Unique Wardens

Each Ancient city may hold a single Warden, and multiple Wardens cannot spawn there at the same time. Once a Warden is killed, the city is cleared and its shriekers stop shrieking, so the fight is a one-time event unless a ritual brings it back. The mod is meant to make the Warden a more rewarding encounter that is not repeated by simply searching for another city.

A defeated Warden yields an upgraded drop table, with enchanted golden apples and bottles o' enchanting among the rewards. A ritual is available for players who want to fight again: an altar is built inside the city with a Redstone block surrounded by Soul sand on four sides, a candle on the top Soul sand block, and four candles lit with flint and steel. The altar resembles the rituals used for the Wither and the Ender Dragon. The Warden it summons returns the city to life, and if it is left alone instead, the city wakes back up.

The mod is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, so it is open source, and its source code and issue tracker are public. It runs on Fabric and NeoForge, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for 1.21.1, 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, with 26.3-0.1.0 as the latest build for both loaders.