Dungeons:Arch-Illager

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Archie

Health points	3200
Behavior	Hostile
Classification	Enemies
Mob category	Illager, Boss
Attack strength	Projectile: 45 Melee Attack: 75
Spawn	Obsidian Pinnacle

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The Arch-Illager, also known by his birth name Archie,^[1] is one of the two main antagonists (alongside the Orb of Dominance) of Minecraft Dungeons. He is the founder and leader of the illager empire in the game, and is a proxy for the Orb of Dominance to carry out its goals.

Spawning

• Obsidian Pinnacle

Behavior

The Arch-Illager has seven behaviors. If a hero or summon comes too close to him, he begins repeatedly teleporting around the arena and firing blasts after each teleport. His health pool is the second lowest of any boss in the game, although this is mitigated by the deadly Heart of Ender battle that takes place after his health is depleted. Additionally, the Arch-Illager, when he isn't a boss, flies around summoning bosses and battles to try and thwart the hero's efforts to stop him.

Basic attack

The Arch-Illager fires three purple energy blasts in a horizontal swath within 2500 units (approximately 25 blocks) of a hero or summon. Deals a small amount of damage if it hits (45 per energy blast in code). Used extremely often.

Each energy blast has an angle span of 20 degrees, a 0.5-second delay, and will automatically disappear after 20 seconds.

Melee attack

The Arch-Illager uses a melee attack to pushback heroes within 220 units (approximately 2.2 blocks), dealing a small amount of damage (75 in code) and knockback heroes.

As the Arch-Illager teleports away when the hero gets close, and this behaviour also uses the "Basic attack" animation, this behaviour is very rare and difficult to trigger.

Teleport

When a hero comes within 300 units (approximately 3 blocks) of the Arch-Illager, the Arch-Illager teleports 1350 units (approximately 13.5 blocks) in a random area around the hero to avoid taking much damage. Similarly to the enderman, the arch-illager can also hide in teleportation and not reappear instantly.Teleport In and Out both have a duration of 0.9 seconds.

Enhance

The Arch-Illager can enchant up to 5 hostile mobs within 1100 units (approximately 11 blocks) of himself, similar to the enchanter. The enchantment has 0.9 seconds delay and 2 seconds attack rate. Enchanted mobs will only take 0.333x damage and can deal 1.75x damage, and their speed will also be increased to 2x.

However, if the Arch-Illager teleports, the enchanting is broken off the mob.

Summon circle

Since the Arch-Illager is not much of a warrior, he is capable of summoning a group of Illagers to assist him, usually a circle of ten to twenty vindicators around the hero.

This skill has a 28-second cooldown.

Summon line

The Arch-Illager can also summon a line of twenty pillagers through the center of the arena.

This skill has a 28-second cooldown.

Summon single

The Arch-Illager rarely summons a single redstone golem. This mob is not powerful unlike other redstone golems, and unlike the Arch-Illager's other summoned mobs, it does not despawn once he is defeated. While this attack is used sparingly, it is his most powerful attack.

This skill has a 28-second cooldown.

Defeated in a whirlwind

Once the Arch-Illager has taken enough damage, his staff slips out of his hands, sucks him in, and absorbs him while transforming into the Heart of Ender.

Sounds

Music

Appear in other maps

Boss

Arch-Vessel

Opening Cinematic

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Arch-Visage

Data values

ID

Name	Variant	Blueprint	Level mob-type	Translation key
Arch-Illager	—	BP_ArchIllagerCharacter_C	archillager	mob_ArchIllager

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	High Treason	Defeat the Arch-Illager on Apocalypse difficulty.	—	100G	Gold
	Post Post-Apocalypse	Complete Obsidian Pinnacle on Apocalypse Plus 5 difficulty.	—	50G	Gold
	Saved The Overworld	Defeat the Arch-Illager at the Obsidian Pinnacle.	—	100G	Gold

History

Minecraft Dungeons
September 28, 2019							A Twitter video was released featuring the first appearance of the Arch-Illager in the opening cinematic.[2]
October 25, 2019							A Twitter video was released featuring the developers talking about the origin of the Arch-Illager.[3]
March 23, 2020							A Minecraft article was posted on twitter telling a fictional story of a Mojang employee investigating the Arch-Illager.[4]
March 24, 2020							The second part of the fictional story of a Mojang employee investigating the Arch-Illager was released on Twitter.[5]
1.1.1.0							Added the Arch-Illager.

Issues

Issues for Minecraft Dungeons relating to "Arch-Illager" are no longer maintained on the bug tracker since September 28, 2023.

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