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HOSTILE Present since 1.14 or earlier

Vex mob in Minecraft

The Vex is the small winged spirit that an Evoker summons, armed with an iron sword. It flies straight through walls and floors, so hiding does not work: kill it quickly, or better, kill the Evoker that keeps calling it.

Health: 147 hearts
Behavior: Hostile
Found in: Not in the wild

Vex stats

Health: 14 7 hearts
Behavior: Hostile
Spawns in: —
Size: 0.4 × 0.8 blocks
XP when killed: 3+1 to 3 per item it wears
Detection range: 16 blocks

// Experience drops only when a player kills it.

How much damage Vex deals

Damage to a player without armor, by world difficulty. 1 ♥ = 2 damage points.

Melee attack

Peaceful00 ♥

Easy31.5 ♥

Normal42 ♥

Hard63 ♥

+5 with Iron Sword

// Armor, Protection and Resistance reduce these values. Base values read from the game code (26.3).

Where to find Vex

Doesn’t spawn naturally in a biome: it comes from a structure, a spawner, a block or an event.

Vex drops

Nothing.

Health compared

Health vs other hostile mobshealth points

Magma Cube16

Parched16

Slime16

Vex14

Ghast10

Endermite8

Silverfish8

Advancements with Vex

Advancements whose criteria involve this mob, from the game files.

Monster HunterKill any hostile monster Monsters HuntedKill one of every hostile monster

Command

Summon a Vex/summon →

/summon minecraft:vex ~ ~ ~

Where Vexes come from

Vexes never spawn on their own in the world. They appear when an Evoker casts its summoning spell, three at a time, in Woodland Mansions and during raids. If you meet Vexes, an Evoker is nearby.

How a Vex attacks

A Vex flies freely and ignores blocks: it can come at you through a wall, the ceiling or the floor. It circles around, then dives at you and strikes with its iron sword. Its small size and fast, erratic flight make it hard to hit, especially when several of them attack together.

Vexes summoned by an Evoker are short-lived. After a while, they start to lose health and die on their own, even if nobody touches them. Walling yourself in will not save you, but surviving a few waves of Vexes while you deal with the Evoker is enough.

How to deal with Vexes

Kill the Evoker first. Each new spell adds three Vexes. Ending the cast is the real fix.
Use a sword with Sweeping Edge. A sweep hits several Vexes at once when they group around you.
Block with a shield when a Vex dives, then strike back as it pulls away.
Fight in a lit, open room so you can see them come out of the walls.

Vex or Allay?

The Allay is a friendly blue spirit that collects items for you. The Vex is grey, hostile and carries a sword. Both are found in mansions, the Allay locked in cells and the Vex only when an Evoker summons it.

A Vex leaves no loot behind, so there is no reason to farm them.

✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026