Minecraft Dungeons:Ancient

An Ancient is a boss-like version of several common mobs. Each ancient appears in its own special area that the hero might encounter during an ancient hunt. Ancients drop special gilded items. Offering equipment at the start of the hunt controls the list of ancients the hero might encounter, and offering enchantment points controls the chance the hero will encounter any ancient.

Ancient Offerings


Each ancient has a combination of Illageralt runes that it responds to. Rune requirements are satisfied by offering up a set of equipment that has the required runes attached. Only one, one , one and/or one  may be offered at a time. Multiple ancients can be called by a single overall offer.

For example,  can be called by offering up a   and a. The  can be added to the Ancient Hunt by additionally offering up a.

List of ancients
26 different ancients exist in Minecraft Dungeons.

10 Ancients are restricted to DLC due to their equipment drops:
 * requires Jungle Awakens.
 * requires Creeping Winter.
 * requires Howling Peaks.
 * and require Flames of the Nether.
 * and require Hidden Depths.
 * , and  require Echoing Void.

Trivia

 * Ancients can spawn enchanted; there is a minimum number of enchantments for each specific mob.
 * Due to a possible bug, ancients may spawn with additional enchantments that they are not supposed to bear.