Hostile mobshostile
Elder Guardian
- Namespaced ID
- minecraft:elder_guardian
- Numeric ID
- 38
- Edition
- Java
/summon command
Replace ~ ~ ~ with absolute coordinates to spawn at a fixed location.
Command builder
Set a custom name, health, and behavior flags to generate a ready-to-paste /summon command for Elder Guardian.
Shown above the mob's head.
Set base HP. Leave blank for default.
Spawned at ~ ~ ~ — replace with absolute coords for a fixed location.
Drops
What Elder Guardian drops on death, with exact amounts and drop rates from the game's loot tables. Looting can raise counts and rare-drop chances.
| Item | Amount | Drop rate |
|---|---|---|
↑ Looting | 0–2 | Always |
↑ Lootingcooked if on fire | 1 | Always |
↑ Looting | 1 | Always |
player kill only | 1 | Always |
| 1 | Always |
Some conditional drops (e.g. dyed wool variants, mob-head or music-disc drops) depend on the mob's state or killer and aren't listed here.
Hitbox
- Width
- 1.9975 blocks
- Height
- 1.9975 blocks
Metadata fields
Fields tracked on this entity over the network protocol. Useful for data-pack and command-block authors.
- shared_flags
- air_supply
- custom_name
- custom_name_visible
- silent
- no_gravity
- pose
- ticks_frozen
- living_entity_flags
- health
- effect_particles
- effect_ambience
- arrow_count
- stinger_count
- sleeping_pos
- mob_flags
- moving
- attack_target
Spawn egg
Elder Guardian Spawn Egg → for the spawn-egg item details and /give command.