Dungeons II:Monarch

Monarch

Health points	1400
Behavior	Hostile
Speed	450
Spawn	Ravines
Codename	Shade Scavenger Boss

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A monarch is a sculker boss found in the Sift. It is the leader of sculkers, always found in sculker nests, where it summons other sculkers to help it in battle.

Lore

Monarchs are leaders to the sculkers, residing in sculker nests as they rule over other sculkers. Monarchs are implied to be the top of the Sift's ecosystem. With the illagers invading the Sift, harvesting ichor and capturing tuners, started stirring a sculker monarch along with other sculkers. The heroes fight a monarch in a sculker nest to take the ichor cores it took from the illagers.

Spawning

A monarch is fought during the Wrath of the Sculkers quest, within a sculker nest in the ravines. The monarch does not have a revive quest, Instead, it respawns when the world is reset. Monarchs can also spawn in ravine dungeons.

Behavior

The monarch is a tall enemy that strides slowly through its arena. Successful melee attacks on heroes will heal the monarch.

Heel stomp

At a close range, it can perform a short twirl, dealing contact damage to heroes.

Summon

The monarch roars, summoning two stalkers and two scavengers. It cannot perform this attack while its summons are alive.

Dash strike

The monarch reels its right arm back before lunging forward in a twirling slash, dealing damage as it moves. After five seconds, several feather projectiles form along its dash path, flying towards a nearby hero.

Hover loop

The monarch reels its left arm back, proceeding to rapidly spin toward a hero to deal damage. Afterwards, eight feathers form in the circle of its spin, flying into heroes after five seconds.

Calamity combo

The monarch reels both arms back and then slashes forward. It then dashes forward and spins, and then slashes once more.

Monarch Echo

Monarch Echo

Health points	420
Behavior	Hostile
Speed	450
Codename	Shade Clone

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Once it loses a fourth of its health, the monarch summons a monarch echo, a spectral clone of itself capable of the same attacks. Upon defeating the monarch, the monarch echo dies as well. This clone has considerably less health than the monarch itself. If the clone is defeated before the Monarch, a new one will be spawned after a short period.

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	Steam API name	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Regicide	DEFEAT_A_MONARCH	Defeat a monarch	—	40G	Silver

History

August 20, 2026							The monarch appears in gameplay footage.
September 9, 2026							The name of the monarch was discovered in the regicide achievement blurb.
September 26, 2026							The monarch is confirmed to be a boss during the Minecraft Live - September 2026 aftershow.
							Gameplay of the boss fight is shown, including an explanation of the monarch echo.
Minecraft Dungeons II
1.1.1.0							Added the monarch and monarch echoes.

Gallery

Textures

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  Monarch texture file

Concept artwork

• 
  Monarch

Official artwork

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  The monarch in the Regicide achievement

Screenshots

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  The monarch in the trailer
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  The monarch slashing
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  A monarch echo
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  The monarch and the monarch echo