Best Mob Clearing Build in Minecraft Dungeons

The build

Melee

Truthseeker

Unique

• +1 Soul Gathering
• Extra Damage to Wounded (Committed I)

• Void Strike III PowerfulAttacks apply Void effect dealing up to +600% ramping damage (scales massively on slow weapons)
• Unchanting IIIDeals +100% (double) damage to enchanted mobs and bosses (essential for Apocalypse+)
• Enigma Resonator IIIGrants up to a 25% chance to land 3x critical strikes with high soul count
• Critical Hit III Gilded Powerful20% chance to inflict critical hits dealing 3x damage (+40% expected DPS)

Armor

Wither Armor

Unique

• 35% Damage Reduction
• +6% Life Steal Aura
• +50% Soul Gathering

• Reckless III PowerfulIncreases melee damage by +90%, but reduces maximum health by 40%
• Swiftfooted IIIRolling grants +50% movement speed for 3 seconds (massive travel boost)
• Gravity Pulse III PowerfulEvery 3s, pulls nearby enemies toward you (200% range)
• Acrobat III GildedDecreases roll cooldown by 45% (rapid dodge roll cycling)

Ranged

Nocturnal Bow

Unique

• +1 Soul Gathering
• Steals Speed on Hit (Tempo Theft I)

• Gravity III PowerfulArrows pull nearby enemies toward the impact point (massive vortex clustering)
• Cooldown Shot IIIRolling reduces artifact cooldowns by 1.5 seconds on next bow shot (infinite artifact loops)
• Burst Bowstring IIIRolling shoots charged arrows at up to 3 nearby enemies (procs on-hit enchants without aiming)
• Anima Conduit III GildedAbsorbing a soul heals 8% of max health per soul

Artifact

Gong of Weakening

Artifact

Iron Hide Amulet

Artifact

Death Cap Mushroom

How it scores

Each meter is out of 100. The priorities are what the optimizer was asked to favour for this playstyle. The overall score is the priority-weighted result, out of the best build the optimizer can find for these priorities, so 100 is the best there is.

Best mob clearing build at every difficulty

Lower difficulties have fewer enchanted mobs and weaker hits, so the best gear changes as you go down.

Difficulty	Gear	Score
Apocalypse +25	Truthseeker · Wither Armor · Nocturnal Bow	100	Open
Apocalypse +20	The Starless Night · Renegade Armor · Nocturnal Bow	100	Open
Apocalypse +15	The Starless Night · Renegade Armor · Nocturnal Bow	100	Open
Apocalypse +10	The Starless Night · Wither Armor · Love Spell Bow	100	Open
Apocalypse +5	The Starless Night · Wither Armor · Nocturnal Bow	100	Open
Apocalypse +0	Resolute Tempest Knife · Renegade Armor · Winter's Touch	100	Open
Adventure	Moon Daggers · Renegade Armor · Winter's Touch	100	Open
Default	Resolute Tempest Knife · Renegade Armor · Nautical Crossbow	100	Open

Got different gear?

These builds assume you own every item. Load your own save file or add your items in the optimizer and it finds the best build from what you actually have, for whatever mix of priorities you like.

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