# How do we determine minibosses?

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**Tags:** boss\_monster\
**Created:** [June 30, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://undertale.wiki/d/t/how-do-we-determine-minibosses/1091 "2025-06-30T21:00:55Z")\
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So, I found a poll about “miniboss encounters”.

[https://undertale.wiki/d/t/favorite-miniboss-encounter/1192](https://undertale.wiki/d/t/favorite-miniboss-encounter/1192)

What’s interesting is that every single entry is one of the ones I don’t consider minibosses.

I’m not sure what the rules determining encounters are, but maybe saying minibosses specifically ARE NOT encounters is a way of narrowing things down? I’m not sure what criteria was used to determine “encounters” but I also consider anything that’s just a random encounter to not be a miniboss.

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