Minecraft Vex

Minecraft Vex

Vex

Health points	14 × 7
Behavior	Hostile
Attack strength	Easy: 5 Normal: 9 Hard: 13 × 6.5 Peaceful: 0
Size	Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks

Spawning

Vexes spawn naturally only as part of an evoker's summoning attack; the evoker signals this attack by producing off-white smoke and a high-pitched horn-like sound. Exactly 3 vexes will appear near the evoker. The evoker will summon vexes even if there are some still left alive from the last summoning.

Drops

The iron sword they hold normally has a 0% chance of dropping, because their main hand's HandDropChances is 0. However, this chance increases by 1 percentage point per level of Looting. If dropped, the sword will be badly damaged.

Behavior

A vex attacking.

Vexes are hostile mobs that will naturally attack players, villagers‌^{[JE & LCE only]} or adult villagers‌^[BE only], iron golems, wandering traders, snow golem‌^[BE only] (only if evokers summoned them) and any other target as commanded by their summoning evoker. They are capable of flying through the air, and will pass through any block, including water, unharmed and uninhibited. When they are attacking, they glow red and lunge at their target. They are not affected by fire blocks or lava.

Vexes summoned by an evoker will start to take damage after 30 to 119 seconds, and will eventually die. This does not apply if the vex is summoned by a spawner, spawn egg or by the /summon command.

When idle, vexes will wander within a 15×11×15 cuboid range centered on their evoker's position, unless summoned by a spawn egg or by the /summon command.

Data values

See also: Chunk format

Vexes have entity data associated with them that contains the various properties of the mob.

•  Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities [show]
  • Tags common to all mobs [show]
  •  BoundX: When a vex is idle, it wanders, selecting air blocks from within a 15×11×15 cuboid range centered at X,Y,Z = BoundX, BoundY, BoundZ. This central spot is the location of the evoker when it summoned the vex, or if an evoker was not involved, it is the location the vex first attempted to idly wander.
  •  BoundY: See BoundX
  •  BoundZ: See BoundX
  •  LifeTicks: Ticks of life remaining, decreasing by 1 per tick. When it reaches zero, the vex will take damage and LifeTicks is set to 20.

History

Java Edition
1.11		16w39a			Added vexes.
		16w42a			Vexes have been buffed - their attack damage has been increased from 3 to 5 on Easy, from 4 to 9 on Normal, and from 6 to 13 × 6.5 on Hard.
		16w43a			Vexes can now cross Nether and End portals and move in water.
					Vexes are now able to draw from their own loot tables.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added vexes.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Vexes are now hostile towards wandering traders.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Vexes are no longer hostile towards baby villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	Patch 4	Added vexes.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19					Added vexes.

Issues

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Gallery

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  An evoker summoning vexes.
 
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  Two angry vexes flying towards their target, as their master looks on.
 
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  Two vexes attack while their master summons fangs. A wing of a third vex can be seen on the left.
 
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  A dying vex.