Dungeons:Vanguard

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 "title": "Vanguard",
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 "field": "120",
 "label": "Health points"
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 {
 "field": "Hostile",
 "label": "Behavior"
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 {
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 "label": "Classification"
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 "field": "25",
 "label": "Attack strength"
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 "field": "\n* <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"height:24px;width:24px;--vertical-align:middle\">(link to File:DungeonsItemSprite glaive.png article, displayed as 24x24px|link=MCD:Glaive|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to MCD:Glaive article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Glaive</span>)</span>\n* <span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"height:24px;width:24px;--vertical-align:middle\">(link to File:DungeonsItemSprite vanguard-armor.png article, displayed as 24x24px|link=|alt=DungeonsItemSprite vanguard-armor.png: Sprite image for vanguard-armor in Minecraft|class=pixel-image|)</span> Vanguard Armor\n* <span class=\"sprite-file\" style=\"height:24px;width:24px;--vertical-align:middle\">(link to File:DungeonsItemSprite desert-shield.png article, displayed as 24x24px|link=|alt=DungeonsItemSprite desert-shield.png: Sprite image for desert-shield in Minecraft|class=pixel-image|)</span> Desert Shield",
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 "images": [
 "Vanguard Idle (Dungeons).gif",
 "Vanguard Shieldless Idle (Dungeons).gif"
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}

A vanguard is an undead hostile skeleton variant that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

An army of vanguards led by a skeleton horseman marched toward the Nameless One within the Desert Temple.^[1]

Upon spawning, vanguards emit a shriek sound.

Missions

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  Desert Temple
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  Lower Temple
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  Dingy Jungle (Secret area)
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  Overgrown Temple
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  Panda Plateau
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  Lone Fortress
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  Abyssal Monument (Secret area)
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  Daily Trial
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  Tower
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  Treetop Tangle

Mobs

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  Nameless One

Walk

Vanguards immediately chase after the hero once seen or alerted by another mob.

Attack

Vanguards stab the target with its glaive (which make vanguards melee attackers) when close enough. The shield serves as extra health as it absorbs the first attack. Vanguards have a longer attack reach than most other mobs, meaning that they can hit targets from farther away. The long attack reach also allows them to take down targets more easily, such as wolves.

According to sfx_mob_skeletonVanguardSummon file, the Vanguard spawn sound in game are mix from:

• In the game files, vanguards are referred to internally by the name SkeletonVanguard.
• In the game files, vanguard armor is referred to internally by the name DesertArmor.
• In the game files, desert shields are referred to internally by the name desertShield.

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

• A vanguard is actually someone who leads an attack on an enemy, in contrast to the mob that is described as the personal guards of the Nameless One.

• 👁 Vanguard.
  
  Vanguard.
• 👁 Vanguard (shieldless).
  
  Vanguard (shieldless).
• 👁 Vanguard armor.
  
  Vanguard armor.
• 👁 Desert shield.
  
  Desert shield.

• 👁 Vanguard idle.
  
  Vanguard idle.
• 👁 Vanguard idle (shieldless).
  
  Vanguard idle (shieldless).
• 👁 Vanguard walk.
  
  Vanguard walk.
• 👁 Vanguard walk (shieldless).
  
  Vanguard walk (shieldless).
• 👁 Vanguard attack.
  
  Vanguard attack.
• 👁 Vanguard attack (shieldless).
  
  Vanguard attack (shieldless).

• 👁 Vanguard armor texture file.
  
  Vanguard armor texture file.
• 👁 Desert shield texture file.
  
  Desert shield texture file.

• 👁 A vanguard as seen on the Minecraft Dungeons menu.
  
  A vanguard as seen on the Minecraft Dungeons menu.