taunt circle deals damage to them.

Novelty

If the hero is surrounded by three or more vindicators and has already been attacked by some of them, while at a sufficient distance the vindicator will appear to be performing a battle cry while waving their axe in the air.

Sounds

Minecraft Dungeons Arcade

Data values

ID

Name	Variant	Blueprint	Level mob-type	Unified level mob-type	Translation key
Vindicator	Tier 1	BP_IllagerVindicatorCharacter_C	vindicatorvariant0	vindicator	mob_Vindicator
	Tier 2	BP_IllagerVindicatorVariant1Character_C	—
	Tier 3	BP_IllagerVindicatorVariant2Character_C	—

History

Minecraft Dungeons
Dungeons Beta							Added vindicators.
1.7.2.0							Adjusted new "taunt circle + lock" behavior for vindicators.
							Reduced charge speed.
							Reduced melee ticks to 2 (was 3).
							Added behavior which makes them go aggressive when hurt when standing in taunt circle.
							They now get locked onto the hero if they run away > 15 blocks.

Issues

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

Quotes

Trivia

• The vindicator's textures are perfectly compatible with the illusioner's model, and the unused white wig will appear in place of the Illusioner's hood layer, as well as the texture of the vindicator's unused closed arms and upside down T eyebrows.
• The vindicator has an outsourced cinematic version that can be seen in the Minecraft Dungeons: Opening Cinematic and in the Squid Coast loading screen, using the skin texture of the base game (pre 1.14) and having a collar with the same color as the pants, instead of red.
• Due to outsourcing, vindicators in-game, in achievements, or in books sometimes have rendering errors or text errors.
  • In Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes, a pillager in the Fiery Forge cutscene is confused with a vindicator.
  • In a cutscene seen between The Stronghold and the End Wilds, some vindicators can be seen walking around without axes and their body shows white pixels caused by the alpha channel being missing. The same issues also happened on villagers.
• Vindicators have an unused legs position while attacked in Minecraft Dungeons Arcade.

Gallery

Renders

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  An idle tier 1 vindicator
• 
  A walking tier 1 vindicator
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  A running tier 1 vindicator
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  An idle tier 2 vindicator
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  A walking tier 2 vindicator
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  A running tier 2 vindicator
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  An idle tier 3 vindicator
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  A walking tier 3 vindicator
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  A running tier 3 vindicator
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  An idle enchanted vindicator (T_Clouds_64 effect only)
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  An idle tier 2 vindicator as seen in Arcade
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  An idle tier 3 vindicator as seen in Arcade

Fan-made imitation

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  An idle vindicator as seen in Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes and in the opening cinematic
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  An idle vindicator as seen in Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes
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  An idle vindicator as seen in Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes
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  An idle vindicator as seen in the opening cinematic
• 
  An idle vindicator as seen in the Steam launch trailer

Animations

Vanilla

• 
  Vindicator idle
• 
  Enchanted vindicator idle (T_Clouds_64 effect only)
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  Vindicator walk
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  Vindicator run
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  Vindicator strong attack
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  Vindicator strong attack (unused legs animation/Arcade only)
• 
  Vindicator "lock onto target" strong attack
• 
  Vindicator stun
• 
  Vindicator novelty

Arcade

• 
  Vindicator run
• 
  Vindicator basic attack
• 
  Vindicator strong attack

Textures

• 
  Tier 1 vindicator texture file
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  Tier 2 vindicator texture file
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  Tier 3 vindicator texture file
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  Vindicator shadow texture file
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  Tier 1 vindicator face
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  Tier 2 vindicator face
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  Tier 3 vindicator face
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  Murals in the Luminous Night Tower that depict an illager.

Gameplay

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  A vindicator running in Pumpkin Pastures
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  A vindicator displaying "novelty" behavior
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  A group of vindicators
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  Two vindicators enchanted by an enchanter

Cutscenes

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  Two vindicators with torches in Squid Coast cutscene
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  Close view of two vindicators with torches and a "Novelty" skeleton in Squid Coast cutscene
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  A vindicator in an Echoing Void DLC cutscene. The white part is caused by not having the alpha channel enabled when rendering
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  A tier one vindicator wearing the helmet of a tier two vindicator in a cutscene of the Echoing Void DLC

Recordings

• 
  A vindicator attacks a hero
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  "Aggressive" vindicator attacks a hero
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  A vindicator "locked onto" a hero
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  A group of vindicators attack a hero
• Close view of two vindicators with torch and a "Novelty" skeleton in Squid Coast cutscene

In other media

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  Vindicator celebrating the anniversary of Minecraft Dungeons
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  A vindicator being shot

See also

• Vindicator Chef
• Vindicator Raid Captain
• Royal Guard
• Giant Royal Guard

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