Dungeons:Ancient Hunt

Ancient Hunt
Part of	Other Dimensions;
Minimum difficulty	I
Unlock predecessor	Complete any mission on Default V
Raid captains	Always has zero captains
Daily trials	Cannot have daily trials

Ancient Hunt is the first other dimensions mission in Minecraft Dungeons. It is unlocked after completing any mission on Default V or higher, and completing Ancient Hunt unlocks the piglin merchant.

Appearance and description

The ranged weapon selection interface for configuring an ancient hunt.

Ancient Hunt is a sequence of three sub-missions connected by two nether portals. It can be accessed by clicking on a nether portal found within Nether Room, a sub dungeon within Camp, as well as from the other dimensions tab on the mission select map. Ancient Hunt is the only mission in the game where gold can be obtained from mobs and chests. The ordinary mobs found within Ancient Hunt are more varied than in other locations, and never drop equipment when defeated.

Hunt doors lead to ancient dungeons and Gold Room.

There are always three sub-missions within Ancient Hunt, and the specific sub-missions that generate are random with no duplication. The three sub-missions can contain hunt doors, which lead to Gold Room or one of the various ancient dungeons. Gold Room contains piglin chests, which reward the hero with gold. Ancient dungeons contain ancients, a type of powerful mob which drops gilded gear upon being defeated.

Starting Ancient Hunt requires sacrificing equipment, and optionally up to nine enchantment points which increase the spawn rate of ancient dungeons, and in turn decrease the spawn rate of Gold Room. The different types of melee weapons, ranged weapons, armor, and artifacts have different runes associated with them:

Specific rune combinations are required to enable specific ancient dungeons to spawn within Ancient Hunt, and at least once ancient dungeon type must be able to spawn before the mission can be started. Ten ancients require items received through DLCs for them to be summoned. If the items are required through other means, these ancients may be summoned without owning any DLCs. Frostwarden requires items from Creeping Winter, Windbeard requires items from Howling Peaks, The Unending and Unstoppable Tusk require items from Flames of the Nether, Vengeful Mariner and Abyssal Eye require items from Hidden Depths, and Scuttling Torment, The Swarm, and Watcher of The End require items from Echoing Void. Consult the following tables to see the runes that specific equipment provide:

Melee Rune Table
Icon	Name `Level ID`
Icon	Name `Level ID`	`Rune U`	`Rune C`	`Rune O`	`Rune S`	`Rune R`	`Rune I`	`Rune P`	`Rune T`	`Rune A`
	Anchor `Anchor`						✔
	Axe `Axe`						✔
	Battlestaff `Battlestaff`						✔
	Battlestaff of Terror `Battlestaff_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Bee Stinger `Rapier_Unique1`	✔					✔	✔
	Bone Cudgel `Boneclub_Unique1`						✔
	Boneclub `Boneclub`						✔
	Broadsword `Claymore_Unique2`						✔		✔
	Broken Sawblade `Chainsword`								✔
	Chill Gale Knife `TempestKnife_Unique2`		✔		✔
	Claymore `Claymore`								✔
	Cursed Axe `DoubleAxe_Unique2`						✔		✔	✔
	Cutlass `Cutlass`						✔
	Daggers `Daggers`						✔
	Dancer's Sword `Cutlass_Unique2`		✔				✔
	Dark Katana `Katana_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Diamond Pickaxe `Pickaxe_Unique1_Steel`						✔			✔
	Diamond Sword `Sword_Unique1`						✔
	Double Axe `DoubleAxe`						✔		✔
	Eternal Knife `SoulKnife_Unique2`			✔
	Fangs of Frost `Daggers_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Fighter's Bindings `Gauntlets_Unique3`		✔				✔
	Firebrand `Axe_Unique1`						✔			✔
	Flail `Mace_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Fortune Spear `Spear_Unique2`				✔
	Freezing Foil `Rapier_Unique2`				✔		✔	✔
	Frost Scythe `SoulScythe_Unique2`			✔	✔
	Frost Slayer `Claymore_Winter1`						✔		✔
	Gauntlets `Gauntlets`						✔
	Glaive `Glaive`				✔
	Grave Bane `Glaive_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Great Axeblade `Claymore_Unique3`		✔						✔
	Great Hammer `Hammer`								✔
	Growing Staff `Battlestaff_Unique1`						✔
	Hammer of Gravity `Hammer_Unique2`								✔	✔
	Hawkbrand `Sword_Unique2`						✔
	Heartstealer `Claymore_Unique1`						✔		✔
	Highland Axe `Axe_Unique2`				✔		✔
	Jailor's Scythe `SoulScythe_Unique1`			✔						✔
	Katana `Katana_Unique2`						✔
	Mace `Mace`						✔
	Master's Katana `Katana_Unique1`						✔
	Maulers `Gauntlets_Unique2`		✔				✔
	Mechanized Sawblade `Chainsword_Unique1`		✔						✔
	Moon Daggers `Daggers_Unique2`			✔			✔
	Nameless Blade `Cutlass_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Nightmare's Bite `Sickles_Unique1`						✔
	Pickaxe `Pickaxe_Steel`						✔
	Rapier `Rapier`						✔	✔
	Resolute Tempest Knife `TempestKnife_Unique1`		✔				✔
	Sheer Daggers `Daggers_Unique3`						✔
	Sickles `Sickles`						✔
	Sinister Sword `Sword_Spooky1`						✔
	Soul Fists `Gauntlets_Unique1`			✔			✔
	Soul Knife `SoulKnife`			✔
	Soul Scythe `SoulScythe`			✔
	Spear `Spear`				✔
	Stormlander `Hammer_Unique1`								✔	✔
	Sun's Grace `Mace_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Sword `Sword_Steel`						✔
	Tempest Knife `TempestKnife`		✔
	The Last Laugh `Sickles_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Truthseeker `SoulKnife_Unique1`			✔			✔
	Venom Glaive `Glaive_Unique2`				✔					✔
	Vine Whip `Whip_Unique1`				✔		✔
	Whip `Whip`				✔
	Whirlwind `DoubleAxe_Unique1`						✔		✔	✔
	Whispering Spear `Spear_Unique1`				✔		✔

Ranged Rune Table
Icon	Name `Level ID`
Icon	Name `Level ID`	`Rune U`	`Rune C`	`Rune O`	`Rune S`	`Rune R`	`Rune I`	`Rune P`	`Rune T`	`Rune A`
	Ancient Bow `HuntingBow_Unique3`	✔	✔
	Auto Crossbow `RapidCrossbow_Unique2`		✔			✔
	Azure Seeker `Crossbow_Unique2`		✔			✔
	Baby Crossbows `DualCrossbows_Unique2`					✔
	Bonebow `Bow_Unique1`					✔
	Bow `Bow`					✔
	Bow of Lost Souls `SoulBow_Unique2`			✔		✔
	Burst Crossbow `BurstCrossbow`					✔		✔
	Burst Gale Bow `WindBow_Unique2`		✔				✔
	Butterfly Crossbow `RapidCrossbow_Unique1`				✔	✔
	Cog Crossbow `CogCrossbow`					✔
	Corrupted Crossbow `BurstCrossbow_Unique2`		✔			✔		✔
	Crossbow `Crossbow`					✔
	Doom Crossbow `HeavyCrossbow_Unique1`						✔
	Dual Crossbows `DualCrossbows`					✔
	Echo of the Valley `WindBow_Unique1`					✔	✔
	Elite Power Bow `PowerBow_Unique1`					✔	✔
	Exploding Crossbow `ExplodingCrossbow`						✔
	Feral Soul Crossbow `SoulCrossbow_Unique1`			✔
	Firebolt Thrower `ExplodingCrossbow_Unique2`						✔
	Guardian Bow `Longbow_Unique1`				✔	✔
	Harp Crossbow `ScatterCrossbow_Unique1`						✔		✔
	Haunted Bow `Bow_Spooky1`				✔		✔
	Heavy Crossbow `HeavyCrossbow`						✔
	Hunter's Promise `HuntingBow_Unique1`	✔				✔
	Hunting Bow `HuntingBow`	✔
	Imploding Crossbow `ExplodingCrossbow_Unique1`						✔			✔
	Lightning Harp Crossbow `ScatterCrossbow_Unique2`						✔		✔
	Longbow `Longbow`					✔
	Love Spell Bow `Shortbow_Unique3`				✔	✔
	Master's Bow `HuntingBow_Unique2`	✔				✔
	Mechanical Shortbow `Shortbow_Unique2`		✔			✔
	Nocturnal Bow `SoulBow_Unique1`		✔	✔
	Power Bow `PowerBow`					✔	✔
	Pride of the Piglins `CogCrossbow_Unique1`					✔	✔
	Purple Storm `Shortbow_Unique1`		✔			✔
	Rapid Crossbow `RapidCrossbow`					✔
	Red Snake `Longbow_Unique2`					✔				✔
	Sabrewing `PowerBow_Unique2`				✔	✔	✔
	Scatter Crossbow `ScatterCrossbow`								✔
	Shivering Bow `SoulBow_Winter1`		✔	✔
	Shortbow `Shortbow`					✔
	Slayer Crossbow `HeavyCrossbow_Unique1`					✔	✔
	Snow Bow `SlowBow`				✔
	Soul Bow `SoulBow`			✔
	Soul Crossbow `SoulCrossbow`			✔
	Soul Hunter Crossbow `BurstCrossbow_Unique1`			✔		✔		✔
	Spellbound Crossbows `ExplodingCrossbow_Unique1`					✔				✔
	The Green Menace `Trickbow_Unique1`					✔				✔
	The Pink Scoundrel `Trickbow_Unique2`					✔	✔
	The Slicer `Crossbow_Unique1`					✔
	Trickbow `TrickBow`					✔
	Twin Bow `Bow_Unique2`				✔	✔
	Twisting Vine Bow `TwistingVineBow`					✔
	Voidcaller `SoulBow_Unique2`			✔						✔
	Weeping Vine Bow `TwistingVineBow_UNique1`		✔			✔
	Wind Bow `WindBow`						✔
	Winter's Touch `SlowBow_Unique1`				✔	✔

Armor Rune Table
Icon	Name `Level ID`
Icon	Name `Level ID`	`Rune U`	`Rune C`	`Rune O`	`Rune S`	`Rune R`	`Rune I`	`Rune P`	`Rune T`	`Rune A`
	Archer's Armor `ArchersStrappings_Unique1`		✔			✔
	Arctic Fox Armor `WolfArmor_Winter1`	✔			✔				✔
	Battle Robe `BattleRobe`						✔			✔
	Beehive Armor `BeenestArmor_Unique1`	✔						✔	✔
	Beenest Armor `BeenestArmor`	✔						✔
	Black Wolf Armor `WolfArmor_Unique2`	✔	✔		✔
	Cave Crawler `SpelunkersArmor_Unique1`	✔					✔
	Champion's Armor `ChampionsArmor`								✔
	Climbing Gear `ClimbingGear`								✔
	Dark Armor `DarkArmor`			✔					✔
	Ember Robe `EvocationRobe_Unique1`				✔		✔			✔
	Emerald Gear `EmeraldArmor`									✔
	Evocation Robe `EvocationRobe`				✔					✔
	Fox Armor `WolfArmor_Unique1`	✔			✔				✔
	Frost Armor `SnowArmor_Unique1`				✔				✔
	Frost Bite `PhantomArmor_Unique1`			✔	✔	✔
	Full Metal Armor `FullPlateArmor_Unique1`						✔		✔
	Ghost Kindler `GhostArmor_Unique1`		✔				✔	✔
	Ghostly Armor `GhostArmor`		✔					✔
	Gilded Glory `EmeraldArmor_Unique2`						✔			✔
	Goat Gear `ClimbingGear_Unique2`		✔						✔
	Golden Piglin Armor `PiglinArmor_Unique1`				✔					✔
	Grim Armor `GrimArmor`			✔	✔
	Guard's Armor `CowardsArmor`					✔
	Hero's Armor `ChampionsArmor_Unique1`				✔				✔
	Highland Armor `ScaleMail_Unique1`		✔				✔		✔
	Hungry Horror `MercenaryArmor_Spooky1`		✔		✔				✔
	Hunter's Armor `ArchersStrappings`					✔
	Living Vines Armor `SproutArmor_Unique1`		✔
	Mercenary Armor `MercenaryArmor`				✔				✔
	Mystery Armor `MysteryArmor`							✔		✔
	Ocelot Armor `OcelotArmor`		✔
	Opulent Armor `EmeraldArmor_Unique1`								✔	✔
	Phantom Armor `PhantomArmor`			✔		✔
	Piglin Armor `PiglinArmor`									✔
	Plate Armor `FullPlateArmor`						✔		✔
	Reinforced Mail `ReinforcedMail`								✔
	Renegade Armor `MercenaryArmor_Unique1`		✔		✔				✔
	Rugged Climbing Gear `ClimbingGear_Unique1`								✔
	Scale Mail `ScaleMail`						✔		✔
	Shadow Walker `OcelotArmor_Unique1`		✔						✔
	Snow Armor `SnowArmor`								✔
	Soul Robe `SoulRobe`			✔
	Souldancer Robe `SoulRobe_Unique1`			✔					✔
	Spelunker Armor `SpelunkersArmor`	✔
	Spider Armor `AssassinArmor_Unique1`						✔		✔
	Splendid Robe `BattleRobe_Unique1`					✔	✔			✔
	Sprout Armor `SproutArmor`		✔
	Stalwart Armor `ReinforcedMail_Unique1`								✔	✔
	Thief Armor `AssassinArmor`						✔
	Titan's Shroud `DarkArmor_Unique1`			✔	✔				✔
	Verdant Robe `EvocationRobe_Unique2`			✔	✔					✔
	Wither Armor `GrimArmor_Unique1`			✔	✔				✔
	Wolf Armor `WolfArmor`	✔			✔

Artifacts Rune Table
Icon	Name `Level ID`
Icon	Name `Level ID`	`Rune U`	`Rune C`	`Rune O`	`Rune S`	`Rune R`	`Rune I`	`Rune P`	`Rune T`	`Rune A`
	Blast Fungus `NetherWartSporeGrenade`						✔
	Boots of Swiftness `BootsOfSwiftness`		✔
	Buzzy Nest `Beenest`	✔
	Corrupted Beacon `CorruptedBeacon`			✔
	Corrupted Pumpkin `CorruptedBeacon_Spooky1`			✔
	Corrupted Seeds `CorruptedSeeds`									✔
	Death Cap Mushroom `DeathCapMushroom`						✔
	Enchanted Grass `RainbowGrass`	✔								✔
	Enchanter's Tome `EnchantersTome`									✔
	Fireworks Arrow `FireworksArrowItem`					✔
	Fishing Rod `FishingRod`						✔
	Flaming Quiver `FlamingQuiver`					✔
	Ghost Cloak `GhostCloak`		✔						✔
	Golem Kit `GolemKit`	✔
	Gong of Weakening `GongOfWeakening`				✔
	Harvester `Harvester`			✔
	Ice Wand `IceWand`									✔
	Iron Hide Amulet `IronHideAmulet`								✔
	Light Feather `LightFeather`		✔
	Lightning Rod `LightningRod`			✔
	Love Medallion `LoveMedallion`									✔
	Powershaker `MobMasher`						✔
	Satchel of Elements `SatchelOfTheElements`									✔
	Scatter Mines `ChargedRedstoneMines`						✔
	Shock Powder `ShockPowder`				✔				✔
	Soul Healer `SoulHealer`			✔	✔
	Soul Lantern `SoulLantern`	✔		✔
	Spinblade `SpinWheel`						✔
	Tasty Bone `TastyBone`	✔
	Thundering Quiver `ThunderingQuiver`					✔
	Torment Quiver `TormentQuiver`			✔		✔
	Totem of Regeneration `TotemOfRegeneration`				✔
	Totem of Shielding `TotemOfShielding`				✔				✔
	Updraft Tome `UpdraftTome`									✔
	Wind Horn `WindHorn`	✔			✔
	Wonderful Wheat `WonderfulWheat`	✔

Reaching the exit door found in the third sub-mission ends the mission, and rewards the hero with a mission loot chest that always has thirty gold. Completing Ancient Hunt also rerolls the piglin merchant's items and resets the restock cost.

Locations

Name `Level ID`	Resource pack ID	Is required	Is DLC exclusive	Rune combination
Ancient Hunt `netherhypermission-hyper`	Various	✔	✖	N/A
Creeper Woods Sub-mission `hm_CreeperWoods`	`creeperwoods`	✔	✖	N/A
Desert Temple Sub-mission `hm_DesertTemple` `hm_dt_arenas`	`deserttemple`	✔	✖	N/A
Spider Cave `SpiderCave`	`creeperwoods`	✔	✖	N/A
Woodland Mansion `WoodlandMansion`	`creeperwoods`	✔	✖	N/A
Woodland Prison `WoodlandMansionPrison`	`creeperwoods`	✔	✖	N/A
Nether Wastes Sub-mission `NetherWastes`	`nether`	✔	✖	N/A
Warped Forest Sub-mission `hm_warpedforest`	`warpedforest`	✔	✖	N/A
Crimson Forest Sub-mission `hm_CrimsonForest`	`nether`	✔	✖	N/A
Soul Sand Valley Sub-mission `SoulsandValley`	`nether`	✔	✖	N/A
Basalt Deltas Sub-mission `BasaltDeltas`	`basaltdeltas`	✔	✖	N/A
Nether Fortress Sub-mission `NetherFortress`	`nether`	✔	✖	N/A
Gold Room `st_gold`	`basaltdeltas`	✖	✖	N/A
????? Ancient Dungeon `st_moo`	`mycelia`	✖	✖
Abominable Weaver Ancient Dungeon `st_bomblegs`	`creeperwoods`	✖	✖
Abyssal Eye Ancient Dungeon `st_ocean`	`abyssalmonument`	✖	✖
Ancient Terror Ancient Dungeon `st_force`	`highblockhalls`	✖	✖
Barrage Ancient Dungeon `st_barrage`	`highblockhalls`	✖	✖
Cursed Presence Ancient Dungeon `st_cursed`	`highblockhalls`	✖	✖
First Enchanter Ancient Dungeon `st_tethered`	`jungle`	✖	✖
Frostwarden Ancient Dungeon `st_frostwarden`	`frozenfjord`	✖	✖
Grim Guardian Ancient Dungeon `st_flesheater`	`creeperwoods`	✖	✖
Haunted Caller Ancient Dungeon `st_onewhocalls`	`creeperwoods`	✖	✖
Oozing Menace Ancient Dungeon `st_glob`	`soggyswamp`	✖	✖
Pestilent Conjurer Ancient Dungeon `st_piercer`	`cacticanyon`	✖	✖
Scuttling Torment Ancient Dungeon `st_scuttlingtorment`	`thestronghold`	✖	✖
Solemn Giant Ancient Dungeon `st_giant`	`obsidianpinnacle`	✖	✖
The Seeking Flame Ancient Dungeon `st_vexfire`	`deserttemple`	✖	✖
The Swarm Ancient Dungeon `st_end`	`enderwilds`	✖	✖
The Tiny Scourge Ancient Dungeon `st_relentless`	`pumpkinpastures`	✖	✖
The Tower Ancient Dungeon `st_tallest`	`creeperwoods`	✖	✖
The Unending Ancient Dungeon `st_pump`	`nether`	✖	✖
Thundering Growth Ancient Dungeon `st_thundervine`	`dingyjungle`	✖	✖
Unbreakable One Ancient Dungeon `st_unbreakable`	`redstonemines`	✖	✖
Unstoppable Tusk Ancient Dungeon `st_gleeglin`	`nether`	✖	✖
Vengeful Mariner Ancient Dungeon `st_ocean`	`abyssalmonument`	✖	✖
Vigilant Scoundrel Ancient Dungeon `st_protector`	`highblockhalls`	✖	✖
Watcher of the End Ancient Dungeon `st_end`	`enderwilds`	✖	✖
Windbeard Ancient Dungeon `st_windbeard`	`windsweptpeaks`	✖	✖

Mobs and entities

Normal mobs

Mob	Difficulty
Mob	Default	Adventure	Apocalypse
Hostile
Baby Drowned	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Baby Zombie	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Blastling	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Blaze	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blaze Spawner	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cave Spider	Yes	Yes	Yes
Charged Creeper	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chicken Jockey	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}
Chicken Jockey Tower	Yes	Yes	Yes
Creeper	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Drowned	Yes	Yes	Yes
Enchanter	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endermite	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Frozen Zombie	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fungus Thrower	Yes^{[note 3]}	Yes^{[note 3]}	Yes^{[note 3]}
Geomancer	Yes^{[note 4]}	Yes^{[note 4]}	Yes^{[note 4]}
Hoglin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Husk	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Iceologer	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 5]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 5]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 5]}
Icy Creeper	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jungle Zombie	Yes	Yes	Yes
Leapleaf	Yes	Yes	Yes
Magma Cube	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mob Spawner	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mooshroom	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Mossy Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mountaineer	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Necromancer	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Piglin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Piglin Hunter	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Pillager	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Poison-Quill Vine	Summoned^{[note 6]}	Summoned^{[note 6]}	Summoned^{[note 6]}
Quick Growing Vine	Summoned^{[note 6]}	Summoned^{[note 6]}	Summoned^{[note 6]}
Rampart Captain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ravager	Yes	Yes	Yes
Royal Guard	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Skeleton	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Slime	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Spider	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Stray	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sunken Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trident Drowned	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tropical Slime	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vanguard	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vex	Summoned^{[note 7]}	Summoned^{[note 7]}	Summoned^{[note 7]}
Vindicator	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vindicator Chef	Yes	Yes	Yes
Watchling	Yes	Yes	Yes
Whisperer	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 8]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 8]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 8]}
Windcaller	Yes	Yes	Yes
Witch	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither Skeleton	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wither Skeleton Archer	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Wraith	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombie	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombified Fungus Thrower	Yes^{[note 3]}	Yes^{[note 3]}	Yes^{[note 3]}
Zombified Piglin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zombified Piglin Hunter	Yes	Yes	Yes
Powerful
Drowned Necromancer	Ancient only^{[note 1]}	Ancient only^{[note 1]}	Ancient only^{[note 1]}
Enderman	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Evoker	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 9]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 9]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 9]}
Ghast	Yes	Yes	Yes
Raid Captain	No	No	No
Redstone Golem	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}	Yes^{[note 1]}
Skeleton Horseman	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 10]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 10]}	Yes^{[note 1]}^{[note 10]}
Wildfire	Yes	Yes	Yes

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt Spawns in an arena battle against an Ancient Mob
↑ ^a ^b ^c chickens spawn as its mount
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Throws blue nethershrooms
↑ ^a ^b ^c Summons geomancer bombs and geomancer walls
↑ ^a ^b ^c Summons ice chunks
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Summoned by whisperers
↑ ^a ^b ^c Summoned by evokers
↑ ^a ^b ^c Summons entangle vines
↑ ^a ^b ^c Summons evoker fangs
↑ ^a ^b ^c A skeleton horse spawns as its mount

Ancient mobs


Ancient	Potential Enchantments	Minions	Minion Enchantments	Arena
?????	Deflect Leeching Poison Cloud Thorns	25 Mooshroom	Weakening	????? Ancient Dungeon
Abominable Weaver	Frenzied Mob Resurrection Aura Multishot Regeneration	8 Creeper	Deflect Quick	Abominable Weaver Ancient Dungeon
Abyssal Eye	Electrified Quick Frenzied Heal Allies	3 Drowned Necromancer	Double Damage	Abyssal Eye Ancient Dungeon
Ancient Terror	Burning Chilling Electrified Fire Trail	9 Spider	Weakening	Ancient Terror Ancient Dungeon
Barrage	Accelerate Multishot Protection Ricochet Rapid Fire	20 Skeleton	Accelerate	Barrage Ancient Dungeon
Cursed Presence	Chilling Gravity Pulse Poison Cloud	15 Baby Zombie	Burning	Cursed Presence Ancient Dungeon
First Enchanter	Critical Hit Echo Freezing	10 Husk	Swirling	First Enchanter Ancient Dungeon
Frostwarden	Chilling Deflect	7 Iceologer	Thorns	Frostwarden Ancient Dungeon
Grim Guardian	Echo Protection Quick Radiance	6 Necromancer	Heal Allies	Grim Guardian Ancient Dungeon
Haunted Caller	Accelerate Fire Trail Gravity Pulse Rapid Fire	6 Skeleton Horseman	Cowardice	Haunted Caller Ancient Dungeon
Oozing Menace	Gravity Huge Poison Cloud Heals Allies	12 Slime (Large)	Shockwave	Oozing Menace Ancient Dungeon
Pestilent Conjurer	Deflect Heal Allies Quick	4 Necromancer	Multishot	Pestilent Conjurer Ancient Dungeon
Scuttling Torment	Burning Cowardice Regeneration	15 Skeleton	Growing	Scuttling Torment Ancient Dungeon
Solemn Giant	Huge Multishot Radiance Shot Ricochet	4 Enderman	Radiance	Solemn Giant Ancient Dungeon
The Seeking Flame	Burning Fire Aspect Fire Trail Huge	3 Evoker	Chilling	The Seeking Flame Ancient Dungeon
The Swarm	Bonus Shot Gravity Mob Resurrection Aura	16 Endermite (mob)	Thorns	The Swarm Ancient Dungeon
The Tiny Scourge	Fast Attack Fire Aspect Frenzied Thorns	2 Redstone Golem	Weakening	The Tiny Scourge Ancient Dungeon
The Tower (mob)	Committed Critical Hit Freezing	12 Chicken Jockey	Electrified	The Tower Ancient Dungeon
The Unending	Chilling Heal Allies Burning	8 Wither Skeleton Archer	Chain Reaction Tempo Theft	The Unending Ancient Dungeon
Thundering Growth	Deflect Electrified Shockwave	6 Whisperer	Electrified	Thundering Growth Ancient Dungeon
Unbreakable One	Committed Electrified Frenzied Swirling	8 Royal Guard	Regeneration	Unbreakable One Ancient Dungeon
Unstoppable Tusk	Fire Trail Poison Cloud Quick Rampaging	20 Piglin Hunter	Fuse Shot	Unstoppable Tusk Ancient Dungeon
Vengeful Mariner	Critical Hit Deflect Fast Attack Gravity Pulse	20 Baby Drowned	Regeneration	Vengeful Mariner Ancient Dungeon
Vigilant Scoundrel	Freezing Sharpness Thundering Gravity Pulse	15 Pillager	Poison Cloud Tempo Theft	Vigilant Scoundrel Ancient Dungeon
Watcher of the End	Deflect Echo Heal Allies	6 Blastling	Radiance Shot	Watcher of the End Ancient Dungeon
Windbeard	Double Damage Fire Trail Quick Regeneration Burning	20 Mountaineer	Regeneration	Windbeard Ancient Dungeon

Achievements

Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
A Piglin's Best Friend	Collect 500 gold over time.	—	20G	Bronze
Ancient Hunter	Defeat 15 different ancient mobs in .	—	50G	Silver
Back to Back	Complete two and two daily trials, in two-player co-op, on the second day of the month.	—	50G	Silver

Sounds

Sounds
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Ancient Mob Alarm	?
	Gilded Gear Common Drop	?
	Gilded Gear Common Loop	?
	Gilded Gear Unique Drop	?
	Gilded Gear Unique Loop	?

History

Minecraft Dungeons
February 12, 2021							Ancient Hunt is mentioned and its functionality is explained.
February 19, 2021							Footage of Ancient Hunt reveals the new ancient mobs and the offering UI, and the tweet revealing that ancient hunt are an end game feature.
February 20, 2021							Footage of Ancient Hunt which reveals gilded gear and their appearance in the inventory.
1.8.0.0							Added Ancient Hunt.
1.8.6.0							Added sound effects for ancients on the offering UI
							Changed gold room generation. Previously consisted of a single long narrow corridor, stretching in a south-eastern direction containing only mobs and gold chests, and the ambient music and sound effects of the gold room.
							Changed Spider Cave ambush and "Destroy the Spawns" objectives to occur upon entering the tile instead of upon contacting the web gate
							Changed web gate of the Spider Cave to not show the purple gate glow
							Changed Unbreakable One rune requirements from: -> .
							Changed Ancient Hunt text to clarify spending enchantment points and level.
							Fixed gilded gear dropping in inaccessible locations during Ancient Hunt^[1]
							Fixed Multiple ancient mobs spawning during Ancient Hunt ^[2]
							Fixed gold reward displaying full inventory prompt when inventory is full. ^[3]
							Fixed gold room bridge opens properly for both host and clients.
							Fixed text overlapping buttons on Ancient Hunt menus for several languages.
							Fixed incorrect button colors for the prompt that appears when cancelling an Ancient Hunt.
							Fixed Nintendo Switch crash upon entering Ancient Hunt.
1.10.1.0							Added new ancient mobs, the Abyssal Eye, the Vengeful Mariner, the Scuttling Torment, the Watcher of the End and The Swarm.
1.14.1.0							Changed solemn giant wearing gold helmet (Variant 0 > Variant 1)
1.17.0.0							Increased the amount of gold received upon completing Ancient Hunt from 10 to 30.
1.17.0.0							Increased the amount of gold received from gold chests Gold Chest Minimum gold increased from 2 to 4 Maximum gold increased from 5 to 6 Rare Gold Chest Minimum gold increased from 4 to 8 Maximum gold increased from 7 to 10

Issues

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

Trivia

Despite being accessible early on, Ancient Hunt was stated to be intended to be played during the end-game.^[4]
The Nether portal in Minecraft Dungeons does not necessarily transport the hero from the Overworld to the Nether and vice versa like in Minecraft. The portal can transport within one dimension. It is possible for a hunt to only consist of Nether locations or Overworld locations.
The "Ancient Hunt Deep Dive" article on minecraft.net displayed an image presenting unused pink squares in addition to the existing purple and grey squares to represent equipment enchantment slots.
The max possible amount of Ancients to respond is 16. With melee weapon of Cursed Axe or Whirlwind (), ranged weapon of Corrupted Crossbow (), armor of Black Wolf Armor () and artifact of Torment Quiver () or Soul Lantern ().

Gallery

Screenshots

The offering menu.
A hunt door within Spider Cave.
A hunt doorway with the blue glow. Most regular doorways glow yellow.

Icons

The icon used to depict Ancient Hunt and sub-missions.

References

Navigation

[ancient-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt Spawns in an arena battle against an Ancient Mob

[chicken_jockey-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c chickens spawn as its mount

[blue_nethershroom-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Throws blue nethershrooms

[geomancer-4] Summons geomancer bombs and geomancer walls

[ice_chunk-5] Summons ice chunks

[whisperer-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Summoned by whisperers

[evoker-7] Summoned by evokers

[entangle_vine-8] Summons entangle vines

[evoker_fang-9] Summons evoker fangs

[skeleton_horseman-10] A skeleton horse spawns as its mount

[11] MCD-5331

[12] MCD-5462

[13] MCD-5389

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