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Bossing Tips

…and general guide on how to be prepared for this server's more difficult content!

Overview

Vanilla Minecraft is not very difficult. Even ModPacks like RLCraft aren't really difficult beyond the initial start, and that difficulty feels artificially caused by you being completely unprepared. The fight designs in this server, however, are made to force you to make use of every available resource, optimize your gear, coordinate with other players, and then still die (and get revived) a few times.

Boss fights do not count towards your “deaths” statistic, and each comes with a Practice Mode, which gives you free supplies, such as healing potions, golden apples, and Phoenix Down, to let you practice the fight without using up your own supplies. You should take advantage of this! These fights will most likely be much harder than anything you've ever encountered in Minecraft before! Practice Mode is a great way to gauge how much supplies you'll need to bring for the actual fight.

Endgame Content:



Example Inventory



Essential Gear

Note that God Apples and Totems of Undying are not listed here. God Apples are too rare to make effective use of, and Totems of Undying are arguably better turned into Phoenix Down to get more bang for your buck (at the cost of requiring another player to use them).


Phoenix Down (and Potions of Rescue)

Phoenix Downs can revive dead teammates. They are absolutely essential to any boss fight. Potions of Rescue reduce the time needed to use Phoenix Down, and can save a run in a pinch.

Item Description
Phoenix Down
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Revives a dead teammate to 4 hearts, as long as they haven't respawned or left the fight yet. Takes 6 seconds to activate, during which you cannot move.

Greater Phoenix Down
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Revives a dead teammate to full health, as long as they haven't respawned or left the fight yet. Takes 6 seconds to activate, during which you cannot move.

Potion of Rescue Brewed by adding a Honey Bottle to a Potion of Regeneration, requiring Level 25 Alchemy. When consumed, reduces Phoenix Down use time by 40% (80% with glowstone dust) for 3 minutes (8 minutes extended). Can be turned into Splash and Lingering forms.


Healing Items

Unlike most Vanilla Minecraft situations, you will NOT be able to subsist off natural food regen alone. You WILL NEED healing items, or you'll just get wittled down by damage and inevitably die.

Item Description
Golden Apple Your regular old golden apple. Gives 2 Absorption hearts instantly, and regens 2 additional hearts over the next 5 seconds. Not extremely strong individually, but stacks up to 64, saving inventory space. If you have them, you should bring them.

Splash Potion of Healing Your regular old potions of healing - useful for quick burst heals. Higher variants (Instant Health III and Instant Health IV) can be brewed with sufficiently high Alchemy levels. These will comprise the bulk of your healing - you should bring as many of these as you can!

Flask of Healing
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Potion Flasks carry 8 doses of a potion in a single inventory slot. Does NOT return the empty flask when all doses are used up. Mineral Glass is smelted from Mineral Sand, which can be purchased in the Quest Point Shop at a rate of 8 per quest point. Useful for when healing isn't urgent, and you want to save inventory space. You should bring several of these!

Potion of Absorption Brewed by adding a Golden Apple to an Awkward Potion, requiring Level 51 Alchemy. Gives 2 hearts of Absorption for 1:30 (2:30 extended), or 4 hearts of Absorption for 30s if glowstone dust is added. Useful for converting a single golden apple to 3 lots of absorption. These aren't super influential, and you don't need to bring them in the general case.

Potion of Regeneration Brewed by adding a Ghast Tear to an Awkward Potion, this vanilla potion gives some passive healing over time. Better versions can be brewed with sufficiently high Alchemy levels. These aren't super influential, and you don't need to bring them in the general case.


Temporary Buffs

Unlike most Vanilla Minecraft situations in which potions are completely overkill, using such potions (and food) are extremely highly recommended and will be helpful in all difficult encounters.

Item Description
Potion of Strength Your vanilla Strength potions. Increases melee attack damage by 3 per level.
Potion of Haste Brewed by adding a Fire Charge to an Awkward Potion, requiring Level 38 Alchemy. Increases attack speed by 10% per level.
Oysters on the Halfshell
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Cooking Level: 13
+3% Damage Resistance (45:00)

Attack Damage Food

Attack Speed Foods

Max Health Foods

Regeneration Foods


Armor

Full Enchanted Diamond/Netherite

* Some bosses bypass this rule, requiring full special protection to gain maximum protection


Melee Weapons

Enchanted Diamond/Netherite Swords and Axes

Having a Power Sword is extremely highly recommended, and even essential for higher-level content. A Power Sword turns Sneak + Left Click into a dashing attack, for both mobility and damage.

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Ranged Weapons

Enchanted Bows and Crossbows - the highest tier you have available.
The Fletching skill is used to craft the bows, but is not needed to actually use them.


AoE Damage

You may need ways to deal with summoned adds in certain boss fights.

Item Description
Magic Wand Many Magic Spells deal area damage.

Trident of the Seas Crafting a Trident with an Ocean's Essence converts the throwing attack to a magical projectile that deals splash damage in a small area.

Crossbow and Fireworks By holding Fireworks in your off-hand, you can load a Crossbow with them. The more firework stars are added to the firework, the more damage it deals upon exploding. (Vanilla mechanic)

Splash Potions A classic - splash healing and splash harming can work for AoE damage if no other means are available to you.