> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://machina-1.gitbook.io/machina-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://machina-1.gitbook.io/machina-docs/llamas/guardians.md).

# Guardians

Any of your llamas can be set to **stand guard** over a spot — a sentry that spits at hostile mobs that wander too close.

## Make a guardian

Put a **red carpet** in the llama's decoration slot (open the llama and place it in the carpet/decor slot). The moment it's wearing red, it stops marching with the caravan and takes up guard where it stands.

* Remove the red carpet and it stands down, ready to rejoin the caravan.
* **Sneak + right-click the air** with the Drover's Stick (the halt gesture) also stands down your guardians.

## What it does

A guardian watches a radius around its post. When a hostile comes into range it **spits** — dealing damage, applying **Slowness**, and knocking the target back — then waits out a short cooldown before spitting again.

## Wolf protectors

A guardian llama holds a spot; a **wolf protector** travels with you. Hold the **Drover's Stick** and **right-click your own tamed wolf** to set it as a caravan protector — it then proactively goes after hostiles near the caravan instead of only reacting when you're hit. **Right-click it again** to stand it down.

The wolf keeps all its normal behaviour — it still follows you and fights as a vanilla wolf does; we just hand it a target on a short interval. The reach is `protector.radius` (default 16) in [Configuration](/machina-docs/llamas/configuration.md).

## Tuning

The detection radius, spit damage, Slowness duration, cooldown, and knockback are all configurable under `guard` in [Configuration](/machina-docs/llamas/configuration.md).

| Setting            | Default | What it does                  |
| ------------------ | ------- | ----------------------------- |
| `radius`           | `12`    | Detection radius for hostiles |
| `spit-damage`      | `3.0`   | Damage per spit               |
| `slow-seconds`     | `4`     | Slowness applied on hit       |
| `cooldown-seconds` | `1.5`   | Minimum time between spits    |
| `knockback`        | `0.5`   | Horizontal push on the target |

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*Caravans is built by* [***Machina***](https://wearemachina.com) *— custom Minecraft plugins and more at* [*wearemachina.com*](https://wearemachina.com)*.*


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