so I dunno what happened and I have not looked into recreating this so it might be just a random bug but when I was fighting the nameless king in a casual setting he just did not spawn and I could just leave the level

what I did was activating the fight, running away to the middle of the arena and throwing a dynamite before he was supposed to spawn so it would be timed to hit him but then I got the clear jingle and effect and some skeletons spawned but the gate was immediately opened.

might be just coincidence but if someone wants to look into this further maybe there is a consistent way to skip this fight.

oh and side note after visiting the redstone forge level the game just decided to close randomly without any error message, first time the game closed on me.

sounds like an instance of the first frame 1-shot to me, must've gotten really lucky with the TNT timing lol

and yea crashes are pretty common, probably a coincidence

nah I did not kill him as he did not leave items or gem he just did not spawn entirely, no health bar no name

it sounds like you just one shot the boss, its possible to hit them with a arrow or time a tnt to kill the boss the very frame they spawn. we have done this on other bosses, but its hard to pull off. surprising to hear you one shot him with tnt though, incredible timing.

I had a run earlier where he didnt spawn. It was really confusing... as soon as i beat the spear guys it let me pass

@YomkoolTV what did you do before he spawned in the boss arena?

I have to go back and check the vod... I didn't feel like I was doing anything odd. @Agarillobob do you have the vod so we can compare maybe?

Here's the desert temple

no sorry dont have a VOD as it was in a casual play not a run

okay checked your vod and it looks exactly like It did for me just that I had a TNT there not sure it even did hit him with that 1 hit kill as he did not show him spawn or a healthbar at all only some spears spawned