Minecraft Dungeons:Highblock Halls

The Highblock Halls is the ninth location $$. It grants access to the secret mission, which is possible to find at the end of the starting hallway below some stairs. It is unlocked after the hero beats and.

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The Highblock Castle is the abode of the Arch-Illager. This mission takes place in the main halls of the formidable, acting as a final refuge for the Arch-Illager. The halls are full of Arch-Illager statues riding dragons, fine furnishings, and decorative windows. There are symbols of the diminutive despot, the Arch-Illager's reign of terror hanging from the walls.

The keep is highly protected by the Arch-Illager's royal guard, who are strong and loyal. The castle is full of all variants of Illager except geomancers, iceologers, mountaineers, and illusioners. They range from lowly pillagers and vindicators to the heavily armored royal guards. There are also wraiths that lie around in the hall causing infernos with their soul fire.

Highblock Keep is filled to the brim with plush rugs, luxurious chandeliers, and all manners of delicious food as the illagers are having a party. This gives the heroes an opportunity to spoil the illager's plans. Somewhere in the middle of the mission, the heroes find a small open-air courtyard crawling with zombies, skeletons, creepers, and spiders. The key golem is needed in order to unlock the gate that leads back into the halls. There is a well on one side of the courtyard which has a shortcut to the area but always spawns an evoker miniboss that leads to where the hero destroys the buffet.

After entering the halls, there are vindicator chefs near the buffet tables. Destroying one of the several buffet tables prevents the Illagers from regaining their strength. Other than that, the heroes are also rewarded with a cascade of Emeralds each time they destroy one. Once the heroes arrive at the grand throne, the Arch-Illager appears, and the heroes try to confront him. But the Arch-Illager decides he's not ready for a confrontation from the heroes, so he summons more mobs with a snap, then flees.

After the hero defeats all the waves, a hallway behind the grand throne appears and leads onward into the, where the hero continues to pursue the Arch-Illager.



Appearance
The Highblock Halls is a large castle built by the Arch-Illager's army upon a lone mountain covered in storm clouds. Within its interior, many of the hallways are seen decorated with suits of armor, banners, various fancy furniture, and other adornments such as chandeliers and rugs. The castle also contains a library, a large courtyard area full of undead mobs and some market stalls, a dining room and kitchen where vindicator chefs cook meals, and a large throne room where the Arch-Illager resides with a large door leading directly to the roof of the castle. Illagers patrol the entire castle, and statues can be seen throughout the level. Shields are hung up on some walls, with swords sometimes crossing them. It is one of the few places where royal guards can naturally spawn.

Trivia

 * Highblock halls is an indoor part of a set of missions known as "Highblock Castle". It was originally known as the "Highblock Keep".
 * The shortcut leading to the buffet tables is similar to the slimy sewers, a cut mission where the hero infiltrates the castle through its sewer system.
 * There is a hidden area in the personal chambers of Archie containing a bathtub with ducks.