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Guardian Mobs (Polymer)

Creaking Guardian is a server-side Fabric mod that lets you convert a vanilla Creaking into a friendly, upgradable guardians that defends your territory from hostile mobs at night.

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Which Guardian Mobs (Polymer) release should I use?

Updated 6 months ago

Latest stable file guardian-mobs-5.0.0.jar

Game version 1.21.11

Loader Fabric

Guardian Mobs (Polymer) guardian-mobs-5.0.0.jar targets 1.21.11 with Fabric. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. All 1 required mods have matching files.

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Is Guardian Mobs (Polymer) required on the client, server, or both?

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Loader for this release Fabric

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What else does Guardian Mobs (Polymer) guardian-mobs-5.0.0.jar need?

guardian-mobs-5.0.0.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

All 1 required mods have matching files

Install Polymer first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup.

Polymer Needed by Guardian Mobs (Polymer) guardian-mobs-5.0.0.jar

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Matching file found Matched file: polymer-bundled-0.15.2+1.21.11.jar

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Before you install it

Add Guardian Mobs (Polymer) without breaking your instance.

Built for Guardian Mobs (Polymer) guardian-mobs-5.0.0.jar. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

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Use guardian-mobs-5.0.0.jar. It targets 1.21.11 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs

Install Polymer first. We found matching files for this game-version and loader setup.
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About this project

What does Guardian Mobs (Polymer) add?

🌙🛡️ Guardian Mobs (1.21.11)

Bring ancient hearts to life and turn them into powerful area defenders.
Guardian Mobs adds friendly defensive guardians that protect their territory from hostile mobs — with more guardian types on the way.

At the moment, this includes both the Creaking Guardian and the Skeleton Guardian, with more planned for future updates.

✨ Highlights

🧪 No crafting required — create guardians in-world
🌙 Night-based defense systems with heart-linked protection
📏 Adjustable defense radius
🎯 Attacks hostile mobs, never players
⭐ Upgradeable guardians with stronger stats, improved effects, and special abilities
🛡️ Multiple guardian types with unique roles
🚧 More to come — additional guardian variants are planned

👁️ Current Guardian Types

🌲 Creaking Guardian

A spooky night patrol guardian created from a Creaking Heart.
It protects its area from hostile mobs at night and vanishes at dawn.

Features

Patrols its assigned area
Fights hostile mobs
Never attacks players
Regenerates near its heart
Uses melee and ranged attacks when needed
Can be upgraded into an Enchanted Guardian

🏹 Skeleton Guardian

A specialized defensive guardian built for ranged combat and anti-Phantom protection.

Features

Prioritizes Phantoms and other hostile mobs
Can operate in Patrol Mode or Stationed Mode
Linked to a Skeleton Heart for area defense
Uses advanced ranged attacks
Can be upgraded into an Enchanted Skeleton Guardian
Displays status info like health, mode, and kill counts

🧪 How to Get a Guardian

Creaking Guardian

Find a Creaking Heart with its bound Creaking
Throw a Splash Potion of Strength near the Creaking
The heart converts into a Guardian Creaking Heart and your guardian appears

Skeleton Guardian

Created through its own guardian system and bound to a Skeleton Heart for defending a set area.

🧱 Guardian Heart Controls

📏 Use a Stick to adjust the defense radius (sneak to decrease)
⭐ Use a Nether Star to upgrade a guardian into its Enchanted form

Heart-linked guardians stay tied to their assigned defense zone and gain key benefits while operating near their heart.

⚔️ Guardian Behavior

👹 Defends its area from hostile mobs
🙅 Never targets players
🩹 Gains support from staying near its heart
🌙 Some guardians are night-based, while others can remain active in different modes
🏹 Uses ranged attacks when appropriate, melee when enemies get close

⭐ Enchanted Upgrade

Upgrading a guardian unlocks a stronger enchanted form with:

💪 Increased health, damage, and armor
✨ Enhanced visual effects
💥 Special attacks and stronger combat abilities
🛡️ Improved defensive performance

Creaking Guardian Note:
⚠️ If the enchanted guardian dies, the heart resets back to normal

🚧 More to Come

Guardian Mobs is expanding beyond its current lineup.
More guardian types, new abilities, and additional heart-based defenders are planned for future updates.

Stay tuned — this is only the beginning.

Project description from CurseForge.

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