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Colossal Rampart Mission Walkthrough

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Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart

Colossal Rampart is the first and only Secret Mission for the Howling Peaks DLC 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!

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How to Unlock Colossal Rampart

Minecraft Dungeons - Windswept Peaks Unlock Colossal Rampart

Colossal Rampart is a Secret Mission which can be unlocked by finding a map in the previous Mission, Windswept Peaks. Check our guide below to find out how to unlock Colossal Rampart.

How to Unlock Colossal Rampart

Weapon Drops

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Tempest Knife ImageTempest Knife Chill Gale Knife ImageChill Gale Knife Wind Bow ImageWind Bow

Armor Drops

GuardGuard's Armor Climbing Gear ImageClimbing Gear Rugged Climbing Gear ImageRugged Climbing Gear
Emerald Gear ImageEmerald Gear

Artifact Drops

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Recommended Power for Each Difficulty

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

Mission Objectives

# Step by Step Objectives
1 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Investigate the Wall
Investigate the Wall
Investigate the formidable wall by following the objective markers.
2 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Locate the Outpost
Locate the Outpost
You'll reach an area with closed gates, and you need to defeat a horde of mobs to open them. Keep heading forward afterward.
3 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Enter the Outpost
Enter the Outpost
Afterward, keep following the objective marker to find the outpost and enter it.
4 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Find the Exit
Find the Exit
Inside the outpost, you will find a locked Gold gate, and the key is behind three colored gates. You must go through a series of colored doors, starting with the door on the right of the room, and solve the puzzles in each room to open the colored gates. To solve the puzzles, you must make the wind flow through all of the pipes in each room. Afterward, go back and take the key then insert it in the Gold gate to head to the next area.
5 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Open the Gate
Open the Gate
After exiting the outpost, follow the objective marker, and you will encounter a closed Blue gate. The key can be found to the left of the gate, but you must defeat a horde of mobs to bring the key to the gate.
6 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Follow the Wall
Follow the Wall
Keep investing the wall by following the objective marker.
7 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Survive the Ambush
Survive the Ambush
You will reach another area with multiple closed gates, defeat the horde of mobs here and continue onward. You will encounter an Illusioner here.
8 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Disable the Siege Gear
Disable the Siege Gear
In the next area, you must find two pieces of siege gear and interact with them to destroy both pieces.
9 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Find the Garrison
Find the Garrison
After destroying the siege gear, head east and upward in the objective marker's direction to find the Illagers' garrison then enter it.
10 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Find the Captain
Find the Captain
Inside the garrison, find the Captain by following the objective marker.
11 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Search for the Key
Search for the Key
You will eventually reach an area with a closed Gold gate and a Blue key. Take the key and and head back to the previous room then insert it in the Blue gate in the room. From there, keep moving forward to reach the room with the Gold key. You must push the button on the left side of the room to open the gate that leads to the Gold key.
12 Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Defeat the Captain
Defeat the Captain
After opening the Gold gate, enter the final room, where you must defeat waves of mobs. In the last wave, you must fight the Captain, and the gate to the exit will open after beating it.

Boss Strategy Guide

Illusioner

Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Illusioner Boss Fight

During the Survive the Ambush objective, you will encoutner an Illusioner in one of the waves of mobs that appear. Bring equipment that deal Area of Effect (AoE) damage to quickly eliminate the Illusioner and its clones.

How to Beat Illusioner

Captain

Minecraft Dungeons - Colossal Rampart Captain Boss Fight

While the Captain acts as the mission's final boss, it's actually just a powered up Illager with melee attacks. While its health and attack are higher than normal mobs, you can easily defeat it by keeping your distance and firing your arrows or using your artifacts.

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The Howling Peaks DLC

Howling Peaks Missions

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1 Windswept Peaks
2 Gale Sanctum
Secret Mission
1 Colossal Rampart

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