The Monarch overview
How do you beat the The Monarch?Focus the Monarch rather than the Echo: defeating the Monarch ends both, and a killed Echo respawns anyway. It is a boss in Minecraft Dungeons II, with 1,400 health and hits of up to 18.
A boss in Minecraft Dungeons II with 1,400 health that hits for up to 18, found in Ravines.
1,400Health
18Top hit
600Poise
Health
Poise
- Type
- Boss
- Souls dropped
- 30
- Movement speed
- 450
The Monarch moveset
- Flying attack sequence 9 physical
- Charge 15 physical
- Melee attack 18 physical
Up close
At range & arena
SummonSummon
it roars and calls two sculk slashers and two sculk mages. It cannot summon again while they are alive.
Twirling dashClose
it pulls its right arm back and lunges in a spinning slash. Five seconds later, feather projectiles form along the dash path and fly at a nearby hero.
SpinRanged
it pulls its left arm back and spins rapidly toward a hero. Eight feathers form around the circle of the spin and fly at heroes five seconds later.
Multi-spinClose
it slashes with both arms, dashes forward and spins, then slashes once more.
Close twirlClose
at close range, a short twirl that deals contact damage.
The Monarch is a late-game sculker boss fought in the sculker nest, deep in the Sift. Mojang's design director called it a hard boss.
Once it has lost a quarter of its health, it summons the Monarch Echo, a spectral clone with the same attacks. Defeating the Monarch also defeats the Echo, but an Echo killed first comes back after a short while.
Every melee hit it lands on a hero heals it, so a run of hits taken can undo a lot of your damage.
Where you fight it: story quest "Wrath of the Sculkers" (Ravines); dungeon boss room "End of the procedural dungeon" (Ravines).
How to beat The Monarch
Focus the Monarch rather than the Echo: defeating the Monarch ends both, and a killed Echo respawns anyway.
Do not trade hits: each hit it lands restores its health. Burst it while an invulnerability artifact such as Warding Chimes is up, then back off until it is ready again.
Use jump attacks. Mojang's design director singled them out as particularly important for this boss.
Revive downed teammates together: reviving is faster the more players revive at once, which Mojang highlighted for boss fights.
To farm it, open System and choose Reset checkpoint after the kill: it spawns again without replaying the nest, and its drops include the Close Ranger and the Dreamruler Crown.