Protector

Protectors are a possible evolution of Infected Adventurers, belonging in the Evolved tier.

Spawning

• Spawned when an Infected Adventurer gets an evolution point by killing a mob and its evolution timer begins. If the evolution succeeds, they have a 30% chance to become a Protector.

Unique Behavior

• When evolving, the Protector will keep the same head and feet armor and custom name as the Infected Adventurer it evolved from. If the Infected Adventurer had a chestplate or leggings on, they will disappear and not be on the Protector.

  • When spawned by a spawn egg or through commands, they will retain the same values for armor and names.

• When having a target, the Protector will put up its shield. When its shield is up, the Protector will move much slower, block any melee damage, and deflect projectiles that it receives from the front. Additionally, when hitting targets with its shield, they won't be damaged, but instead knocked back (with the strength of Knockback I). When it hits mobs this way, they will receive Mycelium Infection for 5 seconds.

  • Its shield can be disabled for 5 seconds when it is hit in the back or side, or if it's hit with an axe.

• When a Protector spawns, it will always have an Ender Pearl in its hand. If its target is more than 20 blocks away, it will throw the Ender Pearl to teleport closer to its target. It can gain an Ender Pearl by killing an Enderman.

• When a spore mob is hurt and a Protector is within 64 blocks, the Protector's target will be set to whatever hurt the spore mob. The Protector will also gain Speed for 5 seconds. This is to be able to move in front of the other mobs to protect them.

• The Protector has four variants, with a 20% chance per variant including the regular Protector.

  • Studded Protectors will deal 8 damage (x4 hearts) when bashing a target with their shield. Bashing also does Knockback 2.4 and inflicts Slowness II for 5 seconds. Studded Protector shields have a Thorns effect, reflecting 10% of damage. This only works when hitting their shield.

  • Collector Protectors will search for containers within a 32x4x32 block area that have armor, weapons, or food inside. They'll run up to the container and collect the items inside.

    • For every piece of armor, it checks how much armor it gives to the wearer, and converts that value into an 'armor point' value that it holds internally. For every weapon, it checks how much damage it does, and converts that value into a 'damage point' value that it holds internally.

      • Every 10 seconds, Collector Protectors will search for spore mobs in a 16x16x16 cube. The amount of armor/damage points it has reflects how many allies it can grant buffs too (e.g. if a Collector Protector has 5 armor points and 4 damage points, it can buff 9 allies). Armor points, when given to allies, grant Resistance for 30 minutes. Damage points, when given to allies, grant Strength for 30 minutes.

    • As for each piece of food that Collector Protectors steal, the hunger and saturation points are added together and divided by 5. The output is how many Kill Points the Collector Protector will receive.

  • Thornbloom Protectors will give Weakness and Poison for 10 seconds to targets that hit its shield.

  • The Bulwark Protector has a 1.2x size increase. Their armor is increased by 30% (15.6 armor (7.8 bars)) and they have 1.0 knockback resistance, meaning they can't be knocked back by attacks.

Behavior

• Protectors are melee combatants, attacking mobs with Infected forms, golems, and most hostile mobs.

• Protectors inflict Mycelium Infection for 30 seconds when dealing melee damage.

• Has a follow range of 48 blocks.

• Protectors have a 5% chance to drop a Scent upon death.

• When killed, have a chance to place a small short-lived Mycelium Infection area effect cloud.

• Protectors will attempt to group together in hordes with other Evolved.

• Infected will follow Protectors, who themselves will follow Hyper Evolved and Calamities.

• Can perform low leaps/dashes to chase prey quickly through water.

• Able to use kill points to give themselves buffs, such as strength or speed if the target is running away. They can also give themselves regeneration if they are low on health.

• Capable of breaking glass and leaves.

• Have a damage cap of 1/3 of their health on hard mode.

• Present a weakness to the cold, like all spore mobs.

Related Advancements

• Meet the Team

• Get Down Mr. President!

Drops

• Armor Fragment

• Claw Fragment

• Mutated Fibre

• Mutated Heart

• Shield Fragment