Warding Stone
| Type | Placeable item |
|---|---|
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Resource location | matcha:warding_stone |
| Base item | minecraft:chicken_spawn_egg |
| Defined in | warding_stone.json |
A warding stone is a placeable warding turret. Once placed it becomes a lodestone that slows every undead mob within 24 blocks, burns the nearest one for 7 (
× 3.5) every half second, and heals villagers, pets and players nearby. It cannot be picked back up.
The developer describes it as a way to protect a base while the player is away, since villagers "tend not to survive for too long on their own".[1]
Obtaining
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Warding Stone | 4 × Chiseled Stone Bricks + 4 × Nazar + Stabilized Estus |
   matcha:crafting/warding_stone |
The recipe needs four Nazars, a Stabilized Estus and four chiseled stone bricks, so making one takes Estus Ash (for the Nazars and the Stabilized Estus), an ender pearl and Benzene.
Usage
The warding stone is used like a spawn egg: using it on a block places the stone there.
Placement
The item summons a small, invisible, invulnerable armor stand tagged WardingStone.[2] On the next tick the pack sets it up:[3]
- If it was placed inside a trial chamber or an Abbey (the structure
minecraft:abbey_overgrown), it is forbidden: a primed TNT with no fuse is summoned at its position and explodes immediately, and the stone is destroyed.[4][5] - Otherwise a quiet Wither spawn sound plays, soul particles appear, and a lodestone block is placed where the stone stands.
While active the stone gives off a constant stream of soul fire flames.[6]
Effects
Every 0.5 seconds, each warding stone does the following:[7][8]
| Effect | Radius | Targets |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneration I for 3 seconds, given only if the target has no Regeneration already | 16 blocks | "Villager friends": villagers, wandering traders, iron golems, snow golems, wolves, cats, happy ghasts and players |
| Slowness III for 1 second | 24 blocks | Every warding stone target (see below) |
| 2 ( × 1) of damage |
24 blocks | The nearest Wither, if one is in range |
| 7 ( × 3.5) of damage |
24 blocks | Otherwise, the nearest warding stone target |
The damage is of the out_of_world type, so it ignores armor and Resistance, and it is dealt to only one mob per pulse. Against a single target a warding stone deals 14 ( × 7) per second, far more than a player's warding.
Because the regeneration is re-applied as soon as it runs out, players and villagers within 16 blocks effectively have permanent Regeneration I. This matters in Matcha Flavoured, where there is no natural regeneration.
Targets
The warding stone uses its own list of targets, which differs from the one used by warding items:[9]
- Zombie, Zombie Villager, Husk, Drowned, Zombified Piglin, Zoglin
- Skeleton, Stray, Bogged, Wither Skeleton, Parched
- Phantom
- Pillager
Unlike a player's warding, the stone:
- slows and damages husks,
- also attacks pillagers,
- ignores copper armor completely, so copper-wearing mobs are damaged normally,
- damages the Wither but does not slow it.
Removal
A warding stone cannot be picked up. If its lodestone is broken or destroyed, the stone shatters: it releases smoke, deletes any lodestone item dropped within 3 blocks, drops a single Raw Estus and removes itself.[10] The Stabilized Estus and Nazars used to craft it are lost.
Advancements
Crafting a warding stone grants Holy Turret ("Construct a Warding Stone") in the Hell tab.[11]
History
| 0.5-alpha | Added translation support for the warding stone. |
|---|---|
| 0.6-alpha | Warding stones now heal villager friends (wolves, cats, villagers, wandering traders, players, iron golems and snow golems). The healing range was increased from 10 to 16 blocks. |
| 1.03 | Warding stones can no longer be placed in trial chambers. |
| 1.10 | Warding stones now target pillagers.
Zombie horses, skeleton horses and camel husks were removed from the targets. Warding stones ignore the copper-armor immunity added to warding in this version. |
| 1.12.1-alpha | Warding stones can no longer be placed in abbeys. Players were told to remove any from abbeys before updating.
The zombie nautilus was removed from the targets. Summoning items, including warding stones, can no longer be used on spawners. The warding stone code was reworked by the contributor Hashiru. |
| 1.12.2 | The particles were updated to match the new warding particles. |
Trivia
- The item is built on a chicken spawn egg, and the block it leaves is an ordinary lodestone.
- The 1.03 release notes dared players to try placing one in a trial chamber.[12]
See also
References
- ↑ Klei Wright, "Minecraft punishes casual players. I made a datapack to fix it." (YouTube)
- "Warding stones can protect your base when you aren't there, burning any undead within range. Plus, warding stones heal all nearby friends of villagers. Once you put them down, they can't be picked back up. They'll shatter, revert to their raw unstable form. So, place them carefully."
- ↑
crafting/warding stone.json - ↑
warding stone/setup.mcfunction - ↑
warding stone/forbidden.mcfunction - ↑
predicate/in dungeon.json - ↑
warding stone/tick.mcfunction - ↑
warding stone/effects.mcfunction - ↑
0 5/warding stone.mcfunction - ↑
entity type/warding stone targets.json - ↑
warding stone/remove.mcfunction - ↑
hell/obtain warding stone.json - ↑ Matcha Flavoured 1.03 release notes
- "Warding Stones CANNOT be placed in Trial Chambers (try it, I dare you ;) )"
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