Dungeons:Key Golem

Key Golem

Health points	1
Behavior	Passive
Classification	Golem

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A key golem is a small passive mob that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons.

Spawning

• Woodland Mansion
• Woodland Prison
• Cacti Canyon
• Desert Temple
• Lower Temple
• Highblock Halls
• Dingy Jungle (Secret area)
• Overgrown Temple
• Frosted Fjord (Secret area)
• Lone Fortress
• Windswept Peaks
• Gale Sanctum
• Colossal Rampart
• Nether Fortress
• Crimson Forest
• End Wilds
• Broken Citadel
• Tower

Behavior

Sleeping

Key golems are sleeping if the hero has not approached them.

Alert

Key golems wake up when the hero approaches it.

Run

Key golems attempts to runs the hero. The hero must hit it to collect it, at which point it gets strapped to the hero's back. If the hero is damaged while wearing the key golem, the key golem escapes and flees back to its original location, but if another entity hits it, then that entity gets the key golem on its back.

Panic

Key golems squirm and yell in fear while on the hero's back.

Picking up

Key golems can be picked up by certain mobs. If the mob gets killed, a key golem returns to its original location.

Sounds

Key Golem

Gold Echoes

Foley

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Blast Radius	Kill any 10 mobs at once with TNT.	—	30G	Silver
	Break the Spell	Defeat 50 enchanted mobs.	—	30G	Silver
	Diamond Sword	Defeat 2,500 mobs.	—	30G	Silver
	Passive Aggressive	Defeat 50 passive mobs.	—	10G	Bronze
	Wooden Sword	Defeat 50 mobs.	—	10G	Bronze
	Chill Out	Defeat 5 mobs with a single ice wand attack.	—	10G	Bronze
	Bubble Trouble	Using the bubble bow, have 10 mobs bubbled at the same time.	—	10G	Bronze
	Seafood Skewer	Defeat 10 mobs with a single trident explosion.	—	20G	Bronze

Data values

• In the game files, the key golem is listed internally as being categorized under the name BabyKey.
  • Key golems are referred to internally by the names BabyKey_Gold and GoldBabyKey.
• Key golems have nine animations. Except for the idle animation, all of the other animations have a variant named GoldBabyKey. but there is no difference between the two animations.

History

Minecraft Dungeons
September 29, 2018							During the trailer for Minecraft Dungeons, a key golem is seen twice. But not yet named.
May 17, 2019							During the interview with David Nisshagen about Minecraft Dungeons, key golems are mentioned at the end, but yet again, they are not yet named.
June 9, 2019							A key golem is shown in the Gameplay Reveal trailer for Minecraft Dungeons, and the name is finally revealed.
1.1.1.0							Added key golems.

Issues

Issues for Minecraft Dungeons relating to "Key Golem" are no longer maintained on the bug tracker since September 28, 2023.

Quotes

Gallery

Renders

• 
  Key golem.
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  Sleeping key golem.
• 
  Panicking key golem.

Animations

• 
  Key golem alert.
• 
  Key golem idle.
• 
  Key golem panic.
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  Key golem sleeping.
• 
  Key golem run.

Textures

• 
  Key golem texture file.
• 
  Key golem shadow texture file.

Screenshots

• 
  A naturally enchanted diamond key golem, only possible during a Daily Trial.
• 
  Every regular key golem was featured in Minecraft Dungeons first 2021 tweet.^[1]
• 
  The first time that a key golem appears in a trailer.
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  The second time that a key golem appears in a trailer.
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  A key golem as seen in a Twitter video highlight of the gameplay reveal trailer.^[2]
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  Sleeping key golems.^[3]

In other media

• 
  Artwork of a key golem.
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  A blanket featuring four key golems, two yellow, two blue.
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  A key golem plushie.
• 
  A key golem in the MINECON Live 2019 trailer.
• 
  A key golem appearing in a promotional image celebrating Minecraft Dungeons' 4th anniversary

References

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