Dungeons:Vindicator

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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.

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 known as 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.

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.

The idle, hurt and death sounds of vindicator variant 1 and 2 shares with distorted vigilant scoundrel sounds.

Issues for Minecraft Dungeons relating to "Vindicator" are no longer maintained on the bug tracker since September 28, 2023.

• 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.

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

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

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

• 👁 Vindicator run
  
  Vindicator run
• 👁 Vindicator basic attack
  
  Vindicator basic attack
• 👁 Vindicator strong attack
  
  Vindicator strong attack

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

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

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

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

• 👁 Vindicator celebrating the anniversary of Minecraft Dungeons
  
  Vindicator celebrating the anniversary of Minecraft Dungeons
• 👁 A vindicator being shot
  
  A vindicator being shot

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