Bal

Bal is a Boss that spawns every minute in  Khazad-dûm if a player is nearby. Killing the boss allows the player to obtain the Topaz Crystal.

Spawning

Bal spawns every minute while a player is within  Khazad-dûm, which can be found randomly generated in the lower Y levels of the Crystal Hollows. Bal will appear in the center as an expanding Magma Cube and the Topaz Crystal will disappear.

Drops

Upon every hit, Bal has a chance to drop items on the ground similar to dungeon blessings. These items will automatically collect themselves in around three minutes. Over the duration of a Bal fight, around 25-40 items will drop. These items can be:


Item drops
Drop	Count	Drop Rarity	Chance
Flawed Ruby Gemstone	1	4Uncommon Loot	5%
Flawed Topaz Gemstone	1	4Uncommon Loot	5%
Yoggie	1	4Uncommon Loot	4.5%
EPIC Bal Pet	1	8Legendary Loot	0.0126%
LEGENDARY Bal Pet	1	10RNGesus Loot	0.0054%
Non-item drops
Drop	Count
Coins	0
Combat XP	1000
Experience Orbs	0

Bal has a 0.125% (1 in 800)^[1]^{[More Info Needed]} chance to be Charmed with each hit to obtain Bal Shard and +500 Hunting XP. The amount of Attribute Shards dropped is affected by Hunting Fortune.

Behavior

Bal will hop towards the closest player, summoning Fire Bats and Bald Blazes to attack the player when hit, and shooting fireballs at an interval of once every hop. In addition, it will deal contact damage that pushes the player away like a normal Magma Cube, although the knockback can be avoided with a Knockback-resistant item. These attacks deal low damage, with the Fire Bats and Bald Blazes ignoring the player if they have an Intimidation Artifact or a Parrot Pet.

When an item is dropped, there is a chance that Bal will summon Fire Bats or Bald Blazes.

Upon being defeated, it will teleport to the middle and slowly shrink, before disappearing. Afterwards, the Topaz Crystal will appear nearby. It can be claimed by any player who damaged the boss until it respawns.

When alive, it makes loud slowed angry enderman sounds, which can be heard from a medium distance away.

Dialogue

Grammar and/or punctuation mistakes are intentional, as they appear so in the dialogue in-game.

Condition	Dialogue
Spawning	The ground starts to shake and the lava bubbles...
Attacking first time	[BOSS] Bal: You cannot best me!
Upon dropping an item	[BOSS] Bal: Grrrr! You won't be able to hit my Fire Bats! [BOSS] Bal: Bah! Come forth my minions! Fly above, take them out!
75% HP	The boss's outer shell looks to be weakening!
50% HP	Half way there! The boss is starting to become weaker!
33% HP	Nearly there! The boss is shaking, it can't last much longer!
Defeating Bal	[BOSS] Bal: AGGHHHHHHHHHHH! The boss looks weak and tired and retreats into the lava...

Trivia

Bal's health is displayed as ???.
Bal is based on the Balrog from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series.
- Its spawning place,  Khazad-dûm, is also based on the place of the same name.
It used to be possible to trap Bal by building a cage around its spawn point.
- Building in  Khazad-dûm is now limited in order to prevent this.
Bal has fixed invulnerability frames, meaning it will only take damage approximately once every 0.3s^[Confirm], even if the player has 100 Attack Speed, uses Ferocity or multiple arrows.
- Certain items such as the Souls Rebound (currently disabled) or the Wither Cloak Sword allow players to bypass this.
Bal can be corrupted via Totem of Corruption, however no Sulphur or Corrupted Fragments drop.
- Totem of Corruption has since be changed to only corrupt sea creatures, making it impossible to corrupt Bal.
Bal cannot be damaged by the Frozen Scythe or Glacial Scythe.
The name Bal or Baal originates from proto-Semitic word for "owner" or "master". It got into English through Phoenician, Hebrew, Greek and Latin, where on top of the previously mentioned it gained the meaning "Lord". It is cognate with Beelzebub and Belphegor, two names for the Devil.^[2]

Bugs

Bal will occasionally fail to respawn. This can be fixed by having all players leave  Khazad-dûm for a moment.

References

↑ Discord message from a Hypixel staff member in a restricted channel in the Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki server – @mrkeith, 8/17/26, 1:40 PM (EST).

Looks like 1 in 800 for dropping, independently rolling.
↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Baal#English

History

Alpha Hypixel Network
Jun 30, 2021	AHN 0.12 Round 1	Added Bal.
Aug 20, 2024		Decreased the respawn timer from 5 minutes to 1 minute.
SkyBlock Prototype
Jul 14, 2021	0.12	Added Bal.
Jul 16, 2021		Changed loot system to dropping items similar to Ender Dragon loot rather than as normal loose dropped items.
		Removed Rough Topaz Gemstone from loot table.
		Added Fine Topaz Gemstone and Fine Ruby Gemstone to loot table.
Jul 16, 2021		Added Yoggie to loot table.
Jul 17, 2021		Changed Fine Topaz Gemstone and Fine Ruby Gemstone drops to Flawed Topaz Gemstone and Flawed Ruby Gemstone.
Aug 6, 2024	0.20.5	Bal's blazes are now called Bald Blazes.
Sep 17, 2024	0.20.6	Decreased the respawn timer from 5 minutes to 1 minute.
		Decreased the respawn and despawn animation from 50 seconds to 25 seconds.
		The player must now damage Bal and it must be killed in order to claim the Topaz Crystal.
Oct 15, 2024	0.20.7	Fixed being able to bypass Bal's invulnerability frames using Soul Esoward.

[1] Discord message from a Hypixel staff member in a restricted channel in the Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki server – @mrkeith, 8/17/26, 1:40 PM (EST).

Looks like 1 in 800 for dropping, independently rolling.

[2] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Baal#English

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