Building a Minecraft Iron Golem Defence: Effectively Protect Your Base

Iron Golems are natural protectors of villages in Minecraft. They are large and strong, capable of withstanding a significant amount of damage. They are not hostile to the player unless provoked. However, once they strike, you will quickly realise their power! Can we utilise this mechanic? Yes, indeed we can! Iron Golems are a fantastic way to not only defend your own base but also to withstand raids in villages. Today, we will explore several functions of how to set this up and even automate it to some extent.

Why Use Iron Golems to Defend Your Minecraft Base?

First, it’s important to understand what you can use Iron Golems for. You can use them for your own protection or to defend villages. It’s crucial to understand their mechanics. Iron Golems only react when they or a villager are attacked. Even if you build your own Iron Golem, it will not react if you are attacked. However, Golems work together within a certain radius and will react to almost all hostile mobs – except Creepers and Wolves.

Defend Your Minecraft Base with Iron Golems: Step-by-Step Guide

Since you can build Iron Golems yourself, you can use them to defend your base. It’s best to use a fence to keep the Golem from wandering off, as self-built Golems do not follow their creator or stay within a specific radius.

A cool secret tip is to create a sort of village within the bounds of your base. Three villagers and some beds buried underground are enough. Iron Golems will spawn naturally in the radius, and your self-built defenders will be linked to your underground village and won’t wander off.

Using Iron Golems in your base can help protect some of your important structures. This is useful if you have animals or helpless mobs that you don’t want to be attacked by monsters. Again, the trick with the artificially created village is beneficial here.

Deploying Iron Golems Against Raids: Protect Your Village and Base

Iron Golems are the defensive powerhouses of villages and villagers. They spawn naturally in villages, as we’ll discuss further. You can also build them within an existing village so the Golem becomes part of the village and defends the residents. At night, Iron Golems become active and attack anything approaching the village.

This is particularly helpful during a raid. You can trigger a raid by entering a village with the “Bad Omen” status effect. Be well-prepared for this, ideally with a large number of Iron Golems to help with the waves of enemies and protect the village.

Crafting Iron Golems in Minecraft for Your Defence

Creating Iron Golems with Iron and Pumpkins: Here’s How

If you’re willing to invest resources, you can mass-produce Iron Golems for defence. You’ll need 4 iron blocks for the body and a carved pumpkin for the head. You can use an automated farm for endless iron and pumpkins! Alternatively, you can mine iron in caves and grow pumpkins manually, depending on your play style.

The advantage of self-built Iron Golems is that they won’t attack you. Even if you accidentally hit them, they remain neutral towards you. However, they will attack monsters within their radius as usual.

One way to automate this is by using a dispenser with a Redstone signal to place the pumpkin. This allows for automatic Golem creation to defend in emergencies. You can build Iron Golems in any orientation as long as you adhere to the T-shape with the carved pumpkin. This provides various ways to build such a mechanism.

Using Villagers to Spawn Iron Golems for Village Defence

Most Iron Golems in a world are bound to a village. Depending on whether you’re playing Java or Bedrock, there are different spawning rules, but you need enough beds and villagers to spawn Iron Golems. In Java, 5 beds and villagers are sufficient, similar to an automated iron farm. Villagers will also spawn Golems, but instead of killing them for iron, they can be used as a defence mechanism.

This saves a lot of iron and pumpkins. The more villagers you have, the more Golems will be produced. Villagers regularly check the Golem-to-villager ratio. Once Golems are present, they cannot disappear.

Fundamentally, Iron Golems remain within the parameters of their village. If they wander too far, they will try to find their way back home. If they encounter another village, they will join it. You can transport Golems from one village to another, ideally using a lead.

Finding and Freeing Iron Golems in Pillager Outposts

In contrast to Villagers, Pillagers have outposts where they sometimes keep Iron Golems in cages. Free them, let them fight the Pillagers, and use them for your advantage! If you stumble upon such an outpost, free the Iron Golem and return it to its village or your base.

Repairing Iron Golems in Minecraft: Easy Base Defence

A cool mechanic that most players might not know is the repair of Iron Golems. Over time, even these massive machines take damage, visible in their appearance. If a Golem shows cracks, it’s time for repairs. Use a few iron ingots and click on the Golems multiple times to heal them. This costs significantly less than building a new Golem with 4 iron blocks, which requires 36 iron ingots!

Conclusion

Iron Golems are fascinating, yet many players barely notice them or use them solely for iron farms. However, these giants can do much more! Effectively defend your base with an Iron Golem system on your own server. Rent your Minecraft server and keep your world safe! They are truly helpful, not just for you, but also for your vital villagers. With them, you can withstand any raid, especially when you can repair Iron Golems.