Royal Jelly
From SpiralKnights
The Royal Jelly is a gelatinous cube about 5 times the dimensions of the basic pink cube, adorned with a white and purple crown on its top.
Royal Jelly is weak to shadow attacks, and has 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 magnificent knockback as you approach him. He spawns in a small space at the top of the room. It's best to get a shadow weapon. Weapons that can that can cause poison or fire are also preferred. 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. The Polyps that surround the fighting arena can spawn Jelly Minis that can heal the king when they fuse with him.
A good armor set consists of defense against piercing, both in armor and shield. The Chroma and Virulisk sets are especially useful, as they give a damage bonus against Slimes. Though many would pick the Wolver line and its upgrades as it also provides piercing defense and a damage bonus without being useless or obsolete outside of the Royal Jelly Palace.
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
Video Walkthrough: Jelly King Battle Guide, Strategy and Walk-through
Tactics
The Royal Jelly attacks at regular intervals with a spinning attack, hitting everything near, and heals at a normal rate when fusing with Jelly Minis during the fight. The best suggestion is to wait for an attack, hit him with a full swing of melee, then back off until his next attack. At low health, he will periodically Berserk (lose his crown and 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 blocks 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.
Weapons capable of inflicting poison or curse are helpful while fighting the Royal Jelly. Poison can effectively prevent the Royal Jelly from regenerating his health while curse can reduce the effectiveness of healing. Poison and Curse vials (obtainable in preceding floors) can take place of those weapons; however, it is harder to hit the boss due to the huge swarm of minis blocking the way.
NOTE: The Royal Jelly regenerates constantly by absorbing Jelly Minis, in amounts near 50 during a 4-man run or even close to that amount in a 2-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
- 3-4 Jelly Tokens (less if you join partway through the Royal Jelly Palace)
- Jelly Mail (rarely)
- Wolver Coat (rarely)
- Crystal Bomb (Rarely)
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.
