Summary (short description field): Iron Golems become dark armored knights with a halberd, 6 variants, combat animations and battle damage.

Dark Knight Iron Golem

by ERRE Mods and Textures

Your village's protector just got serious. Dark Knight Iron Golem turns every Iron Golem into a towering knight in blackened steel, wielding a halberd and wearing a tattered cape, with its own animations and battle damage.

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⚔️ Features

🛡️ A brand new knight model

• Full plate armor in a true Minecraft pixel style: V-shaped breastplate, layered spiked pauldrons, chainmail at the joints, brass trims and rivets.
• Closed helmet: you only see the villager's red eyes and big nose through the visor.
• Cape and heraldic tabard, plus a detailed halberd with a spear point, crescent blade, back hook, iron rings along the shaft and an iron butt cap.

🎲 6 random variants, picked for each golem:

🗡️ Combat animations

• While walking, the halberd rests on his back. Arms and legs swing wider, with working elbows and knees.
• When he targets a mob, he draws the halberd and holds it with both hands in a low guard, legs apart.
• Rising strike: the attack is a two-handed upward cut inspired by the Unterhau (under-strike) from Joachim Meyer's 1570 fencing manual. The blade drops back past his side, sweeps upward and hits edge-first.
• His eyes glow only while he's fighting.
• He still gives poppies to villagers, holding the flower in his gauntlet.

🩸 Battle damage

• Instead of cracks, the armor rusts as he gets hurt (below 75%, 50% and 25% health).
• His cape and tabard tear apart in 3 stages: cuts and holes first, then rags.
• Below 25% health, his right eye closes.

🗺️ Xaero's Minimap support (optional)

• Every variant gets its own radar icon, sized to match Xaero's default icons.

📦 Requirements

• Entity Model Features (EMF)
• Entity Texture Features (ETF)
• Works on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge (wherever EMF and ETF run).
• Optional: Xaero's Minimap / Xaero's World Map for the radar icons (set Entity Radar → Display Icons to Always).

🔧 Installation

1. Install EMF and ETF.
2. Drop the .zip into your resourcepacks folder.
3. Enable it in Options → Resource Packs and place it above any other pack that changes the Iron Golem.

❓ FAQ

Every golem looks the same? Make sure ETF is installed. Variants are picked per golem. The cape doesn't tear / the flower doesn't show? Update EMF and ETF to their latest versions. Can I use it in a modpack? Yes, in modpacks hosted on CurseForge, with credit. Re-uploading it anywhere else is not allowed.

📜 License

© 2026 ERRE Mods and Textures. All Rights Reserved. You may use this pack in your own worlds, on servers and in videos or streams. Do not re-upload, redistribute, sell or publish edited versions without written permission. Always link to this page.

💬 Credits

Made by ERRE Mods and Textures. Inspired by Human Era: Villagers & Illagers by CmdrMCNuggets.