In Castle Crashers, some levels feature a unique, often powerful enemy at the end, serving as a final challenge, known as Bosses. These enemies, when fought, have a unique health bar at the bottom of the screen. Certain bosses may appear multiple times in a level, or, in one case, reappear as a normal enemy in a later level.
Bosses[]
- Barbarian Boss — Barbarian Boss
- Troll Mother — Thieves' Forest (Re-encountered in Marsh as a regular enemy)
- Catfish — Catfish
- Pipistrello — Pipistrello's Cave
- Conehead Groom — Wedding Crash
- Giant Troll — Parade
- Cyclops — Cyclops' Fortress
- Industrial Machine — Industrial Castle
- Dragon and Sock Puppet — Lava World
- Alien Ship — Desert
- Corn Boss — Corn Boss
- Medusa — Medusa's Lair
- Frost King — Ice Castle
- Painter — Wizard Castle Interior (Only boss to drop Food when killed, as well as the only boss to drop Health Potions, but only on Insane Mode)
- Undead Cyclops — Wizard Castle Interior
- Necromancer — Wizard Castle Interior
- Evil Wizard — Final Battle
Minibosses[]
Minibosses are enemies that have a boss health bar, but are not encountered at the very end of a level.
- War Machine — Barbarian War
- Bear Boss — Tall Grass Field
- Volcano — Lava World (Only boss that can be only killed with Sandwiches)
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Trivia[]
- There are a total of 20 bosses to fight in all versions of Castle Crashers.
- The Evil Wizard has the most phases out of every boss in the entire game with 5 (6 if counting the Crystal Shards).
- The Volcano is the only boss in the entire game that requires an item in order to kill it.
- Pipistrello deals the highest damage out of all the bosses in the entire game with 999 damage dealt from his tongue attack on Insane Mode; enough to kill anyone below 1,000+ HP.
- The following bosses, when killed, will allow the player to rescue one of the princesses. if playing in co-op, the players will have to duel until there is one person standing to receive a kiss from the princesses.
- Killing the Barbarian Boss allows the player to rescue Red Princess.
- Killing the Cyclops allows the player to rescue Green Princess.
- Killing the Frost King allows the player to rescue Blue Princess.
- Killing the Evil Wizard allows the player to rescue Orange Princess.