Throne Room

The Throne Room is the room where the King of the island resides. It is guarded by the final boss of Dead Cells, The Hand of the King.

Access and exit
The Throne Room can be accessed from either High Peak Castle, Derelict Distillery, or Guardian's Haven. An exit leading to Prisoners' Quarters is available after. In 5 BSC difficulty, another exit to Astrolab is also available.

For the first time HOTK is defeated, after the player's body is destroyed, leaving them with just a head, they will have to enter a fountain's front nozzle in order to end the run. In future runs, they will have to enter in a similar fashion, though they need to detach their head with the Homuculus rune instead.

Enemy tier and gear level scaling
In the table below, you will find the gear level and enemy tier of the throne Room based on difficulty.

Exclusive blueprints
Beating the Hand of the King will award the following blueprints:
 * 1st kill - Symmetrical Lance weapon (instantly unlocked)
 * 2nd kill - Telluric Shock skill
 * 1 BSC kill - Recycling Tubes

Hand of the King Outfits
Beating the Hand of the King will also reward the player with one of his outfits. There are 5 Hand of the King outfits, one for each difficulty. The outfit of the lowest difficulty remaining is always the one that drops, e.g. the Classic outfit will drop on 4 BSC if it hasn't been looted yet.


 * 0 BSC: The Hand of the King Outfit
 * 1 BSC: Loyal Hand of the King Outfit
 * 2 BSC: Incorruptible Hand of the King Outfit
 * 3 BSC: Faithful Hand of the King Outfit
 * 4 BSC: Devoted Hand of the King Outfit

Lore
This room has a strange, enchanted beauty to it. While decay of the island is fully visible below, one may find a calm and serene beauty in it all. The beautiful starry sky is visible, and a fountain slowly pours its heart out. The main feature, of course, is the throne, with the King silently sitting... Dead silent. Just before him watches the Hand of the King, ever vigilant. In your time of appreciating the beauty, he has spotted you... And you're an intruder. A spell fizzles around the king in a protective matter, and the massive man(?) charges forth towards you. He roars at you. One more enemy to finish off to complete your goal... But what's one more to a thousand? Sooner or later, after you turn his body into broken flesh... It's the king next. And then, it is time to make it all change.

The Hand of the King
See the main article for information about the Hand of the King.

The King
See the main article for information about the King.

Trivia

 * This biome used to be referred to as the "Guardian's Haven" in the Steam achievements, which might mean that its name was changed later.