Midnight Stronghold

Quickstart

1. Your campaign begins at a prison compound. Find the broken east wall and escape through it; leaving the compound triggers the escape scene.
2. After escaping, use the Stronghold Beacon while standing where you want your safehouse to be. It marks your current location as the shared base; it does not build a shelter for you.
3. Claim a defensible spot before midnight. Gather supplies and prepare for attackers after sunset. Stay near the base and fight off each night’s pursuers.
4. After surviving three nights, defeat the Prison Commander in the third-night attack. Use the Stronghold Map you receive to open the campaign menu and choose the next objective.

In multiplayer, the campaign and base are shared. Stick together to defend the base and tackle story missions.

Overview

Escape is only the start: the prison guards pursue you, and your crew must establish and defend a base while uncovering the story of the ten strongholds. Night raids keep coming even while you pause story missions.

If you reach midnight before marking a base, you are caught and sent back to the prison to escape again.

What It Adds

• A prison opening, a player-marked base, enemy fortresses, and a final stronghold.
• Recurring night attacks by prison pursuers, including zombies, skeletons, and pillagers.
• The Stronghold Beacon and Stronghold Map campaign items.
• Sentinel armor, the Guard Sword, and the Breacher Hammer.
• A shared campaign for multiplayer.

How To Use

Claim and defend a base

Use the Stronghold Beacon at your chosen location after escaping. Your first attack begins after sunset. Stay near the marked base, work with your crew, and defeat the attackers to survive the night. The on-screen status shows the night and, during an attack, how many pursuers remain.

After each night, use the daytime to prepare. Attacks return each night, and later raids grow more dangerous. If you want to move camp, use the beacon at a new location between attacks.

Open the campaign map

Use the Stronghold Map to view your current objective and reputation, or close the menu and keep defending. When a story mission is available, select it from the map. Fortress missions build their structure around the player who starts them, so choose a spot with room for the fortress before selecting the mission.

Crafting And Obtaining

The Stronghold Beacon is provided after the escape; use it to mark your base. The Stronghold Map is earned through campaign progress.

Craft the Sentinel armor at a crafting table using iron ingots and leather. Each piece can be repaired with iron ingots.

• Sentinel Helm:
• Sentinel Chestplate:
• Sentinel Leggings:
• Sentinel Boots:

For melee weapons, craft the Guard Sword with iron, flint, and a stick, or the Breacher Hammer with iron and sticks:

• Guard Sword:
• Breacher Hammer:

Abilities And Mechanics

• Night raids: Pursuers attack around your base each night. Clear the attackers to reach dawn and earn iron ingots.
• Growing base: Stronghold victories increase reputation and automatically add defenses to your base. Reputation and time also make raids tougher.
• Shared campaign: The base and story progress belong to the crew. Stay together during defenses and missions.

Progression And Strategy

1. Escape the prison and mark a base before midnight.
2. Survive three nights. The third-night Prison Commander carries the route back to the prison. Defeat the commander and use the map to choose the rescue mission.
3. Free the captives. Return to the prison through the map and clear its defenders. The rescued prisoners reveal the enemy strongholds.
4. Destroy ten strongholds. Use the map to start each assault and defeat its commander. Victories grant iron, emeralds, reputation, and base reinforcements.
5. Enter the Last Stronghold. After the ten fortresses fall, use the map to begin the final assault. Its ten chambers pit you against the commanders in sequence.

The story can be completed, but the base continues to face night attacks afterward.