Dungeons:The Stronghold

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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.

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 after opening the end portal and chosing not to enter the end, after collecting the eyes of ender dropped by the endersent found within the six endersent sightings. Attempting to open one of these gates without having collected its respective eye of ender will display the following message:

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:

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

The Stronghold

1. Find the End Portal

Travel to the End

1. Place the Eyes of the Ender

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 👁 A zoomed out image of the map.
  
  A zoomed out image of the map.
• 👁 The activated end portal found in the middle of the mission.
  
  The activated end portal found in the middle of the mission.
• 👁 A villager trapped in the dungeon.
  
  A villager trapped in the dungeon.
• 👁 An overhead view of where the hero first spawns in to this level.
  
  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 some kind of bridge.
• 👁 An overhead view of the library.
  
  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 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 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.
  
  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.
  
  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 of an area with several gibbets.
• 👁 An overhead view an area with a chasm.
  
  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.
  
  An overhead view of another off path section, with a few spring platforms visible in the background behind the wall.
• 👁 Image
  

• 👁 Inactive end portal
  
  Inactive end portal
• 👁 Active end portal
  
  Active end portal