Catacombs

The Catacombs are the first Dungeon in SkyBlock. It can be accessed through speaking to Mort in the  Catacombs Entrance or  Dungeon Hub.

Players are, by default, required to be in a party of 2-5 players in order to join the Catacombs: giving Mort a Saul's Recommendation from Adventurer Saul allows players to enter the Catacombs on their own. You can set up your own party and invite your friends to join, or you can set up a party through the Party Finder, where you can select different options and requirements for people to join your party.

Overview

The Catacombs are a series of floors, each with interconnecting rooms filled with mobs, secrets, traps, and puzzles.
After killing all mobs in a room that have a ✯ star in their nametag: the room is marked as cleared; and you are guaranteed to drop :
- a Blessing and/or a Superboom TNT;
- a Wither Key, which unlocks more sections of the floor. The Blood Key is dropped when killing all ✯ mobs in the last room before the Blood Room and will unlock said room, where The Watcher summons Undeads that must be killed in order to progress to the BOSS room.

While in the Catacombs, several restrictions are imposed:

All Speed above 100 Speed is reduced by 33.3%.
Players may not access the Auction House, Bazaar, Hex, or an Anvil, even while under the effect of a Booster Cookie.
Players may not ride on mounts, like the Armadillo or Rock Pet.
Only one potion may be consumed per run, with the exception of Stamina, Healing, and Mana Potions. God Potions cannot be consumed.
Arrows deal reduced knockback.
Damage against bosses is reduced above certain thresholds, depending on the boss.
Dragon Tracer is explicitly disabled, healing from Vampirism is reduced by 10x, and slowness from Venomous is greatly reduced.
All purchases from Dungeon Reward Chests or NPCs take coins directly from your Bank. Players will not have a purse.

Classes

Players can choose one of five Classes: Berserk, Archer, Mage, Tank, and Healer. Each class serves a different purpose and has their own abilities, class passives, and ghost abilities. They are more effective if only one of each are present in a party, although multiple players can choose the same class if they wish.

Berserks prioritize dealing as much melee Damage as possible.
Archers prioritize dealing as much ranged Damage with a bow as possible.
Mages prioritize using their item abilities to deal as much magic damage as possible.
- A sub-sect of Mage, known as Left-Click Mage, uses their Mage Staff passive to deal high amounts of melee Damage.
Tanks prioritize staying near their teammates and diverting as much Damage as possible to themselves.
Healers prioritize providing healing and support to their teammates and themselves.

Ghosts

When a player loses all their Health in the Catacombs, they do not die traditionally. Instead, they turn into a Ghost and function as a spectator with unique abilities and limited access to the SkyBlock Menu.

Ghosts can only interact with the environment through their abilities: these abilities depend on their chosen Class, and are listed below.

Class	Name	Ability
Berserk	Buff Potion	Throws a potion that temporarily gives all teammates in a 10 block radius +30 Strength. Has a 20s cooldown.
Berserk	Ghost Axe	Throws an axe that deals damage based on your Berserk level. Has a 10s cooldown.
Archer	Stun Bow	Temporarily stuns its target upon hit: does not affect bosses. Has a 10s cooldown.
Archer	Healing Bow	Can be used to shoot a teammate, healing them for 20% of their max Health and granting them +50 Strength for 10s. Has a 10s cooldown.
Mage	Instant Wall	Spawns a 5x3 wall on the block you are looking at for 10s. Has a 20s cooldown.
Mage	Fireball	Throws an fireball that deals damage based on your Mage level. Has a 10s cooldown.
Tank	Stun Potion	Throws a potion that temporarily stuns all monsters in a 10 block radius. Has a 20s cooldown.
Tank	Absorption Potion	Throws a potion that gives all teammates in a +200 Absorption for 3s, multiplied by your Tank level * 10. Has a 20s cooldown.
Healer	Revive	Revive yourself after 50s.
Healer	Healing Potion	Throws a potion that heals all teammates in a 10 block radius for 10% of their max Health and +100 Health, multiplied by 100 + your Healer level * 2. Has a 20s cooldown.

Floors

The Catacombs has 7 floors and 1 entrance: beating a floor unlocks the one succeeding it. Defeating Necron, the boss of The Catacombs - Floor VII, unlocks Master Mode, a harder version of the Catacombs will be available.

Floor	Dungeon Size	Mini-Boss / Boss	Boss Type	Boss Description	Required Combat Level	Required Catacombs Level
Normal Mode
Entrance	Tiny (Map Size 4×4)	The Watcher	Stalker	This strange creature is roaming the Catacombs to add powerful adventurers to its collection. ^{(Mini-Boss that exists on every floor.)}	15
I	Tiny (Map Size 4×5)	Bonzo	New Necromancer	Involved in his dark arts due to his parents' insistence. Originally worked as a Circus clown.		1
II	Small (Map Size 5x5)	Scarf	Apprentice Necromancer	First of his class. His teacher said he will do "great things".		3
III	Small (Map Size 5x5)	The Professor	Professor	Despite his great technique, he failed the Masters exam three times. Works from 8 to 5. Cares about his students.		5
IV	Small (Map Size 6x5)	Thorn	Shaman Necromancer	Powerful Necromancer that specializes in animals. Calls himself a vegetarian, go figure.		9
V	Medium (Map Size 6x5)	Livid	Master Necromancer	Strongly believes he will become the Lord one day. Subject of the mockeries, even from his disciples.		14
VI	Medium (Map Size 6x6)	Sadan	Necromancer Lord	Necromancy was always strong in his family. Says he once beat a Wither in a duel. Likes to brag.		19
VII	Large (Map Size 6x6)	Maxor Storm Goldor Necron	The Wither Lords	Disciples of the Wither King. Inherited the Catacombs eons ago. Never defeated, feared by anything living AND dead.		24
Master Mode
I	Tiny (Map Size 4x5)	MASTER Bonzo	New Necromancer	Involved in his dark arts due to his parents' insistence. Originally worked as a Circus clown.		24
II	Small (Map Size 5x5)	MASTER Scarf	Apprentice Necromancer	First of his class. His teacher said he will do "great things".		26
III	Small (Map Size 5x5)	MASTER The Professor	Professor	Despite his great technique, he failed the Masters exam three times. Works from 8 to 5. Cares about his students.		28
IV	Small (Map Size 6x5)	MASTER Thorn	Shaman Necromancer	Powerful Necromancer that specializes in animals. Calls himself a vegetarian, go figure.		30
V	Medium (Map Size 6x5)	MASTER Livid	Master Necromancer	Strongly believes he will become the Lord one day. Subject of the mockeries, even from his disciples.		32
VI	Medium (Map Size 6x6)	MASTER Sadan	Necromancer Lord	Necromancy was always strong in his family. Says he once beat a Wither in a duel. Likes to brag.		34
VII	Large (Map Size 6x7)	MASTER Maxor MASTER Storm MASTER Goldor MASTER Necron	The Wither Lords	Disciples of the Wither King. Inherited the Catacombs eons ago. Never defeated, feared by anything living AND dead.		36

Rooms and Exploration

The Magical Map replaces the SkyBlock Menu while in the main section of a Catacombs floor: it provides a map that shows the layout of the dungeon as it is explored and completed. There are several different rooms in the Catacombs, organized by color:

Room	Description
Starter Room	The Starter Room is the room where the Dungeon begins: players can ready up and change their class in this room before the run starts. Mort can be found here, and he gives players a Dungeon Orb on lower floors.
Standard Room	Each Dungeon run mostly consists of Standard Rooms. They contain a multitude of mobs and secrets: some mobs will have a yellow star next to their names, marking them as unique. When all unique mobs, or a miniboss, are killed, they will drop an item and mark the room as complete: two of these are guaranteed to be a Wither Key, and one of these is guaranteed to be a Blood Key.
Puzzle Room	The Puzzle Room contains a Puzzle that must be completed for the room to be marked as completed. Some can be failed, and others cannot: they can be reset with an Architect's First Draft.
Miniboss Room	The Miniboss Room contains a random Miniboss: killing them will mark the room as complete. The miniboss can be a Angry Archaeologist, Lost Adventurer, King Midas, Shadow Assassin, or Frozen Adventurer.
Trap Room	The Trap Room consists of several traps and obstacles that must be overcome. They contain several secrets that must be all completed in order to mark the room as complete.
Fairy Room	The Fairy Room consists of a large tree in the middle, with several Fairies surrounding it that drop a Revive Stone when killed. A healing pool can be found near the tree.
Blood Room	The Blood Room is the final room that must be completed before the boss room can be accessed. The Watcher will summon lots of Undead that must be all killed in order for the room to be marked as completed: on higher floors, they will receive modifiers and some will take the appearance of previous bosses, like Bonzo, Scarf, the Spirit Bear, or Sadan's Giants.

Exploration and Rewards

Dungeon Score

Dungeon Score is a value comprised of four categories: Skill, or the number of deaths and puzzles failed in a run; Exploration, or the percentage of the floor completed and the number of secrets completed; Speed, or the time taken to complete a run; and Bonus, which varies depending on the floor and active modifiers, like Paul's EZPZ perk.

0-99 Score grants a D.
100-159 Score grants a C.
160-229 Score grants a B.
230-269.4 Score grants a A.
270-299 Score grants a S.
≥300 Score grants a S+.

For more in-depth calculations, see Dungeon Score.

Dungeon Reward Chests

When a floor is successfully cleared, player(s) can spend Coins to unlock different tiers of Dungeon Reward Chests, with each tier increasing in price and quality of loot.

The total Score achieved at the end of a Dungeon run dictates which Dungeon Reward Chests are unlocked. Completion of the floor unlocks the Wood, Gold, and Diamond chests; an A unlocks the Emerald chest; an S unlocks the Obsidian chest, and an S+ unlocks the Bedrock chest while on Floor V or higher. While on The Catacombs - Floor VII, you unlock an additional chest per phase of the boss fight completed.^[Confirm]

When obtaining an item classified as an RNG Drop, the following dialogue is displayed:

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RNG DROP! <username> just found a <item>!

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Items classified as RNG Drops include:
- Livid Dagger^[Confirm]
- Shadow Fury^[Confirm]
- Last Breath^[Confirm]
- Giant's Sword
- Fel Skull^[Confirm]
- Precursor Eye^[Confirm]
- Necron's Handle
- Implosion
- Wither Shield
- Shadow Warp

Dungeonizing and Essence

Essence is a currency used in the Catacombs that can be spent on upgrades at various NPCs, used to upgrade items, and convert items to Dungeon items in a process colloquially known as 'dungeonizing'.

By converting an item to a Dungeon item, which can be seen through the tag at the bottom of an item's lore, it will grant increased stats while in the Catacombs. The stat boosts depend on your Catacombs level, the number of Star Upgrades the item has, and the number of Master Stars applied.

Standard Star Upgrades can be obtained on a variety of items that are not limited to being Catacombs-exclusive; however, Master Stars can only be applied to Dungeon items.

Stat Bonuses

The stat bonuses from your Catacombs level and Star Upgrades are calculated separately and stack additively on top of the final state increase, only modifying the stats of the item itself.

While in the Catacombs, each Star Upgrade grants a +10% stat boost, adding up to a total stat boost of +50%; each Master Star grants a +5% stat boost on top of the initial increase, totaling to a +75% increase in stats across the board.

General's Medallion additionally grants a +1% stat boost per digit, up to +5%.

Example: Catacombs 27 [+255%] + 5 stars [+50%] + 2 Master Stars [+10%] + 1000 Secret Counter (4 Digits) [+4%] = +319%, while in Master Mode.

This boost multiplies eligible stats by (100% + 319%)×.

Some Stats are not boosted by every source, such as Attack Speed, Crit Chance, and Ability Damage. These stats do not receive the Catacombs Level stat boost, but can receive Stars, Master Stars, and General's Medallion digits boosts.

Item Quality

Dungeon items that drop from Dungeon Mobs and Minibosses will drop with different base stats depending on the floor it was dropped on and a randomly generated number that dictates the stat increase percentage.

There are up to 10 possible 'tiers' of base stats, dependent on the floor the item was dropped on.

Tier	Floor
Tier	Standard	Master Mode
1	The Catacombs - Entrance The Catacombs - Floor I
2	The Catacombs - Floor II
3	The Catacombs - Floor III
4	The Catacombs - Floor IV	Master Mode - Floor I
5	The Catacombs - Floor V	Master Mode - Floor II
6	The Catacombs - Floor VI	Master Mode - Floor III
7	The Catacombs - Floor VII	Master Mode - Floor IV
8		Master Mode - Floor V
9		Master Mode - Floor VI
10		Master Mode - Floor VII

The bonus stats of dropped items can reach up to a +50% increase, which will result in its Rarity being upgraded.

Dungeoneering

Dungeoneering is a Skill that is leveled up through completing runs of the Catacombs. As players complete or fail Dungeon runs, they will increment Catacombs XP and eventually upgrade their Catacombs skill. Each level grants increased Health and SkyBlock XP, and grants a multiplicative stat multiplier on Dungeon items of up to +485%.

Additionally, the first 5 completions each day award a 40% bonus to Catacombs XP. Failed runs do not count towards this bonus.

Trivia

The Professor was referred to as Oak on the Alpha Hypixel Network.^[1]^[2]
- This was a reference to Professor Oak from the Pokémon franchise. The reason behind the change is unknown.
The Catacombs was intended to have 10 floors, with Maxor in Floor 7, Goldor in Floor 8, Storm in Floor 9, and Necron in Floor 10. The other Wither Lords were initially scrapped with the release of The Catacombs - Floor VII, but were re-added with the release of Master Mode - Floor VII.

History

Alpha Hypixel Network
Jul 15, 2026		Nerfed Fire Traps from 50% to 15% of max Health as Damage.
		Nerfed Arrow Traps from 50% to 15% of max Health as Damage.
		Nerfed Crusher Traps from 100% to 30% of max Health as Damage.
		Nerfed Tripwire Traps from 33% to 15% of max Health as Damage.
		Nerfed Lava damage in Floor VII from 40% of max Health as Damage to 8,000 Damage.
		Nerfed lava damage in Master Mode Floor VII from 40% of max Health as Damage to 60,000 Damage.
SkyBlock Prototype
Dec 18, 2019	0.7.5	Mob AI technology for what would become the Lost Adventurer and Angry Archaeologist is showcased in a video.
Jul 1, 2020	0.7.11	Dungeons infrastructure released onto the main server.
Jul 1, 2020	0.7.11	The Catacombs, its 11 Floors and the Master Mode can be viewed in the Dungeon Hub.
Jul 7, 2020	0.8	Released The Catacombs Dungeon.
Jul 7, 2020	0.8	Released Catacombs Entrance and Floors I-III.
Jul 14, 2020		Added Boss Collections for all Catacombs bosses
Jul 30, 2020		Released Catacombs Floor IV.
		Added Ice Essence, which drops from Frozen Adventurers.
		Unstable Lost Adventurers now deal lightning damage; Holy ones heal faster.
		Added Frozen Adventurers to regular rooms, fixed an issue that was making them too tanky and gave them 1 extra Ice essence drop.
Aug 1, 2020		Mort won't give Dungeon Orbs anymore in Floor III and higher if the player does not have one already.
Sep 17, 2020	0.9.1	Added stats to Golden and Diamond boss heads. On their respective floor, their stats are doubled.
		Dungeons stats are now added to the API.
		Floors II, III and IV are now approximately 5% easier
		Released Floor V.
		Starting Floor V, obtaining an S+ rank will unlock the Bedrock chest.
Oct 1, 2020	0.9.4	Released Floor VI.
Nov 17, 2020	0.9.13	Released Floor VII.
		The previously planned floors VIII, IX and X are now canceled.
		Floors I-VI are now slightly easier.
Unknown Date		Flight exploit with Spirit Boots in Floor VII boss room is patched.
Jan 6, 2021		Flight exploit with Tarantula Boots in Floor VII boss room fully patched.
Mar 30, 2021	0.11.3	Added Master Mode, Floors I-V.
		Entrance now requires Combat XV (15).
		Floor I now requires Catacombs I (1).
		Floor II now requires Catacombs III (3).
		Floor III now requires Catacombs V (5).
		Floor IV now requires Catacombs IX (9).
		Floor V now requires Catacombs XIV (14).
		Floor VI now requires Catacombs XIX (19).
		Floor VII now requires Catacombs XXIV (24).
		Reduced Catacombs level requirements for many items. Click here to see the full list of changes.
		Reduced Essence cost values for many items.
		From now on all current catacombs floor will grant more catacombs exp based on how many times you previously beaten that floor, up to 150% extra exp granted on floors 1 to 5, up to 100% on floor 6 and up to 50% extra on floor 7. This is not applied for Master Mode at this time.
Apr 21, 2021	0.11.4	Added Master Mode, Floor VI.
Aug 24, 2021		Added 15 new rooms, found on every floor.
Feb 24, 2022		Master Mode Floor VII was leaked by 12[ADMIN] Jayavarmen^[3].
Mar 1, 2022	0.12.3	Added Maxor, Storm, and Goldor to Floor VII.
Mar 1, 2022	0.12.3	Made multiple changes to Floor VII.
Mar 2, 2022		Added Master Mode, Floor VII.
Jul 22, 2026	0.26.1	Nerfed Fire Traps from 50% to 15% of max Health as Damage.
		Nerfed Arrow Traps from 50% to 15% of max Health as Damage.
		Nerfed Crusher Traps from 100% to 30% of max Health as Damage.
		Nerfed Tripwire Traps from 33% to 15% of max Health as Damage.
		Nerfed Lava damage in Floor VII from 40% of max Health as Damage to 8,000 Damage.
		Nerfed lava damage in Master Mode Floor VII from 40% of max Health as Damage to 60,000 Damage.

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[3] ttps://twitter.com/jayavarmen/status/1497038815034236930?t=b6G3J30wMU8N9bWR541HXw&s=19

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