Dungeons:The Stronghold

The Stronghold

Part of	Mainland
Minimum difficulty	III
Unlock predecessor	Squid Coast
Raid captains	Always has zero captains
Daily trials	Cannot have daily trials

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“	A FORGOTTEN PORTAL – A long-abandoned Stronghold has suddenly become a hub of activity. That can only mean one thing - something ominous has awoken within. Solve the mystery that lies within to find the path forward.	„
	— In-game story

The Stronghold is the eleventh mainland mission in Minecraft Dungeons, and is part of the Echoing Void DLC. It is unlocked after the completion of Squid Coast, and completing The Stronghold unlocks End Wilds.

Appearance and description

The Stronghold is an expansive underground dungeon on a remote taiga island located south-east of the mainland. It contains pathways lined with torn blue carpets, bridges suspended over bottomless pits, a flooded chamber, a wooden library hanging from the ceiling, and a prison area suspended over lava. It features stone ruins, amethyst geodes, torches, candles, barrels, crates, an elevator, silverfish falling from the cracks in the ceiling, six eye of ender gates, and an end portal in the center suspended over lava. The six eye of ender gates block off sections of the mission that contain obsidian chests, and will be lowered when collecting the eyes of ender dropped by the endersent found within the six endersent dungeons. Attempting to open one of these gates without having collected its respective eye of ender will display the following message:

“

This Dungeon Is Sealed! Return to camp and search the Overworld for Eyes of Ender and return them to the End portal to explore the area beyond.

„

Additionally, six hidden buttons can be found in different areas around The Stronghold. Activating all six of these buttons opens the entrance door to Vault in the room with the end portal. Attempting to enter the end portal without having collected all six eyes of ender will display the following message:

“

Activate The End Portal! Return to camp and search the Overworld for Eyes of Ender and bring them back here to activate the End portal and travel to the End.

„

After successfully collecting all six eyes of ender from the six endersent dungeons, the end portal can be entered. Entering the portal ends The Stronghold mission and automatically starts the End Wilds mission.

Locations

Name Level ID	Resource pack ID	Is required	Is DLC exclusive	Contains scroll	Contains rune room	Contains eye of ender
The Stronghold thestronghold the_stronghold_02	thestronghold	✔	Echoing Void	✖	✖	✖
Vault sub_strongholdvault	thestronghold	✖	Echoing Void	✖	✖	✖

Objectives

THE STRONGHOLD

1. FIND THE END PORTAL

TRAVEL TO THE END

1. PLACE THE EYES OF THE ENDER

Voiceovers

“	What dark force conspires deep in the depths of this abandoned Stronghold? As you enter these depths, you start to feel as if the very void itself is watching. But now that you’ve begun, you must follow this path to the end — No matter where it leads.	„
	— Opening voiceover

“	A once broken portal now stirs with dark power. Will you step inside?	„
	— Unused ending voiceover

Unlocking Vault

The secret door that leads to Vault, an optional sub dungeon where the Treasure Trove achievement is completed upon entering, can be unlocked by pressing six buttons found scattered around The Stronghold. These buttons are found in areas that are locked behind eye of ender doors, so the eyes of ender must be collected in order to activate all six buttons.

Button 1	Button 2	Button 3	Vault
Button 4	Button 5	Button 6

Mobs and entities

Native

Mob	Difficulty
	Ancient Hunt	Default	Adventure	Apocalypse
Cinematic
Bat	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endersent	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Orb Fragments	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Passive
Key Golem	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piggy Bank	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ambient
Villager	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hostile
Cave Spider	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Creeper	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Drowned	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endermite	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Necromancer	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Silverfish	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spider	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trident Drowned	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombie	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Powerful
Drowned Necromancer	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enderman	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Redstone Golem	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Special
Scuttling Torment	Yes	No	No	No

Items

Item	Difficulty
	Default	Adventure	Apocalypse
Armor
Entertainer's Garb	Yes	Yes	Yes
Evocation Robe	No	No	Yes
Mystery Armor	No	No	Yes
Soul Robe	No	Yes	Yes
Spelunker Armor	Yes	Yes	Yes
Thief Armor	Yes	Yes	Yes
Consumables
Apple	Yes	Yes	Yes
Arrow Bundle	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bread	Yes	Yes	Yes
Burning Brew	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pork	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shadow Brew	Yes	Yes	Yes
Strength Potion	Yes	Yes	Yes
Swiftness Potion	Yes	Yes	Yes
TNT	Yes	Yes	Yes
Melee Gear
Double Axe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gauntlets	No	No	Yes
Glaive	No	Yes	Yes
Katana	No	Yes	Yes
Mace	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ranged Gear
Scatter Crossbow	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shortbow	No	Yes	Yes
Soul Crossbow	Yes	Yes	Yes

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	To the End!	Travel through the End portal to the End wilds.	—	10G	Bronze
	Treasure Trove	Enter the stronghold vault.	—	50G	Silver

Data values

• In the game files, The Stronghold is referred to internally by the name TheStronghold.
  • In the game files, the eye of ender doors are referred to internally by the name StrongholdEyeDoor yet are referred to in the update patch notes as the eye of ender doors.

History

[hide]Minecraft Dungeons
1.10.2.0							Added The Stronghold.

Trivia

• The mission was first announced in the same video that revealed the official name of the endersent.
• The Stronghold has the largest and most versatile loot table, with more drops than any other mission.
• This is the only mission to:
  • Have the double axe and its unique counterparts available on default difficulty.
  • Not give a mission loot chest when completed.
  • Not have any artifacts in its loot table.
  • Transition directly into another mission after completion.

Sounds

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Mission select map intro cinematic	D6_mix_cin_cinematic1_thstIntro-001.ogg
	The Stronghold outro cinematic	D6_mix_cin_cinematic2_thstOutro-001.ogg

Music

OST

Ambient

Peter Hont - "The Stronghold" (view on YouTube) [show]

Cinematic

Peter Hont - "To." (view on YouTube) [show]

Ambush

Peter Hont - "Drawn" (view on YouTube) [show]

In-game

[hide]Ambient
Sound	Description	Resource location
	The Stronghold	D6_bgm_env_thstMain-001.ogg

[hide]Cinematic
Sound	Description	Resource location
	To.	D6_bgm_cin_thstIntro-001.ogg

[hide]Ambush
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Drawn	D6_bgm_env_thstSidequestLoop-001.ogg​ D6_bgm_env_thstSidequestEnd-001.ogg​

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  A zoomed out image of the map.

• 

  The activated end portal found in the middle of the mission.

• 

  A villager trapped in the dungeon.

• 

  An overhead view of where the hero first spawns in to this level.

• 

  An overhead view of some kind of bridge.

• 

  An overhead view of the library.

• 

  An overhead view of another part of the library, this time with an obsidian chest visible.

• 

  An overhead view of one of the off path sections, with a spruce tree seen at the top right.

• 

  An overhead view of the dungeon area where the villagers are trapped.

• 

  Another view of the same area, this time showing an additional section bound with giant chains with a stone pillar at the end of said section.

• 

  An overhead view of an area with several gibbets.

• 

  An overhead view an area with a chasm.

• 

  An overhead view of another off path section, with a few spring platforms visible in the background behind the wall.

• 

Renders

• 

  Inactive end portal

• 

  Active end portal