Vex

For the feature in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Vex.

Vex

Health points	14 × 7
Behavior	Hostile
Attack strength	Easy: 5.5 × 2.75 Normal: 9 Hard: 13.5 × 6.75
Hitbox size	Height: 0.8 Blocks Width: 0.4 Blocks
Spawn	Summoned by evokers
Natural equipment	Iron Sword

Vexes are flying hostile mobs summoned in small groups by the spell-casting evoker.

Spawning

Vexes spawn 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. When summoned, exactly three vexes appear near the evoker. An evoker can summon additional vexes even if some still remain alive from the last summoning.

Drops

The vex's iron sword has a 0% chance of dropping, because its main hand's HandDropChances is 0. This is not affected by the Looting enchantment.^{[verify for Bedrock Edition]} 5 is also dropped on player kills.

Behavior

A vex attacking.

Vexes attack players, villagers‌^{[JE only]} or adult villagers‌^{[BE only]}, iron golems, wandering traders, snow golems,‌^{[BE only]} if an evoker summoned them, and any other target as commanded by their summoning evoker. They still attack these mobs even when they do not have a weapon. They are capable of flying through the air, and can freely pass through any block, including water and lava, without taking damage. While attacking, they glow red and lunge at their target. If any mob attacks a vex, any vexes in the area become hostile toward it.

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

When idle, vexes 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.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Vex vexes	?	?	entity.vex.ambient	subtitles.entity.vex.ambient	?	?	16
	Vex shrieks	?	?	entity.vex.charge	subtitles.entity.vex.charge	?	?	16
	Vex dies	?	?	entity.vex.death	subtitles.entity.vex.death	?	?	16
	Vex hurts	?	?	entity.vex.hurt	subtitles.entity.vex.hurt	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Vex	vex	entity.minecraft.vex

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Vex	vex	105	entity.vex.name

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

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

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template
  •  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 starts taking damage and LifeTicks is set to 20.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Adventure	Kill one of these 34 mobs. Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_a_mob
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Monster Hunter	Kill each of these 34 mobs. Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.	adventure/kill_all_mobs

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.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of vexes have been changed.
1.16.2		20w30a			The attack animation of unarmed vexes has been changed.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added vexes.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of vexes have been changed.
					Vexes are now hostile toward wandering traders.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Vexes are no longer hostile toward baby villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added vexes.
		1.90			The textures of vexes have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19					Added vexes.

Issues

Issues relating to "Vex" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Despite their ghostly appearances and their ability to phase through walls, vexes are not undead mobs.

Gallery

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  An evoker summoning vexes.

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  Two angry vexes flying toward their target, as their master watches.

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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.

References

Entities

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