Not only is it extremely dark down there, but you’ll be inflicted with a new status effect known as “ Darkness” whenever a Sculk Shrieker notices you or the Warden is around. Night Vision potions: The Deep Dark lives up to its name.Image: Mojang Studios via Mike Rougeau for Polygon If you don’t have access to Shulkers because you haven’t yet been to the End and looted some End Cities, you should probably do that before facing the Warden anyway. Oh, and bring an Ender Chest as well (duh). Bring as many Shulker boxes as you can fit in your Ender Chest. Shulker boxes: There’s a lot of stuff to loot in the Deep Dark, especially once you locate an Ancient City.Here’s a list of things you should bring. Prepare for the expeditionĪdequately preparing for your journey to the Ancient City is the best step you can take. In this guide, we’ll go over how to get it all without getting your health bar decimated by the Warden. These sprawling locales are filled with rare loot, including several things you can’t find anywhere else.

Unfortunately, the Warden guards Minecraft’s coolest new destination for adventurous treasure hunters, the Ancient Cities found in the new Deep Dark biome. This big blue beastie might seem like a foe better left alone. And its close-range melee attacks do massive damage, while it can hit you with powerful sonic blasts from a distance. It afflicts players near it with the Darkness status effect, which makes it difficult to see. The Warden has more health than previous Minecraft bosses, including the Wither and the Ender Dragon. But no obstacle is greater than the game’s brand new boss mob, the Warden. Minecraft has changed a lot in the past year, and the game’s brand-new 1.19 update, dubbed “The Wild,” adds a ton of new stuff to explore, loot, and overcome.

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