WARDEN: Everything To Know | Minecraft's New Terror of the Deep 

The most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me while I was playing in the snapshots was when I accidentally summoned the warden and ran 70-80 blk away before the summoning animation ended, I had no line of sight so I was throwing snowballs randomly, until one hit the warden, first I just laughed but after 10 seconds, I saw the warden sprinting towards me and then the darkness crept in and then I died, apparently if you hit them they can track you from very far away.

The Warden is literally a physical manifestation of the cave noises.

Eggs might be really good for avoiding these dudes. The chance of spawning a chicken means they can act as both an instant deterrent & a lasting distraction.

People fear what they do not understand and thus we no longer fear the Warden after all of Wattles' info/news and the developers talking about. However, I really feel bad for new players in Minecraft who don't know about the Warden and accidentally summons one for the first time; it would be utterly terrifying for them.

The warden is another great reason to add a new enchantment that i feel would fit well in the game. Magic Protection. Its like the other protections, but for magic. So you take less damage from the sonic boom, instant damage potions, dragons breath, and other magic realated damage, such as attacks from the evoker or witch. I think this would be a good time to add such and enchantment because it would feel neccesary for exploring the deep dark if you get spotted.

If you were to try and kill the warden from fall damage, it takes 319 blocks, the full world height, to kill it Edit: I just remembered that it also has to land on a stalagmite

Bro, the warden scared me mostly to death, I went in wanting to kill it. I was completely endgame fully enchanted everything. And I did the pillaring up thing, but not high enough it knocked me down, started chasing me, I was just running and trying to escape but I couldn't see anything, eventually I ran into a wall decided to dig a 2x1 into the wall and then just turn around and bow him and it ended up working and I killed him. But when I fell off that pillar and was super low I swear my heart rate was really close to 200 bpm

i am a very old player and have been living in the ancient versions of minecraft but i decided to play a new version (19.2 i think) with my friends, i was aware of the warden and asked if it could be turned off. i was unsure so i tested it by making some noise and then i heard a rumbling in the ground and caught a glimpse of the warden, most horrifying thing of my life, was shaken for days, after that i’ve always had it turned off

16:30 The fact that I went in here early game with nothing but a map and a stone pickaxe, looted the place and hot out and survived really makes me rethink all my negative thoughts about myself

The devs are really successful on creating a mob that should be avoided. I remember to be skeptical when they said it, but now I cant wait to try it

the warden also proves that complex “boss-type” mobs can be added to MC, now to update those vanilla dungeons … 🧐

The lack of loot after killing the Warden is kinda disappointing. But I'm sure once someone theorizes a good lore, I'd be satisfied with the reason there's no reward for killing it.

I think you should make a video like this about the Allay. They are a cute mob, but i still don’t understand their purpose in the game

I’m pretty much a newb and I was in the middle of grinding iron. I started wandering on the cave floor instead of wandering around the walls, went deep, found myself in the nightmaresville of the deep dark. So I find out my torches suck in the deep dark, find out that the bush things light up when you make noise, so I made a bunch of noise and got fricking jumpscared by this boy. I think imma wait a bit before I trek through their.

Genuine question: If the Warden can keep smelling you, how can you possibly allow it to calm down enough to despawn?

I would say I'm afraid to go mining, but "WE DO NOT FEAR WHAT LIES BENEATH, WE CAN NEVER DIG TOO DEEP!"

I think you should talk more about WOOL block usage: Seal 6 sides of the shrieker, Run on carpet without vibration...... They are the counter to Ancient City for REAL. Once you doing the "Wool Way", you don't need armor anymore, just need Strong Shears, Hoe, Night Vision and Ignoring the Warden

It feels like I’ve been waiting for ever for the implementation of the warden, but even now that it’s here I still feel like I’m waiting.

I attempted to cheese a warden by digging 20 blocks forward at the end and near the shrieker, 3 blocks high, 1 block wide, and fill in the remaining gaps using the blocks I've mined. I'd activate the shrieker and quickly go at the start of where I dug, and lure him to my trap and hit him with my bow. Right after I anger the warden and does his roar, I quickly used the water bucket at the right placement and run to the end of the area I dug. This should not only leave warden stuck, but will not attack you/affect you with darkness. Then I'd use an infinity bow to take him down. I accidentally made a second warden appear, but I killed him too. In short, you can kill a warden by using very basic, oldest tricks in the book

I've always loved stealth games. Taking on an Ancient City with the goal of not being detected sounds like a lot of fun. How did you not mention wool blocks and carpet though?

I made a house for the warden and I trapped it there. I had to use like 4 totems of undying and a lot of splash potions of healing. Quite a thrilling experience.

Me and my friends raided the ancient city with only iron armor. We just had one person run around to make as much noise as possible and to destroy as many shriekers as possible. Then the others just looted the chests that were "safe". Its pretty if u have like 3-5 ppl

1. Get back to Minecraft after 2 Years 2. Make a New World in Hard Difficulty 3. Play for 2 Hours, make Decent progress 4. Find a funny blue cave 5. Everything gets dark and suddenly you see something approaching and you try to attack it 6. You get one shotted 7. Delete the world My warden experience

It was the first week of me playing Minecraft. Didn't know who Warden was. Went up the stairs to his house like it's nobody's businees. Brother killed me within 10 seconds.

I recently had a dream/nightmare of me and some buddies looting an ancient city, except in the dream the warden could smash through walls (like the wither's dash attack in bedrock edition) and also go back underground, grab you, and drag you under These abilities resulted in several jumpscares during the dream, like at one point we got over a wall to escape it and had about 5 seconds of false security before it smashed through the wall like the kool-aid man and resumes the chase

A good tip for surviving the warden in the late game, you can actually tank through the massive health bar of the warden if you drink a strength 2 and a turtle master potion with fully enchanted netherite gear and start hitting the warden without panicking, the turtle master potion should last enough for you to unalive him (he will deal 1 heart per hit) and if you actually panic a golden apple will give you a lot of time. Another easier way would be to throw slowness 2 at him and shoot him with a bow without getting too far away for the sonic boom to kick in but I haven't tested this one yet

I summoned this by accident. I haven’t played minecraft in few years and was just exploring a massive mine and came across it. I knew I should have ran when I heard the shrieks and saw the whole cave go dark however curiosity got the best of me.

Can you get the sculk shrieker to go back to its natural state in survival? Just curious to be honest xD Noice video btw

Every time a new Everything Series episode drops I'm like "Wait, it's been a week already? It feels like the last one dropped, like, two days ago."

Wattles is the best in my opinion: 1. He always releases quality content 2. He is incredibly entertaining 3. He posts pretty much regularly 4. He is super interactive with his community Conclusion: Wattles = best RU-vidr Keep it up my guy! 💯🔥

You might be able to beat the warden by using weakness potions, turtle master potions, golden apples and good gear. But we all know that fighting the warden is pointless since it can respawn anytime you activate the sculk shrieker

I am very satisfied with this episode Wattles, you really capitalised on the "Everything" part of this series' name :)

I had no idea this existed yet when I was going to the deep dark with my bf and I was like “woah look at these cool boxes. It’s like they’re sending out signals” and I kept hitting the boxes and jumping on them then out of no where my vision cut out and I heard something start digging. I was so scared and started running in random directions and my bf said it must be the warden and I was like “WTF IS THAT” and he said, “I think if you stay still he won’t hurt you” so I stopped in my tracks and waited. Along came the warden and I was pooping my pants. I stared at him for a couple seconds then he killed me. I had so much stuff that I lost ahhh. So I made my way back and just the sound effects of him walking around was enough to make me anxious. I kept telling my bf to just go grab my stuff bc he was more prepared than I was but he insisted I went myself. Even though I had 0 food, 0 tools, and 0 blocks. So I made a break for it and sprinted towards my loot. And ofc my vision had to cut out so I got ptsd and started sprinting in a random direction to hide. Well turns out I sprinted right off a cliff and died again. Fast forward 30 mins. My bf and I both have died about 3 times trying to get our stuff back and safely escaping. We get away and start digging upwards because we didn’t want to face the warden again. My bf falls off the edge of a cliff and I make my way back home with whatever loot we managed to gather. 0/10 terrible experience. Was very scared

its going to be interesting to see what type of farmes people are going to come up with using wardens.

The best moment I’ve had with the warden is just wandering about on the surface while my friends go into an ancient city and I just hear them scream and then they both die and it was hilarious.

The Warden is surprisingly not that difficult to avoid with headphones, an x-ray texture pack, and F3+B.

The mob with whom u have 0 business to do, just like Piglin Brutes. we can just bring scary things upon ourselves............... if we want to. I think it's just an experience feature. Ender Dragon is our best worst friend at this point in the game and the warden is our worst enemy.

I think the warden should drop some kind of trophy when you kill it like a warden skull or something like that

Important tip: Use smite The warden is an undead mob, so this does more damage to him than sharpness.

Started a new realms server for my nieces and nephew and myself and we hit up the Warden area today and we wandered upon the Ancient City. When the lights start flicking on and off ohh man, we booked it so fast back the way we came, we got out alive with a ton of loot form 3 or 4 chests. One of my nieces loved it was hooting and hollering but said her heart was racing fast (My heart was racing to I wont lie lol), my other niece though got scared so much she started to cry for about 30 seconds but I told her its ok, be the watcher for us as we go check this last chest, that got her all excited :) Great video, love this update

1:15 yeah, I built a contained area and spawned a warden as well as a few of the more difficult mobs just to see what it can do and oh boy o-o this thing is able to kill a ravager in 3-4 hits. I also put 3 iron golems against it and it still came out on top

Hey wattles, I think you should cover more general topics in your everything series. then work your way down into specific mechanics like mobs and blocks.

Probable lore about the warden : it's a golem of some sort that was overgrown with skulck

I’ve always wanted a big, strong, and tanky mob to be added into Minecraft, and the Warden is just want I’ve always wanted!

Hi Wattles that disc 11 now makes more sense with the warden in the game now. I wondered about disc 11 for so long who was running from what. Thank you. Love ur vids 🙂👍

Thanks for all your tips, your videos are so fun! 😁

I’ve actually killed the warden but I had to use full protection 4 netherite armor, sharpness 5 netherite sword, and about 2 or 3 notch apples

I have practiced with this so much and was very confused why the shriekers didn't spawn the warden but now I know. My project is finally done!!!!

most terrifying creature i’ve seen in game. was doing my best to sneak around and not summon it but it came around anyway. it killed me then i logged off for a few hours, went back in and he was still there and killed me again.

I did my own fun testing in creative. The only way to not make the warden a threat in hard mode is full netherite with protection 4, turtle master potion and god Apple. Then other things like regen 2 and such because then you just heal to fast for it

I like the warden, He reminds me of the old creepy pasta mod except he’s way too hard to kill and not worth killing anyway it’s a nice change of pace

I made this poem about the Warden, I hope you like it: Cave guard, cave guard, lurking in the dark He can't see, but he can hark Be careful little puppy, don't you bark Or else he will break you into a spark Underneath the ground there's a huge place Is it a castle or is it a palace? Maybe that's the home of the big menace Who will pull you into darkness with no trace He is always sleeping under the ground That's why he is hard to be found But if you make a little sound He will emerge and give you big pound Inside the guard's home, dark and cold No sign of life, that's what they told There are some tricks that never gets old Stay silent, walk quietly, and always be bold

Haven't played minecraft in...literal years. Was not keeping up with updates, had no knowledge of ANYTHING that was new... Accidentally burrowed into this biome/city whatever it is...and ACCIDENTALLY summoned a warden. The most terrifying experience of my life, and I've been playing horror games for years.

I encountered my first Warden yesterday, not even sure how I summoned it, I was just exploring a cave when I suddenly heard a bunch of horrifying noises from somewhere and eventually got blasted to death through the cave walls.

Also the warden is afraid of silverfish, like the creeper is afraid of cats.

11 days and you can find warden farms on RU-vid and I’ve caught the warden in survival to put him in a zoo… Everything not unbeatable will be destroyed by minecraft players but somehow it’s also beautiful to see how active this whole community still is and how they all feel challenged by the words „do not fight the warden“😂😂

Here's a tip: If you sprint and then immediately hold shift, you will sneak faster than normal. If you execute it fast enough, the sprint portion won't even make a vibration.

ty mate. love your twitch streams

What if warden misses sonic shriek and hits the other warden? The warden gets angry when it's attacked, so what would it target?

Stranger things comparison: Warden->Demogorgon Sculk->the mind flayer/vecna vines Minecraft Steve->Will City center->Portal to alt dimension👀 Totally not a stretch at all lol.

Having a shulker box full of wool has really helped me so far. I just bridge away until i get to wool that i’ve already placed or that was generated. then i can sprint-jump.

itd be such a coll touch if you couldnt see if you spectated it similar to the inversion of endermen or green of creepers, but maybe you can see those vibration particle things

Wattles: The Warden does the most damage Wardens dmg : 45 damage Me: bruh, the Charged creeper and Ghast does more damage. How you might ask The charged creeper when it explodes does 127 damage and the Ghast when it’s fire ball is knocked back at it , the fire ball does 1000 to the Ghast

also, potions, i feel like people always forget that aspect but potions are overpowered

Good to see you’re still making videos, Waddles.

The warden is mad scary ngl! also great video man!

The Warden is a stalker. Just like Mr. X from resident evil. Or the blind stalker jeff from half life alyx. Its job is to give chase and be indestructible.

Great informative video, thank you. However... Not quite 'everything'. How far does the sonic boom reach? Is there a time limit between each sculk shrieker activation, before it resets (if it resets)? e.g If I activate one, once every hour for four hours, will the Warden then spawn? These are the two things I was most interested in learning.

Correction: The warden is only 3rd highest damage mob. It's the ghast (rebounded fireball by player) which is the mob that deals a whopping 500 hearts or 1000 hp of damage.

This video was informative and hilarious

I'm wondering if the new ancient portal could be activated by the warden Sonic attack

I accidentally discovered the warden while mining for the first time… my heart heated so fast

Easiest method is to build a glass trap around the chest area and use a repeater with a soundblock inside and light up the area around the chest area. This forces him to stay around the soundblock and he will not deviate from that. You'll be safe in a 40 block area. Build another trap on the other side and you can do whatever you want

So, I'm an ancient sod that's not played minecraft since all of about 2017. I recently got back into it the other week and stumbled upon what I NOW KNOW is the DEEP DARK biome...apparently one of the *rarest* to spawn. It just so happened to be right beneath my heccin' covy hole house :L Not knowing what the mechanics were about the warden and the shrieker related blocks, I nearlly summoned the damn Warden after mining some of the blocks. Probably the most creeped out I've ever been by minecraft in a good long while and I remember when the Wither was new =w=; All that to say - thanks for breaking down the what's what on the Warden! It's great to learn about it :D

wattles always sounds like hes about to make a joke but he never does

Can you get the sculk shrieker to go back to its natural state in survival? Just curious.

I was always confused at why the warden was ever added to minecraft, considering how much health it has, and how strong it is. Within the past week is the first time I’ve actually played minecraft and actively seeked out the warden. And honestly, my thoughts on it did a total 180. I think it’s an awesome idea. A dangerous mob that your not actually intended to engage with is brilliant. It’s more of a deterrent than an enemy. Really clever. (I don’t play many other video games other than minecraft so I’m not sure if this idea has been used in other games) It’s actually been really fun so far, sneaking through the ancient city and busting up the shriekers and avoiding and running away from the warden. I do, I really enjoy the new challenge aspect.

Wattles your videos are amazing! Keep up the good work. I have the a stack of subs (64)

Does the warden despawn if he gets named? Wanna name mine Toph

Its nice to know he used my warden falling question i needed to know

I was playing a survival world after the wild update and decided to explore the ancient city because it has good loot. While opening chests and such I accidentally summoned it, I tried crouching but it spawned right in front of me. I was staring at it face to face and it kept sniffing me. There were blocks surrounding me so I couldn’t run. Eventually it roared and it killed me. I thought it was going to walk away but it didn’t.

Dude your voice is so wholesome it cheers me up thanks man :) so excited

Wattles I’m genuinely curious, do you think we will receive a new portal dimension through the Deep Dark?

Imagine having to kill the warden just to be able to complete an all advancements speedrun in 1.19

the warden is the most interesting mob to me and i plan on purchasing minecraft just to see it! i always watch these to see how it works and its genuinely so cool and also from the comments clearly, dont hit the warden and run. because when your not running, the warden is only getting closer. also getting closer when your running, just slower than when your not

Wattles makes our days better

Too bad you cannot move a shrieker, it would have been fun watching Grian place one under each of the Hermits' homes.

Good video Wattles! 2 days until the Wild Update!!

I'm thinking just bring a crap ton of brightly colored wool with you for carpets, blocks to place torches on, pillars, burying shriekers, etc. As I understand it, everything you do with or on wool is silent.

This is one of my favorite updates

Sculk Sensor a snitch fr

the wild update is next Tuesday can't wait for it to come out

On my modded bedrock server I added a mod for Warden Armor It adds more purpose to items like the skulk catalysts and sensors by making them armour components It's incredibly expensive to make but definitely worth it. I'm hoping to make the warden some kind of raid boss that everyone can fight once most of the ancient city's have been looted nearby

I found out the hard way! Thinking a one block wide would stop him 😅let’s just say I know better now! Thanks bruv for the New info!!!!!

Imagine being home alone gaming at 2am and its raining outside, suddenly you accidentally spawn the warden...

Another thing you can do is lure him into running water in caves and he will get stuck.

2:09 did that transparent snake come for everyone one too? That scared the life out of me

That subtle texture difference between the two "types" of Shriekers has gotta be the only thing I never knew about 1.19 until now.

Can someone who knows please answer this question: If you move a natural shrieker with pistons, can it still summon the Warden?

I can’t wait to see those crazy hardcore players take on a warden