How to Make the Warden Sonic Boom Attack in Minecraft (Command Block)
Minecraft Java Edition 1.21+ and 26+ – Warden Sonic Attack with Cooldown and Scoreboard
In this tutorial, you will learn how to recreate the Warden Sonic Boom attack in Minecraft using command blocks.
This system works in Minecraft Java Edition 1.21+ and 26+ and uses a scoreboard timer to create a cooldown, along with a function to spawn particles, play sound effects, and deal damage automatically.
It is perfect for adventure maps, minigames, and custom server abilities.
Step 1: Let’s get the customized stick that will be used to perform the attack
give @p minecraft:stick[custom_data={WardenAttack:1},custom_name='[{"text":"Teste"}]',minecraft:enchantment_glint_override=true]
Step 2: The first command creates the scoreboard to act as a timer. The second command displays the timer on the sidebar, and the third sets each player's timer score to 0 to activate the detection in the next commands.
scoreboard objectives add temporizador dummy
scoreboard objectives setdisplay sidebar temporizador
scoreboard players set @a temporizador 0
You can place these 3 command blocks in a line facing the same direction. The first should be an orange (impulse) block with a button, and the last 2 should be chain blocks set to Always Active.
Step 3: Place 3 Repeat command blocks separately and set them to Always Active. Put the following commands in each one:
1st block detects if the player is holding the custom stick in their main hand and if their cooldown is 0, then it runs the Warden attack function
execute as @a run execute if items entity @s weapon.mainhand minecraft:stick[custom_data={WardenAttack:1}] run execute if score @s temporizador matches 0 run function comandos:warden_attack
2nd block detects if the timer has reached 60 and resets it (cooldown ends)
execute as @a run execute if score @s temporizador matches 60.. run scoreboard players set @s temporizador 0
3rd block adds 1 to the timer score on every game tick (0.05s) once the timer is 1 or more. Since we used 60 above, that equals 3 seconds of cooldown
execute as @a if score @s temporizador matches 1.. run scoreboard players add @s temporizador 1
Step 4: Let’s talk about the function. Inside it, we have multiple repeated commands that execute across 10 blocks of space
We check if the player is holding the custom stick and then run these commands
We use the particle command for the sonic attack visual effect and the effect command to apply damage
On mobs like skeletons or zombies it won’t work unless you replace instant_damage with instant_health
After running these 20 commands, the Warden's attack sound plays, and the ability goes on cooldown by setting the timer score to 1, which triggers the cooldown logic from Step 3 above
The function is too large to include here, so download it here and move it into your world folder. If you’ve never created a function before, watch this tutorial to understand and complete the process.
