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Minecraft Dungeons

Highblock Halls Mission Walkthrough | Highblock Halls Secrets

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Highblock Halls is the ninth Mission in Minecraft Dungeons. Learn how to get through this level, what gear and artifacts can be found here, and tips and strategies for beating it!

Previous Mission Current Mission Next Mission
Fiery Forge
Desert Temple
Soggy Swamp
Pumpkin Pastures
Highblock Halls Obsidian Pinnacle
Unlockable Secret Mission
Underhalls

Basic Information

How to Unlock Highblock Halls

Highblock Halls is a normal mission which can be accessed by progressing the game normally through the game. Clear the previous Missions, Pumpkin Pasture, Soggy Swamp, Desert Temple, and Fiery Forge.

Weapon Drops

Axe ImageAxe Power Bow ImagePower Bow Rapid Crossbow ImageRapid Crossbow
Scatter Crossbow ImageScatter Crossbow Mace ImageMace Elite Power Bow ImageElite Power Bow
Lightning Harp Crossbow ImageLightning Harp Crossbow Highland Axe ImageHighland Axe Harp Crossbow ImageHarp Crossbow
Flail ImageFlail Auto Crossbow ImageAuto Crossbow Sabrewing ImageSabrewing

Armor Drops

Soul Robe ImageSoul Robe Souldancer Robe ImageSouldancer Robe GuardGuard's Armor

Artifact Drops

Death Cap Mushroom ImageDeath Cap Mushroom Fireworks Arrow ImageFireworks Arrow Light Feather ImageLight Feather
Love Medallion ImageLove Medallion

Recommended Power for Each Difficulty

Recommended Power
I II III IV V VI VII
Default - - - 16 22 27 33
Adventure - - - 51 56 62 68
Apocalypse - - - 86 91 97 103

Gear and Artifact Power for Each Difficulty

Gear and Artifact Power
I II III IV V VI
Default - - - 18-25 18-27 18-29
Adventure - - - 18-36 18-37 18-39
Apocalypse - - - 65-79 65-80 65-82

Note: These are base values and will increase based on highest Power reached.

Mission Objectives

# Step by Step Objectives
1 Highblock Hall Reach the Throne Room
Reach the Throne Room
Follow the markers to the throne room.
2 Highblock Hall Find the Gold Key
Survive the Ambush or Find the Gold Key
The Arch-Illager will not make it easy for you. You will either have to survive an ambush or find a Gold Key in order to progress.
3 Highblock Hall Go Down the Well
Head Down the Well
You wil encounter a Gold Gate in your way but no key. Find the well nearby and head down into it to get into the dining halls!
4 Highblock Hall Destroy the Buffet
Destroy the Buffet
Wreak some havoc by destorying the buffets. There are 4 buffets to destroy at first. In the next room is 8 and lastly another 4 before you face the Arch-Illager.
5 Highblock Hall Confront the Arch-Ilager
Confront the Arch-Illager
Follow the markers to finally reach the throne room and face the Arch-Illager!
6 Highblock Halls Defeat the Guards
Defeat the Guards
The Arch-Illager was not alone. Defeat his guards to get to him!
7 Highblock Halls Pursue the Arch-Illager
Pursue the Arch-Illager
The Arch-Illager has ran away. Head through the exit to pursue him and complete the mission!

Secret Level

Underhalls

Highblock Halls Secret Underhalls.jpg
Near the start of the mission you will encounter a door with two shields to the sides. Interact one with one of the shields and the door will open. Enter the room and interact with the pedestal to unlock Underhalls!

How to Unlock All Secret Levels

Rune Location

Highblock Halls Rune

Highblock Halls Rune Location
The Rune is located in the raining courtyard area in the mission. In the northern part of the courtyard up the stairs near the statue of the Arch-Illager you will find a switch on the wall that will open the secret room containing the Highblock Halls Rune!

Note: The secret switches to find the runes only appear after finding the Church after beating the game the first time.

All Rune Locations | Where to Find All the Runes\

Eye of Ender Location

# Step by Step Objectives
1
Turn Left Below the Buffet
During the Destroy the Buffet objective, go south of the buffet, and you will see an open path to the left. Follow the path until the end.
2 Minecraft Dungeons - Eye of Ender Highblock Halls Pull the Levers
Pull the Levers
As you continue down the path, you will find yourself blocked by multiple gates. Find levers in the area and pull them to unlock the gates then continue forward until you reach an entrance to a new area.
3 Minecraft Dungeons - Eye of Ender Highblock Halls Go Through Entrances
Go Through the Entrances
After entering the next area, keep moving forward until you reach another entrance. This process will repeat until you reach the final room.
4 Minecraft Dungeons - Eye of Ender Highblock Halls Defeat Endersent
Defeat the Endersent
In the final room, you must fight the Endersent. Defeat it and get the Eye of Ender, then exit the mission.

All Eyes of Ender Locations

Chest Locations

Chest on a Platform

Highblock Hall Chest
This chest is hard to miss, but then you will have to deal with a tough fight if you open the chest. You will have to survive an onslaught of arrows before stairs appear. A Totem of Shielding is recommended to have when opening the chest.

Tips & Strategies

Area of Effect Artifacts and Enchantments are Recommended

You will have to fight a lot of mobs in this mission and a lot of the fighting is in tight spaces or have chasms. A good Artifact to use here is the Wind Horn. It can push enemies into the chasm or give you the needed space to fight!

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All Story Missions

No.Mission
1Squid Coast
2Creeper Woods
3Pumpkin Pastures
4Soggy Swamp
5Cacti Canyon
6Redstone Mines
7Desert Temple
8Fiery Forge
9Highblock Halls
10Obsidian Pinnacle

All Secret Missions

No.Mission
2-SCreepy Crypt
3-SArch Haven
4-SSoggy Cave
7-SLower Temple
9-SUnderhalls
?Secret Cow Level (???)

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21 Anonymous Anonymous almost 5 years

That’s insane

20 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

Yeah. Is it that rare? Cuz like 40% of the time there were two pigs that have chests on their back.

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