The Rats Mod for Minecraft adds a fun and exciting new experience to the game, with new enemies, worlds, and bosses.
Some of the best parts of this mod are its hard bosses, each with its own special attacks, dangers, and prizes.
This article will list all the Rats Mod bosses from the easiest to the hardest, so you’ll know what you’re up against before you fight them! Let’s get started –
1. The Rat King
- Difficulty Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ (Easy)
- How to Summon: The Rat King is summoned by using a Ball of Filth on a wild rat.
- To craft the Ball of Filth, you need nine blocks of Filth (made by compressing garbage piles).
- Simply find or spawn a wild rat, right-click it with the Ball of Filth, and it will transform into the Rat King.
The Rat King is a scary giant rat made up of lots of smaller rats, but it’s actually pretty easy to beat as a boss.
During the fight, the Rat King doesn’t use tricky attack moves—it mainly just calls in tons of wild rats to swarm you.
This might look scary if you’re not ready for it, but the rats it summons are pretty weak and not hard to kill.
Strategy:
Stay back and use wide swinging attacks or weapons that hit multiple enemies at once to take out all the rats it sends at you. If you have good armor and some food to heal yourself, this fight won’t be too tough.
Drops:
- Rat King’s Crown: Grants special perks for your rats.
- Tangled Rat Tails: These can be used in crafting items like the Gilded Rat Flute.
- Rat Skulls (rare), which can be gilded with gold. These are useful in certain upgrades.
2. The Black Death
- Difficulty Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (Moderate)
- How to Summon: To summon the Black Death, use a Plague Tome on a Plague Doctor.
- The Plague Tome is a rare drop from Plague Rats and can be traded from Plague Doctors under specific circumstances.
- Once summoned, the battle begins immediately.
The Black Death is a scary figure wearing dark robes that focuses on calling in helpers and making the player sick with plague.
Once it shows up, it will send waves of Plague Rats at you—these are strong enemies that can spread plague to both players and other creatures.
The Black Death can also create big Plague Beasts—rats that have grown into huge monsters—plus Plague Clouds that float around and cause bad effects.
Strategy:
This boss can feel like too much to handle if you don’t quickly take out the creatures it calls in. Use magical weapons, like a sword with Sweeping Edge, to clear out the smaller rats fast. Keep lots of Golden Apples with you since they help fight off the ongoing damage from the plague.
A bow and arrows work really well for attacking the Black Death from far away. Building walls around the area to trap the boss and its helpers can also make the fight much easier.
Drops:
- Black Death Mask: Reduces the chance of contracting the plague and prevents Plague Rats from attacking you, even if provoked.
- Black Death Scythe: A melee weapon that can summon Plague Clouds with every attack.
3. The Flying Dutchrat
- Difficulty Rating: ★★★☆☆ (Moderate to Challenging)
- How to Summon: The Flying Dutchrat is summoned aboard its ship by ringing the Wailing Bell at night.
- The Flying Dutchrat’s ship can be found high up in the sky (look for a green ship on your map or radar).
The Flying Dutchrat is a ghostly, flying pirate boss that attacks with close-up strikes, curses, and ghostly helpers.
This boss can pass right through blocks, fly around, and deal heavy damage with its ghost sword.
What makes this fight somewhat tough is that the boss moves around a lot, making it hard to hit with melee weapons.
Strategy:
Bring a powerful bow (with magical upgrades if possible) for this fight. Fighting the Dutchrat on its ship is a good idea so you don’t lose important items if the boss flies too far away or over water.
Use potions that give you boosts like healing over time and extra strength to make the fight easier.
Drops:
- Flying Dutchrat’s Ship Wheel: Used in crafting items like the Skull of Ratlantis.
- Ghost Planks: A crafting material for decorative purposes.
4. The Rat Baron
- Difficulty Rating: ★★★★☆ (Challenging)
- How to Summon: Go to Ratlantis and activate an Air Raid Siren on a specific structure known as the Landing Strip.
The Rat Baron is a scary, flying boss that rides a biplane. It attacks by diving down at players, slashing with claws, and shooting projectiles from its plane.
The Rat Baron is super fast and quick, making it really hard to hit with close-combat weapons.
To make things even difficult, the Rat Baron drops bombs that explode and hurt everything nearby, forcing players to keep moving.
Strategy:
Using both a strong bow and long-range attacks is a must for this fight. Aim carefully and shoot when the Baron dives down toward you.
Bring extra healing items and magical armor – you’ll really need them. Players using mods that let them fly might have an easier time by fighting in the air.
Drops:
- Biplane Wing: An important part for making the Biplane Mount Upgrade for your rats. This lets rats ride in biplanes, giving them more health and better fighting power.
5. The Ratlantean Automaton
- Difficulty Rating: ★★★★☆ (Hard)
- How to Summon: The Ratlantis Automaton can be summoned using Ratlantean Marble Cheese and a Ratlantean Automaton Head, creating a structure similar to the Wither summoning method.
This mechanical boss uses two blades for powerful close-up attacks and can shoot lasers from far away.
The lasers do steady damage and can go through weaker armor, so this robot is dangerous even when you’re far from it. Its toughness and high damage make this a scary enemy to fight.
Strategy:
Get enchanted armor that makes you tougher and reduces damage you take (like Protection IV).
Use shields to block the robot’s close-up attacks or hide behind cover to stay safe. The fight might take a while, but if you keep attacking steadily and don’t give up, you’ll eventually beat the robot.
Drops:
- Arcane Technology: A crucial material for Ratlantis crafting recipes.
- Ancient Sawblade: Used for crafting advanced Ratlantian equipment.
6. The Neoratlantean
- Difficulty Rating: ★★★★★ (Very Hard)
- How to Summon: The Neoratlantean requires a Vial of Consciousness, which must be thrown at a Feral Ratlantean within Ratlantis.
The Neoratlantean is probably the hardest boss in the Rats Mod, giving you a crazy and confusing fight. When it shows up, it uses portals that both call in more enemies and shoot lasers at you.
On top of that, the Neoratlantean makes you feel sick, float around, and slowly lose health, making it really hard to stay in control of the fight. It keeps moving around the whole time, which makes things even tougher.
Strategy:
Bring lots of healing items and focus first on breaking the portals so you don’t get overwhelmed by enemies.
Magical weapons like the Black Death Scythe work well for hurting groups of enemies quickly. A strong bow (like Power V) and potions that heal you over time and boost your health can also help a lot against this boss.
It’s considered one of the hardest fights because you have to do so many things at once.
Drops:
- Psychic Rat Brain Upgrade: Allows your rat to summon portals that independently attack enemies.
- Sonic Rat Brain Upgrade: Increases your rat’s combat effectiveness.
Final Thoughts
The bosses in the Rats Mod are a great mix of being challenging, creative, and fun.
From the simpler Rat King to the chaotic Neoratlantean, each boss has its own special tricks that make the mod exciting to play.
Whether you’re fighting off the swarms of the Black Death or chasing the Flying Dutchrat on its ghost ship, there’s a boss here that will challenge every kind of Minecraft player.
If you take the time to get ready, improve your gear, and use a good plan, you’ll be able to collect all the rare items and upgrades these bosses drop.
So, get your best gear, tame your rats, and get ready to take on all of these amazing bosses.
