Mission 5: Mastermine

**Mission 5** is the fifth mission of Assassin of Steve. You learn that the Assassin has formed a pact with the Minemaster. In order to get answers, you have to find the Minemaster in his mines.

## Walkthrough

In the shop you find after completing Mission 4, there is a tunnel that leads to a larger network of caverns made of stone and snow blocks. The caves are full of mobs, with several other tunnels branching off that contain chests or alternate routes. To get to the next area, keep going straight through the caves. If you do it right you should emerge into a very large cavern with a drop into the void. You can shoot buttons, which create snow platforms that you can use to jump across all the ledges around the cave. After shooting the second button, you need to drop down to a ledge, which then takes you across to another snow platform you need to create, then to a ladder parkour. Once you get past the ladder parkour, shoot another button, then you should be able to get onto the wooden bridge. There are Snowballers riding minecarts along the bridge and on the ledge past the bridge - it is best to run past them, you can dodge their arrows fairly easily.

Once you get past the Snowballers you will enter a room with the Minemaster standing on a ledge above. But he blows up the floor, and you fall down to a cave where his pet Aracold spider resides. Inside the cave you have to kill Spider Souls, who have a chance to drop Cold Eyes. Once you get 4 Cold Eyes you can trade with the villager trapped in the cobwebs for a Jump Boost potion. You have to use the Jump Boost potion, which gives you jump height of five blocks for five seconds, to jump up onto the diamond block part of Aracold's legs. When you stand on each block, you will hear an explosion and a hiss, which means that leg is destroyed. A few seconds later it will blow up, so be sure to get off it. You should jump between each of Aracold's legs on one side at a time. To get onto the legs on the other side without having to get another potion, you can jump from Aracold's back, which is slightly raised. Each time you blow up a leg, though, a spider egg sac will also hatch, spawning Aracold Hatchlings, so be careful.

Once all eight of Aracold's legs are destroyed Aracold opens its mouth wider, allowing you to enter. You can use another Jump Boost potion to jump in, or if you are still up on top of Aracold, you can go onto Aracold's obsidian fangs, then fall into the mouth. Be careful, though - Spider Souls spawn inside Aracold, too, and they may knock you out or kill you. Once you get inside Aracold's belly, you will see its heart across the top of the area. You need to press the stone button on it, which will destroy the heart. Once this happens you can exit Aracold and then access the shop again.

### Mission 5 Book

Stuart has found out that the Assassin has made a pact with the Minemaster. They may be up to something bad, and you will need to find out what.

Objectives: Journey into the Ice Mines, and confront the Minemaster.

## Mobs

Frostula Spider

Ice Miner

Snowballer

## Equipment

Frostula Fang

Snow Launcher

Packed Puncher

Ice Pick

Polar Armor

Miner Armor

## Chest Locations

* When first entering the mines, if you go down into the tunnel to the right there is a Loot Chest at the end of it.
* There is another Loot Chest down the left tunnel as well.
* If you go forward, then go behind, there is a chest containing My Strange Find.
* Directly ahead of the cave that leads to the above cave is a small 2x1 tunnel that leads to a drop, where another Loot Chest and another tunnel leading out is.
* When emerging into the larger ice cavern (with the drop into the void), there is a Loot Chest underneath the ledge you come out on.
* When doing the parkour in the large ice cavern, if you go past the ladders (without climbing up them), there is another Loot Chest.
* Inside Aracold's cavern is a chest containing two Cold Eyes and Anatomy of the Aracold Spider.

## Music

*Main article: Music*

At all times, one of the following tracks can play:

* **Interloper** by Kevin MacLeod.
* **The Escalation** by Kevin MacLeod.
* **Stoneworld Battle** by Kevin MacLeod.
* **Industrial Cinematic** by Kevin MacLeod.
* **Collussus** by Kevin MacLeod.

During the Aracold boss fight the track **Cornfield Chase** by Cinematic Waves plays.

## Trivia

* Aracold the Giant Spider can be defeated without using any jump boost potions. It is challenging but possible!
	+ When the Minemaster drops you into the cavern, you have to make sure you land on Aracold's head or her fangs. Then you can get to the back end of Aracold's body, which is raised slightly higher, and jump from there to each of the legs. Once all eight legs are destroyed, go back to Aracold's fangs, and from there you can fall into her mouth.
* Mission 5's caves were made by using multiple strings of TNT.
* The boss track 'Cornfield Chase' also plays during the Bedrock Serpent boss fight in Assassin of Steve 3, which is fitting since it means this track is used for both the Minemaster's and Minemistress's pets.
* 'Interloper', 'The Escalation' and 'Stoneworld Battle' are often used in underground settings throughout the trilogy. They are each used in Mission 8 of Assassin of Steve 2. In Assassin of Steve 3, 'The Escalation' and 'Stoneworld Battle' can play during Mission 8 while 'Interloper' plays during Mission 10.
* 'Industrial Cinematic' can play during Mission 6 of Assassin of Steve 3, and is one of the intended tracks to play during Assassin of Steve 2's Mission 4, but doesn't play due to a bug.