Minecraft Dungeons runes guide: every hidden location

June 8, 2020

You may have heard the rumours about a secret cow level in Minecraft Dungeons. They’re true. In an homage to the long-standing bovine rumour and Easter Egg in the Diablo series, it seems that Minecraft Dungeons has its own take on the secret cow level that’s filled with Mooshrooms.
You will need to find nine hidden runes to unlock this hidden level, and once you do you’ll get access to the craziest secret area in the game.

Minecraft Dungeons runes guide
This Minecraft Dungeons runes guide will list the steps you need to take to find all nine runes in each of Minecraft Dungeon’s story missions that are required to unlock the secret cow level.
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To access the fort in the camp where the secret level map is located, you must have completed Minecraft Dungeons at least once. The runes hidden in story missions are only used to open the door at the back of the fort and can be found on any difficulty level.
I recommend playing each story mission on the lowest difficulty tier available for that mission on Default difficulty. After finding the rune doorway for each mission, head through the doorway and along the path to find another button. Push it to make the rune appear, then click on the rune itself to pick it up.
Once you’ve got the rune, there is no commitment to complete the level, so bring up the menu (Esc key or Start button) and select the option to “Return to Camp”. You can then move onto the next level. Just make sure that you did pick up the rune up first, otherwise you’ll have to go and find the hidden door again. Below are all nine rune locations:
Creeper Woods
Soggy Swamp
Pumpkin Pastures
Cacti Canyon
Redstone Mines
Fiery Forge
Desert Temple
Highblock Halls
Obsidian Pinnacle