Royal Jelly

The Royal Jelly surrounded by both Royal Minis and Jelly Cubes.

The Royal Jelly is a gelatinous cube about 5 times the dimensions of the basic pink cube, adorned with a blue and purple crown on its top. It has the ability to spawn large quantities of Royal Mini pink cubes, and the occasional Jelly Cube.

Unlike normal slimes, the Royal Jelly is neutral to shadow attacks, and only has a slight resistance to piercing.

Monstrous Profile

Tread with caution when you enter the slime-covered halls of the Royal Jelly Palace. Recon Knights have gathered that this ancient, open-air castle has been overtaken by a legion of slimes, the most fearsome of which is a 'Royal Jelly.'

Like any unruly king, it has a short fuse and loves to throw its weight around. We cannot be certain under what lineage or authority this oozing aristocrat claims noble descent, but we would still caution those traveling in its palace to stay vigilant and come prepared with Poison vials and weapons, in addition to a full complement of knights!

Strategy

This giant dessert gone wild will try to prevent you from attacking it with a massive amount of minions that swarm you. He spawns in a small space at the top of the room. It's best to get a weapon that can cause poison or fire. Poison is best due to the fact that the royal gargantuan can and will sacrifice its smaller friends to heal itself. When it first appears, have a charged attack ready to be unleashed. The Royal Jelly is able to break the breakable walls and can also fire small Royal Mini jellies out.

Handguns are not very effective because other jellies will often block your shot. Run up and hack away, ignoring the other jellies and pausing only to shield when the Royal Jelly spins. Use weapons or vials to keep the Royal Jelly poisoned, cursed, and on fire at all times.

Video: Spiral Knights - Royal Jelly

Tactics

The Royal Jelly's attacks at regular intervals with a spinning attack, hitting everything near, and sending out various mini jellies, and heals at a normal rate during the fight. The best suggestion is wait for an attack, hit him with a full swing of melee, then back off till his next attack. At low health, he will periodically Berserk (turn pink and spin around the area violently). During this time he is invulnerable, but he can't reach you in the 8 corners of the room and cannot heal until it's done. Beware though, the spiked jellies can, and will attempt to shoot spikes at you, so keep your shield up. He will do 1 regular attack in between invulnerability / spinning timers.

Another tactic that's perhaps a bit more dangerous, is to stand on the squares where the wall block constantly regenerate. This allows you to not get trapped by spawning blocks. If you stand on the square when one regenerates, it will deal damage to you-- but less damage than even one of the mini Jellies will do to you. Getting swarmed by these tiny blobs of terror often reduces your health before you can even react. NOTE: Royal jelly regenerates constantly, in amounts near 40 during a 4 man run. If you are dealing less than this in the amount of time he heals, you are fighting a losing battle. If he stops healing, he is at full health.

Drops

• 1-5

Notes

• A Recon Module can be obtained in front of the lift right after killing the Royal Jelly.
• The Royal Jelly's health varies by the number of players in the party. Under some circumstances, he can be easier solo than in a group.

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