Iron Golem


Behavior

An iron golem with a poppy in its hand.

Iron golems are 2.7 blocks tall and 1.4 blocks wide.

Iron golems will wander around a village in a patrol-like fashion, staying close to the edges of buildings and other structures. Like villagers, iron golems will not wander away from a village, regardless of how they were spawned. Iron golems will sometimes face a villager, as if they are speaking to each other. Iron golems are able to spawn poppies in their hands and offer them to villagers, symbolizing the friendly relationship between the villagers and golems. Be that as it may, they won`t spawn and offer poppies to other iron golems.

If not within a village, iron golems will slowly wander aimlessly.

Iron golems can walk up a full block height without jumping and walk over a 1 block wide hole without falling in. They will avoid water, lava, fire and cacti. Iron golems are immune to both drowning and fall damage. When in water, they will sink, immobilize, and become passive, but will still be pushed by flowing water.

Like all utility mobs, iron golems can be leashed.

Info

Iron Golem
Village Golem.png
Health points The health gauge and monitor in Minecraft is based on a single row of 10 heart icons. Each full heart contains two halves, one hit point each (full health is 20 hit points). Contents 1 minecraft

100 ( ⃗ 50)

Attack strength

7 () to 21 ( ⃗ 10.5)
To players:
Easy: 4 () to 11 ()
Normal: 7 () to 21 ( ⃗ 10.5)
Hard: 10 () to 31 ( ⃗ 15.5)

Size

Height: 2.7 Blocks
Width: 1.4 Blocks

Spawn See the natural spawning of players and mobs. For mob spawners, see Monster Spawner. For the player, see The Player. This article needs updating. Description: Rabbits now spawn in deserts with new minecraft

Near a group of 10 Villagers and 21 doors in any light level
When a pumpkin or jack o`lantern Jack o Lantern Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 91 hex: 5B bin: 1011011 Name lit_pumpkin “ Jack-o -lanterns: great looks, super powers. minecraft is placed on four blocks of iron Block of Iron Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 42 hex: 2A bin: 101010 Name iron_block See the solid Blocks of minecraft

First appearances

See History

Common drops
Experience Experience First appearances See History Internal ID PC: 2 PE: 69 Network ID PC: none Entity ID xp_orb XP bar visible above hotbar. Experience (EXP or XP for short) can be obtained by gathering experience minecraft

0

Internal ID

PC: 99
PE: 20

Entity ID

PC: villager_golem
PE: iron_golem

Tom Stone Mojang avatar.png ... There`s at least one giant reason not to mess with villagers. Their loyal defenders that can`t drown, suffer pain from falling or even be knocked back. Sentient statues that deal huge damage with just a single swing of their mighty arms. We pity you if you`re caught attacking villagers – we really do – because then you`ve just made an enemy of the Iron Golem. Don`t be surprised if that`s the last thing you ever do – they`re one of the hardest hitting mobs in the Overworld.
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Iron golems are large, strong utility mobs "Monster" redirects here. For the mob called "monster" in the code, see Human. Mobs are living, moving game entities. The term "mob" is short for "mobile". 1] Contents 1 Spawning 2 Behavior 3 List of minecraft that defend villagers Villager Health points 20 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Village When a zombie villager is cured First appearances See History Drops None Experience minecraft .

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Trivia

Robot from Laputa: Castle in the Sky
  • The iron golem`s holding out flowers to villagers, and their being covered in vines, are references to the ancient robots in Hayao Miyazaki`s animated film Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
    • When villager children notice the poppy in its hand, they will slowly approach, and take the flower eventually. Iron golems do not actually pick up poppies; they spawn them in their hands.
  • Tamed wolves will continue to attack iron golems even after the iron golems have turned passive towards the player.
  • If a player throws an ender pearl at an iron golem, it will become hostile.
  • Even with a poppy in its hands, an iron golem can still hit a hostile mob.
  • If an iron golem is in a boat, no other entities except for a player can ride as a passenger or control the boat.

Villages

Golems will spawn in a 16ℂₗ6ℂₗ16 area, centered vertically and horizontally between the bases of the 21 or more valid doors in a village if it has at least 10 villagers. The chance of spawning is 1 in 7000 per game tick Nearly all video games (including Minecraft) are driven by one big program loop. Just as every gear in a clock is synchronized with the pendulum, every task involved in advancing a game simulation is synchronized , which averages around one every six minutes. Iron golems can spawn provided the blocks it spawns in are transparent and the block it spawns on top of has a solid surface. The maximum number of golems that can be in a single village is one-tenth the number of villagers in that village, provided that the door requirement is met.

Creation






Iron Golem build configuration.

The golem can also be constructed by placing blocks in a similar fashion to snow golems Snow Golem Health points 4 () Attack strength 0 () (only pushes mobs back) 3 () to Blaze Size Height: 1.9 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Where created by the player First appearances See History minecraft and withers Wither Health points 300 ( × 150) 600 ( × 300) Pocket edition only] Armor points 4 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () Size Height: 3.5 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Spawn minecraft . It is created by placing four blocks of iron Block of Iron Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 42 hex: 2A bin: 101010 Name iron_block See the solid Blocks of minecraft in a T shape (as shown in the image), and then placing a pumpkin or jack o`lantern Jack o Lantern Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 91 hex: 5B bin: 1011011 Name lit_pumpkin “ Jack-o -lanterns: great looks, super powers. minecraft on top of the center upper block. The pumpkin may be placed by the player, by a dispenser or by a pumpkin stem, but it must be placed last.

The block arrangement can be placed upright, lying down, or upside-down. The four empty spaces in the diagram (above and below each of the arms) must be air blocks. Any non-air block (including blocks such as snow, tall grass, and water) present in any of the empty spaces will prevent the golem from spawning.

Like other constructed mobs, iron golems always spawn facing south. Their large size may cause them to take suffocation damage from nearby solid blocks at the level of their head.

Drops

See also: Tutorials/Iron golem farming

Iron golems drop 3⃢₀ₓ5 iron ingots and 0⃢₀ₓ2 poppies upon death.

The Looting enchantment is ineffective against iron golems as it does not give any extra iron ingots or poppies when killed.

Attacking

When provoked, an iron golem will move quickly toward its target and once in range will swing its arms up violently to attack, dealing 7 () to 21 ( ⃗ 10.5) damage and flinging the target into the air. This attack is potentially the 3rd strongest Overworld attack in the game, beaten only by the explosion of a creeper or charged creeper. Iron golems have a comparatively large attack range, allowing them to attack through a solid 1 block thick wall, even without a line of sight to the target.

Iron golems have a chance of accidentally hitting another mob while attacking a hostile mob. Additionally, it is possible for multiple golems to simultaneously hit the same target. The height to which the victim is sent flying is relative to the number of golems that attack it.

Iron golems will attack any hostile or neutral mob within 16 blocks of them with some exceptions.

Prerequisite for attack Mobs
Iron golems always attack
Iron golems never attack
Iron golems attack only in retaliation
  1. The iron golem doesn`t attack the chicken on purpose, but it occasionally is hit when the golem is hitting the baby zombie.
  2. An iron golem will try to attack the dragon, but can never reach it. Once the dragon flies far enough the golem loses its interest.
  3. Naturally spawned iron golems will attack the player if the player attacks them first, but will give up if the player moves out of their search radius. The iron golem will also attack the player if they attack a nearby villager, and does not have to directly see the player to become hostile. They will automatically attack any players with a popularity of -15 or lower. Any iron golems built by the player will never attack players under any circumstances, but will still protect villagers from zombies.

Being attacked

Zombies, skeletons, spiders, cave spiders, slimes, and magma cubes will naturally attack iron golems on sight, and may cause major damage, especially if the mobs attack in groups. If an iron golem is attacked by multiple mobs, it will retaliate in the order it was attacked.

Iron golems have 100% knockback resistance.Java⃂edition only

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Iron golems have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the mob. Their entity ID is villager_golem.


  • Entity data
    • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
    • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template

    • ⃂PlayerCreated: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if this golem was created by a player. If true, the golem will never attack the player.

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Availability Xbox points earned Trophy type (PS)
Xbox PS Pocket Wii U

Body Guard Create an Iron Golem. Yes Yes Yes Yes 20G Bronze

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Internal ID
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Hired Help Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village What a Deal! Summon an iron golem. minecraft:adventure/summon_iron_golem

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History

Official release
1.2.1 12w08a Added iron golems, one may spawn in a village for every 16 villagers Villager Health points 20 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Village When a zombie villager is cured First appearances See History Drops None Experience minecraft .
“This was made by me and Jon K⃥gstr⃶m. We were thinking about how to get the Villagers to defend themselves, since they don’t have arms. The design was inspired very much by the Japanese Studio Ghibli movie with the giant The Castle in the Sky. It also has this flower. When I was making the model, I realised it was much harder to draw a texture for it – the larger it is, it gets more detailed. But it’s become quite iconic – it’s very emblematic of Minecraft now. We made it look like the Villagers, because obviously the Villagers would create a golem which would resemble themselves.” – Jeb
1.2-pre Added mechanical and stomping sounds for the iron golem.
1.4.2 12w32a Iron golems will now attack slimes and magma cubes
1.4.2 One golem can now spawn for every 10 villagers in a village.
1.7.2 13w36a As roses were replaced with poppies, the iron golem`s drop was therefore changed.
1.8 14w03a Now only drop iron when killed by the player, either through combat, potions, or player-activated mechanisms such as manually lit TNT. If killed without player intervention, only drop poppies.
14w04a The previous change was reverted; iron golems always drop iron ingots again.
Iron golems can now be spawned by dispensing a pumpkin.
14w25a Iron golems can now be built sideways and upside-down instead of just upright.
14w26c Jack o`lanterns can no longer be used to build iron golems.
14w33a Zombies, skeletons, creepers, spiders, cave spiders, slimes, magma cubes and blazes now attack iron golems without provocation.
1.8.1 1.8.1-pre1 Jack o`lanterns can be used to build iron golems again.
Creepers no longer attack iron golems.
1.9 15w39a Iron golems are slightly shorter (2.7 blocks tall rather than 2.9).
15w46a Iron golems now spawn with 100% knockback resistance.
1.11 16w32a The entity ID is changed from VillagerGolem to villager_golem.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1 build 1 Added iron golems.
0.16.0 build 4 Will now damage player in peaceful difficulty.
Pocket Edition
1.0 ? Iron golems no longer attack player in peaceful difficulty.
1.1 build 1 The entity ID is changed from irongolem to iron_golem.
Console Edition
TU12 CU1 1.0 Patch 1 Added iron golems.

Issues

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Publicity

  • The iron golem is a purchasable avatar item on the Xbox 360 Marketplace.

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