Dungeons:Tower Guard

Tower Guard

With shield

Without shield

Health points	480
Behavior	Hostile
Classification	Tower Keeper (related) Illager
Attack strength	AOE attack:90 Charge attack:90 Basic attack:150
Equipped models	Tower Guard Armor Tower Guard Spear Tower Guard Shield
Level ID	IllagerTowerGuard

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A tower guard is a heavily-armored tower keeper royal guard variant that can be found within the Tower of Minecraft Dungeons.

Lore

In a Pumpkin Pastures-themed Tower floor as well as a Highblock Halls-themed Tower floor, tower guards attack and overwhelms the tower avatar in numbers.

Spawning

• Tower - Tower guards are commonly found on the upper floors.

Tower guards cannot spawn during ancient hunts. They spawn with only with the Deflect enchantment, although also they can be enchanted by enchanters.

Behavior

Tower guards have strength that is equivalent of the Arch-Illager’s royal guards. Capable of overwhelming the hero with both damage and numbers, they also like to circle the hero, blocking them.

Tower guards are usually protected by their heavy armor, with their shield and glaive. The shield can deflect all ranged attacks, unlike shields of royal guards which can be broken with ranged attacks. Tower guards are slower than most mobs, but extremely strong, capable of dealing heavy damage to the hero. They can be stunned by normal attacks like royal guards.

Tower guards chase and attack the hero who attracted them first and ignore other heroes.

Tower guards have six attack behaviors:

Basic attack

Tower guards are capable of swinging their glaive at the hero, dealing heavy damage and knockback.

Shield broken

When tower guards lose their shield, they stomp angrily and black smoke appears above their head, which then disappears.

Charge attack

Tower guards without shields are capable of charging at the hero if they are within range. This attack has a five second cooldown.

Charging

Tower guards have particle effects while charging, similar to the Vengeful Heart of Ender.

Charge collide stop

If the tower guards misses the hero or hits a wall while charging, they "collide stop".

Charge normal stop

If the tower guards catch up to the hero while charging, they "normal stop" themselves and slash the hero with their spear. Deals knockback and low damage.

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  Idle

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  Walk

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  Stun

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  Basic attack

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  Shield broken

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  Charging

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  Charge collided stop

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  Charge normal stop

Sounds

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Basic attack (armor)	S1_sfx_towerGuard_basicAttack_armour
	Basic attack (swing)	S1_sfx_towerGuard_basicAttack_swing
	Block	S1_sfx_towerGuard_block
	Charge attack start	S1_sfx_towerGuard_chargeAttack_start
	Charge attack stop (collide)	S1_sfx_towerGuard_chargeAttack_stop_collide
	Charge attack stop (normal)	S1_sfx_towerGuard_chargeAttack_stop_normal
	Death	S1_sfx_towerGuard_death
	Hurt	S1_sfx_towerGuard_hurt
	Idle	S1_sfx_towerGuard_idle
	Shield break	S1_sfx_towerGuard_shieldBreak
	Shield break (vocal)	S1_sfx_towerGuard_shieldBreak_vocal
	Step	S1_sfx_towerGuard_step
	Stun	S1_sfx_towerGuard_stun

Achievements

Alpha Centurion

Data values

• In the game files, tower guards are referred to internally by the name IllagerTowerGuard.
• In the game files, tower guard shields are referred to internally by the name TowerGuardShield.
• In the game files, tower guard spears are referred to internally by the name TowerGuardSpear.

History

[hide]Minecraft Dungeons
October 16, 2021							Tower guards with royal guard basic attack animation are revealed in-game. They are also revealed to exclusively spawn in the tower.
1.12.0.0							Added tower guards, tower guard shields, and tower guard spears.

Trivia

Tower guard without shield (Original)

• Tower guard's original texture (also seen in season 3 game launcher artwork) depicts them with gold trim on their boots. In-game, Tower guards' boots are the same as Royal Guards' boots.

Issues

Issues for Minecraft Dungeons relating to "Tower Guard" are no longer maintained on the bug tracker since September 28, 2023. However, issues reported before then can still be viewed there.

Relations

• Royal Guard
• Vigilant Scoundrel

Gallery

Icons

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  Tower guard spear.

Renders

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  Tower guard idle isometric render.

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  Tower guard idle isometric render without a tower guard shield.

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  Tower guard walking isometric render.

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  Tower guard walking isometric render without a tower guard shield.

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  Tower guard attacking isometric render.

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  Tower guard attacking isometric render without a tower guard shield.

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  Tower guard shield.

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  Tower guard spear isometric render.

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  Tower guard without equipment.

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  Tower guard without a tower guard shield with the original boots texture.

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  Tower guard in-front view with the original boots texture.

Animations

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  Tower guard basic attack.

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  Tower guard basic attack without a tower guard shield.

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  Tower guard charge attack

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  Tower guard charge attack charging.

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  Tower guard charge attack collided stop.

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  Tower guard charge attack normal stop.

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  Tower guard charge attack shield broken.

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  Tower guard idle.

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  Tower guard idle without a tower guard shield.

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  Tower guard stun.

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  Tower guard stun without a tower guard shield.

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  Tower guard walk.

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  Tower guard walk without a tower guard shield.

Textures

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  Tower guard texture file.

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  Tower guard shadow texture file.

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  Tower guard face.

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  Tower guard shield texture file.

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  Tower guard shield grayscale texture file.

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  Tower guard spear texture file.

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  Tower guard spear shadow texture file.

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  Tower guard diagonal line texture file found within the game files.

Development images

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  Tower guard official render by Mojang Studios and Double Eleven.

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  Three tower guards accompanied by three tower wraiths.

In other media

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  A tower guard and a tower wraith were featured in an official Mojang Studios tweet asking players to vote for which tower mob that they believe is tougher.

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  A tower guard within the fauna faire game launcher artwork.