Craftable Shulkers as Golems The Shulker data file lists them as "endergolem" implying that Mojang may have considered introducing a new golem to the game, for whatever reason this wasn't implemented but still persists in the gamefiles.

I suggest that Mojang allow shulkers to be crafted as a golem. The golem would not be hostile to the player that created it, but would attack all other players, and any mobs that target the player.

This would allow the Shulker to be used as a form of base defence for players playing SMP, as currently the other golems either Ignore Players (Snow and Iron), or attack everything (WitherBoss).

~~The crafting recipe should include Purpur Blocks, and perhaps require an item obtained from a Shulker (a mob drop of "Shulker Pearls" perhaps).~~

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from /u/TheDominionLord
&gt; it should be built by placing a purpur block with an obsidian block on top and then topping it off by placing an ender crystal ontop of the obsidian.