Guardian Copter

Quickstart

1. Gather Redstone, 2 Iron Ingots, a Compass, and an Ender Pearl and craft a Guardian Copter Beacon at a Crafting Table (recipe below).
2. Hold the Beacon and use it (right-click / tap) to spawn a Guardian Copter a short distance in front of you, hovering about 4 blocks above the ground.
3. Watch your action bar — it will read "Guardian Copter patrolling nearby" when all is calm, and "Guardian Copter engaging hostile mob" when it is attacking a threat.
4. If you don't want to craft, find the Guardian Copter Spawn Egg in the Creative inventory to summon one instantly.

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Overview

Guardian Copter adds a friendly aerial guardian NPC that hovers above you, tracks your position across any dimension, and automatically fights hostile mobs that come near. It is a fully custom entity with its own 3-D helicopter model and flying physics. Once summoned, it requires no input from you — it patrols, repositions, chases threats, and retaliates on your behalf until it is destroyed.

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What It Adds

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How To Use

Summoning

Use the Guardian Copter Beacon while holding it to deploy a Guardian Copter just ahead of and above you. If a Guardian Copter is already within about 12 blocks of you, the Beacon will refuse to spawn another one and notify you with a chat message. Each Beacon is consumed on use (stack size: 1).

You can also use the Guardian Copter Spawn Egg from the Creative inventory to place one anywhere.

Status Messages

The Guardian Copter communicates its current state through your action bar:

• "Guardian Copter patrolling nearby" — No threats detected; it is hovering and orbiting above you.
• "Guardian Copter engaging hostile mob" — It has found a hostile mob and is attacking it.

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Abilities And Mechanics

Following Players

The Guardian Copter constantly tracks the nearest player within a 56-block follow radius. It hovers approximately 4.5 blocks above the player's position and repositions to stay overhead. If the player moves more than 42 blocks away, the copter teleports to catch up immediately.

Attacking Hostile Mobs

The Guardian Copter scans for hostile mobs within a 28-block radius around the protected player. When a threat is found and within 22 blocks of the copter itself, it strikes with a visible electric spark attack, dealing 8 damage per hit with a short cooldown between strikes. The electric particle effect appears on the target so you can clearly see it working.

Instant Retaliation

If a hostile mob directly damages you, any Guardian Copter nearby will immediately switch focus to that attacker, even if it was previously targeting a different mob.

Fire Immune & No Gravity

The Guardian Copter is immune to fire and lava, and hovers freely without being affected by gravity. It can fly over water and avoids hazardous blocks while navigating.

Player-Safe

The Guardian Copter cannot be damaged by players — attacks from players simply do not register against it.

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Crafting And Obtaining

Craft the Guardian Copter Beacon at a Crafting Table:

The recipe unlocks automatically once you have Redstone, Iron Ingots, a Compass, or an Ender Pearl in your inventory.

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Progression And Strategy

• Early game: The ingredients (iron, redstone, compass, ender pearl) are mid-early game materials, making the Guardian Copter accessible once you have explored a little and visited the Nether for the ender pearl trade or blaze farming.
• Combat support: The copter excels at handling swarms of weaker mobs (zombies, skeletons, phantoms) so you can focus on tougher enemies or resource gathering.
• Threat priority: It targets the closest hostile mob near you, so lead dangerous enemies toward your copter to maximize its effectiveness.
• Protect your copter: It has 80 HP but can be destroyed. Keep it away from prolonged fights against very strong mobs like the Warden. If destroyed, simply craft and use another Beacon.
• Drops: When destroyed, a Guardian Copter drops 1–3 Iron Ingots and 0–2 Redstone, partially recouping your crafting materials.