Belly Of The Beast (Custom Fixed/Set Dungeon)

The Belly Of The Beast(BotB) is a custom fixed/set dungeon unique to the Realm Of Uz S.M.P server, it has a lobby that takes one to the dungeon itself which is accessible from a portal near spawn, it can be done by one or more players up to the servers maximum player capacity.

Once entered, the Belly Of The Beast can only be exited by either conquering the dungeon or a dying inside the dungeon which will send you back to your spawn.

## **Lore**

The Belly Of The Beast Dungeon, fittingly takes place inside of the **belly** of ***the beast.*** The Beast itself is not exactly known in appearance apart from the inside and outside of its stomach. The lore relevance of the beast and its effects on the world are yet to be seen, currently what we can gather is that the beast may originate, currently live in or have some connection to the Nether dimension as the dungeon lobby is made of netherrack, is entered through a nether portal and the mobs you find inside the beast contain blazes, piglins, and magma cubes which all originate from the Nether dimension including the effect of destructive beds, and that the beast carries many infections inside its stomach. We know this because the honey blocks that separate the hallways of the beast's stomach are made of sticky yellow honey-like phlegm. Phlegm that is yellow in color with a high degree of stickiness is most commonly a infection and in this case a serious one as most of its stomach is divided by this phlegm and has to be carved with a tool simply to maneuver through its stomach. This brings good evidence that the mobs inside the beast are in fact infections or viruses, especially when we look at what spawner blocks in Minecraft due in comparison to real infections. Spawner blocks will continue to spawn mobs and further the infection in the beast's stomach until they are broken with the cage breaker, much like infections are broken down by the immune system, which it seems the beast either does not possess or is not working at its desired efficiency.

## **Requirements to Enter**

There are no requirements to enter the dungeon, it can be access anytime through a portal near spawn.

## **Multiplayer Information:**

The Belly Of The Beast Dungeon can be done with anywhere from one player to the at once player capacity, which in this case is ten players currently.

## Map

(Maps so far are being created in Google Docs, and if you want to comment a suggestion for me to do to the map or anything else on the map page you can as anyone with the link has commenter access.)

### Floor 1:

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1qJ0YeMUTG3OvpMSHAQrHZe7IU7CD253GsM9-cIIgpPw/edit?usp=sharing

### **Puzzles**

The Belly Of The Beast dungeon possesses two puzzles, one on the first floor, and one on the second. The puzzle on the first floor is located at the end of the first floor next to the slime block launchpad to the second floor which requires a lever to be placed on a gold block connected via redstone to the slime block launchpad to operated.

1. The first puzzle can be located at the ending room of the first floor where there is a slime launchpad that requires a missing lever to be placed on a gold block, a ender portal, and the puzzle room itself on the right. The puzzle requires that a armor stand must be pushed using buttons connected to dispensers with lava buckets at the right order and times to push the armor stand down the flowing lava stream to the end of the maze where it will disappear on a gold block in front of a magma block and will spawn a lever inside the chest in the puzzle room that can be placed on the gold block next to the slime launchpad to allow access to the second floor of the dungeon.
2. The second puzzle can be located at the ending leftmost room on the second floor where there is a sign that says "lol no". In this room on the right wall there is a lever which when pulled will open a piston controlled corridor of stone bricks located directly forward of the second floor entrance via the slime launchpad which lead to the final challenge and component of the dungeon, Eetamii Prime, whose information is listed directly below in the Mobs/Boss: section.

### **Traps**

The Belly Of The Beast Dungeon contains exploding beds, and primed tnt which deal massive blast damage and can be defended against with increasing the distance between the player and the bed/tnt, increasing the armor and armor toughness stat, the resistance potion effect, and the blast protection enchantment upon one's armor, these methods here are only important however if one cannot remember the traps locations or is simply forgetful, as all of these traps can be easily avoided if one knows they are coming.

## Mobs:

### **Enemies**

1. **Infernal Guards** are piglin brutes that a golden hoe and wearing chainmail chestplates, they are found in the first room of the dungeon and can simply be ran past as there are no relevant room adjacent to the first room. Infernal Guards can also be spawned by Eetamii Prime during its boss fight.
2. **Infernal Effigies** are blazes that are spawned in the second floor, they act like normal blazes and as such can be easily countered with fire resistance. Infernal Effigies can also be spawned by Eetamii Prime during its boss fight.
3. **Golden Sentinels** are baby zombies that wear full gold armor with a enchanted gold block on their head. They can be encountered on the second floor of the dungeon and often spawn in swarms that can overwhelm players. Golden Sentinels hold a totem of undying which will revive them once killed. Smite and Sweeping Edge are very effective against Golden Sentinels as they will take extra damage from the smite and the sweeping edge will help deal with the swarm.

### Boss

The boss of the dungeon is named "Eetamii Prime", who is a giant magma cube. It will slowly regenerate health over time, but this is generally not an issue as the regeneration is low enough to be negligible. Eetmii and occasionally summon Infernal Guards and Infernal Effigies. It also shoots flames from a specific point in the wall which will damage players who step into it.

## Tips

### **Weapons**

It is recommended that you bring at least an enchanted diamond or netherite sword(preferably with sharpness). A good strategy to use against Eetamii Prime is to knock it onto a wall with a low ceiling, which will prevent it from jumping, allowing you to consistently attack it. Strength potions are especially useful for this strategy as they will increase your damage immensely. An alternate strategy is to stand at the entrance to the boss room and continuously shoot arrows at the boss, this is a safer strategy as it will prevent the boss from being able to target you, as it in constantly getting knocked away. The only caveat is that the mobs that Eetamii Prime can still attack you, so you will have to kill those before they reach you.

### **Buffs and Debuffs**

Useful debuffs that can be used against Eetamii Prime are weakness and slow falling, weakness can decrease the amount of damage the boss does by 2 hearts; slow falling allows Eetamii to stay in the air for longer giving players the chance to attack and knockback the boss. Strength potions, as stated earlier, are incredibly useful for the boss fight. Regeneration is also a very useful buff to have, as it helps reduce the damage dealt by the boss. Fire Resistance and Speed potions are useful for the dungeon itself, it they can help you get through the dungeon quicker and prevent the Infernal Effigies from setting you on fire.

### **Armor**

If one has diamond or netherite armor that is enchanted with protection, they should be able to run through the dungeon rooms without needing to break any spawners, this is very important as breaking spawners could make the dungeon take significantly longer. Netherite armor is especially useful as the prevents the mobs from knocking you back, this allows you to ignore all mobs on the path to the boss and complete the dungeon much quicker.

### **Consumables**

Useful items that one can get their hands on are Golden Apples and Ender Pearls. Golden Apples are obviously useful as they give absorption hearts and regeneration that prevent you from dying, if you are not able to obtain Golden Apples, Golden Carrot or Cooked Porkchop/Steak would serve as an alternative source of healing, as these food items give very high amounts of saturation. Ender Pearls can be used to teleport directly onto the second level, completely skipping the very time consuming armor stand puzzle.

## ***Rewards/Loot:***

Once players kill the boss and complete the dungeon, they will be sent into a room where they can choose rewards by clicking on of 4 labelled buttons.

1. **Item Upgrades** will reward you with an **Everlasting Manuscript Of Bottomless Pits** and a **Nonsensical Tablet**
2. **Netherite Upgrades** will reward you with a **Netherite Upgrade Template**
3. **Magic Items** will reward you with an **Acidic Fragment** and a **Frostbitten Key**
4. **Cosmetic** will reward the player **Artimemis Plushie**