The Rat King's Crown is an artifact in Remixed Dungeon that grants control over rats.

Gold crown of His Ratness, symbol of everrating Power. Wearing this crown allows the player to command rats instead of fighting them.

• Dropped by the Rat King boss on floor 5
• Can only be obtained by choosing to fight the Rat King rather than taking the Crown directly

• When attacking a rat while wearing the crown, it becomes your pet instead of taking damage (implemented via the attackProc method in RatKingAuraBuff)
• Effect only works on Rats (class Rat), does not work on other rat-like creatures
• Activates via the RatKingAuraBuff when worn
• The rat becomes a pet with the message “I will obey you” when successfully converted (via Mob.makePet method)
• Requires the artifact to be equipped to function

• Type: Artifact
• Image: artifacts.png (index 17)
• Identified: Always identified (isIdentified() returns true)

• Useful for farming rats as allies in later parts of the dungeon
• Allows for unique tactical approaches using rat minions
• Consider the strategic value of having a rat army

• Information source: Java Class com.nyrds.pixeldungeon.items.common.RatKingCrown
• Mechanics verification: attackProc method in RatKingAuraBuff confirms rat control mechanism when defender is instance of Rat
• Effect descriptions: Based on string resources from values/strings_all.xml (“RatKingCrownBuff_Info”)
• Name verification: Confirmed from string resources (“RatKingCrown_Name”)

• RatKingCrown.java - Java implementation
• English strings - Name and description
• Russian strings - Russian localization

• Artifacts - Other special items
• Rat King - Boss that drops this item
• Rats - Creatures affected by this item
• Mobs - Base class for creature interactions
• Buffs - Status effects like RatKingAuraBuff