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[Orithan]

I'm not entirley sure. The reason Skeletron instantly kills you if you attempt to explore the dungeon before fighting him is because you are supposed to defeat him first.

In my experience, failed boss summons (apart from Skeletron, as I metioned above) did nothing whatsoever, so I assume you are alright if you try to summon the Snow Legions after December.

[Koh]

The Dao of Pow is complete rape when farming statues on Blood Moons. I recorded its complete chaos. Should I acquire 2 more fish statues, the amount of money made would shoot up .

[Din]

I totally agree. (It's especially great for Wyverns too. Seriously, who doesn't hate those bloody things?)

Well, I just defeated the Destroyer and the Twins. Now all I've got left is Skeletron Prime.

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Oh dear lord, this is gonna be a long day.

[Nathaniel]

I managed to defeat all three hardmode bosses, each one day after the other. Once you get a good strategy down, you enjoy fighting them again and again. I will share the strategies I used below. The one against the Destroyer I take no credit for, as it was Koh's advice I used for that. The other two, I took advice from the wiki, I believe, but figured out my own strategy when it comes to mobility, which I think was the most key component for success.

General

For all three battles, have the best armor available to you, which is at least adamantite. Also be equipped with the band of regeneration, cross, philosopher's stone, spectre boots, and wings (except Destroyer, which I use Obsidian Shield instead). Reforge these items for improvement in defense (warding is the best), since most likely you will lose for taking too much damage too quickly, rather than running out of time, although both can be major issues. Buffs to prepare are ironskin, swiftness, soup, regeneration, and even thorns for those run-ins (most likely against Destroyer).

Destroyer

The quickest and easiest to beat, but the quickest to die to if you lack strategy and power. Fight him almost anywhere, as long as you are away from your NPCs and areas of very high enemy spawn rates (surface during a blood moon, dungeon, etc.), If there is a blood moon, you can go underground somewhere, either in the caverns or even the underworld, but away from lava. I used the Dao of Pow, staying perfectly still on the ground. With enough stacked regeneration from the band and the potion, you can effectively regain health about as fast as you lose it from being hit by the Destroyer. Remember to stay on the ground, and not jump around. Extend the Dao of Pao its furthest by holding down the mouse button, not just clicking it. If you are in his space, even better, as you can aim it along the grain of his massive body for maximum damage. Repeat, collect hearts you just happen to have appear, but focus primarily on Destroyer at all times.

The Twins

Many find Skeletron Prime to be the most difficult of the three, but I personally find the Twins to give me the most trouble. It is the shorter of the two battles, but the quicker one to die from if you aren't careful, due to their better speed and accuracy. You should fight him outdoors, but be careful not to go so high as to summon a Wyvern. My most successful weapon was the megashark due to it being the fastest, using cursed bullets for their greater damage. 2000 bullets should be enough. This of course would mean that you would have to defeat the Destroyer first. Focus all your energy on Spazmatism first (the green one). Using the wings and spectre boots combination, movement strategy is mostly vertical, but go horizontal whenever you feel you need to, but not too much. You must stay moving at all times, or you will be pummeled and not stand a chance. In Spazmatism's second form, he will charge you (like Eye of Cthulhu), and being too close will get you hit from the cursed fire (most damaging of all). If you get too close drop down from the air. He can outrun you easily, but not when you let gravity pull you back to the ground. Fall if you are stuck too close to him. Keep firing and aiming at all times while you are moving. Heal if you fall below half of your health. Once Spazmatism is finished, Retinazer becomes a lot more manageable, and his second form can be a much greater menace if the other twin is still alive. Battle usually takes me two thirds of the night.

Skeletron Prime

He may have more weapons to shoot at you, but he is slower and less accurate than the Twins, provided you don't stop moving. He should be fought outdoors, just like the Twins, but don't go so high as to summon the Wyvern. Some say to take out the arms first, and then the head. This is why they probably find him to be the hardest. If you try to take out his guns first, you will likely run out of time. I used the megashark with cursed bullets, just like with the Twins. 2000 bullets should be enough. Focus only on the head, moving vertically (up and down) as much as possible. Your best luck at hitting the head is when you are directly above or below it, as the arms tend to block him from the sides a lot more. You might have to move a little to the left or right at times in order to avoid all the gunfire and bombs, but it shouldn't be as bad as avoiding the Twins. Always be moving, and always be shooting, aiming only for the head. Both times I beat him it took almost the entire night, but I think I had about an hour to spare both times. The longest of the three battles for me, but he isn't the hardest to avoid.

[ShadowTiger]

Very nice little guide. Thanks bunches, Nate. :] I haven't fought one of those bosses in just under a month, oddly.

I wonder if I wish that bosses should be affected by lava. Think about what that would do to the battles.

We still on, Saturday, for the Wall of Flesh?

[Nathaniel]

You are correct there, fine sir. It shall be swell.

[Peteo]

Wow, this game is incredible! I always wanted to play Minecraft, but it didn't play well enough on my crappy computer. Then I found out about Terraria, a "2D version" of Minecraft. However, Terraria is no copy of Minecraft as everyone already knows, it is a similar but a much more fun game, at least to me!

I just spent half a day making this one big tunnel and I still haven't reached the Underworld/Hell. I wonder if I ever get bored to this game... The worlds are so huge and there are millions of possibilities of what to do and how to proceed. Bye bye real life.

Edited by Peteo, 05 January 2012 - 02:45 PM.

[ShadowTiger]

Yeah, that's what happened to me. I got bored of Minecraft fairly quickly. There just wasn't enough to do. Your creations don't really amount to anything in the end. You can create farms, but for what? Only for the sake of creating them. In Terraria, any farm that you make is for a specific purpose. Almost everything is practical. (Though I hope we'll never have a need to use the toilet or shower decorations. )

Eagerly awaiting Redigit's next Dev post. I doubt it'll come any time soon, though. I don't know whether or not they're going to pull out tiny updates, or go for a full-out version 1.2 in another half a year or so.

[Din]

ShadowTiger: Yes! Terraria: Sims Edition!

Nathaniel: Thanks for the guide! I managed to beat Skeletron Prime a few days ago. I dunno why, but for some reason, the Twins were the easiest for me. They were the only ones that didn't hand my ass to me two or three times before I killed them.

About Terraria. Redigit's last project, Super Mario Bros. X, ended at version 1.3, after about a year and a half of development. (He also later made a fake cease-and-desist to cover himself, but that's another story.) Redigit makes great games, but when one of 'em stops... BAM! No warning whatsoever. (He literally announced its cancellation over the chat in the middle of the day and spoke nothing of it again, until he said a few months later that lawyers gave him a cease-and-desist over the phone. He later announced it was a hoax.)

Anyhow, that aside, Terraria does have a larger audience than Super Mario Bros. X. Also, admitting to lying probably DID require some maturity on Redigit's part, so I doubt he'd end it totally abruptly like he did with Super Mario Bros. X. Well, that's what I hope.

[ShadowTiger]

After something like this, I don't think Redigit has as much of a reason to step down his game. If anything, what worries me is an easily distracted sprite artist.

[Din]

Terraria 1.1.2 is here!

Alright. It's just languages and four minor bugs (two of which are only relevant to multiplayer modes), so no major changes or new content. Nice to see something though.

[ShadowTiger]

At least we know it's being updated. A lot of Devs release a major version, then sit back and play other games because they've "done enough for a while." Oy. I still wonder just how incremental new releases are going to be.

[Moosh]

I've started playing this game and DAMN it sure is fun!

One thing I don't quite get is how I killed the Wall of Flesh, tried to summon it again, and it didn't appear... I know I've fought it twice on a single world before...

[ShadowTiger]

Should totally bring your best character to our Terraria Server, Sacre Tor. We play every Saturday afternoon.

Not really sure why the Wall of Flesh wasn't summoned. Did you summon it in the middle of the map, in the Underworld? Was it a deep pool of lava?

Oh. From the wiki:

When this item is equipped as an accessory, it becomes possible to kill the Guide with weapons. If the item is destroyed by Lava in the Underworld, it will kill the guide and summon the Wall of Flesh. If the item is destroyed while there is no living Guide, the Wall of Flesh will not appear.

Interesting. o.o! That kind of implies that the guide himself becomes the Wall of Flesh. If there is no Guide, no WoF appears. Direct correlation much?

[Nathaniel]

I've started playing this game and DAMN it sure is fun!

One thing I don't quite get is how I killed the Wall of Flesh, tried to summon it again, and it didn't appear... I know I've fought it twice on a single world before...

When the Wall of Flesh is summoned, your guide is immediately killed. When you tried to summon him again, he probably didn't because a new guide had not arrived on your world yet. You can't summon the Wall of Flesh unless you have a guide somewhere on your world.