However, considering the main bonus of the caster armor at that point (the healing) is negated by the Moon Bite debuff, it may be better to consider other classes instead.įinally ranger has Shroomite Armor, the armor itself doesn't have a lot of defense but its bonuses may prove to be very useful when fighting the boss. I still think is a viable strategy, but with constant Phantasm support(I was using MegaShark that time). However by the second stage the True Eyes of Cthulhu were dealing too much damage for the armor defense, and thus I didn't survive the battle. I tried summoner, and it worked great on the first stage while using Tiki Armor and a Stardust Cell Staff. Armorįirst, melee characters have a disadvantage with this boss because of its movement patters, so you can go caster, summoner or ranger. So there are setups that do not require the statues because of the dodge chance they provide. I believe the heart statues may not be necessary while using a minecart arena. Keep in mind however that the statues spawn hearts depending on the current hearts dropped all around the world, so if you just beat the last pillar be sure to pick up the hearts from the pillar mobs, or the statues may not spawn hearts. So for the vanilla Arena you need 4 statues at least, wired to a timer. Either you deal a lot of damage and die during the second stage or you deal little damage and die from running out of gas. In a vanilla style Arena, you will not be able to maintain you HP with potions alone, at least not with pre Moon Lord gear. Now depending on the Arena chosen these statues may be crucial to the fight. This allows you to move very fast and thus a lot of attacks from the moon lord will miss. With the rails ends hammered to 'bumper', to allow bumping at the end of the rail. Which is basically and arena where you will fight the Moon Lord while riding a minecart. and you will need some special weapons, for example a bow with Holy Arrows, for their 'star falling' capabilities.Īdditionally you can implement a minecart rail arena. This will prevent a lot of the damage, but it will be cumbersome when attacking the boss. You can also implement a 'blockade' style of arena, that is, add some blocks over your head and/or on the sides to prevent the non-piercing attacks. You may add a bit of honey for extra regeneration, but the Moon Bite debuff nullifies regen, so I think is not worth it. If you want to beat it in a vanilla way, then a 60-80 tile platform with 4 campfires and 4 heart lanterns is enough. The layout may differ depending on how you plan to handle the Moon Lord.

ArenaĪs usual with Terraria bosses a small arena before the boss fight is almost necessary. So plan your strategy in accordance to that. Before reading this, take into consideration that beating a boss is supposed to be a challenge and to be fun. That said, the wiki guides may be a bit cumbersome to read, and sometimes a more condensed guide could be useful. I'm aware of the 'cheesing' tactics prior to 1.3.0.5 (using spikes to avoid damage), but those have been patched out of the game and are no longer viable.Īequitas's comment contains a link to the strategies page of the Terraria Gamepedia, here, this page contains most of what you would need in regards to tips and possible setups for the Moon Lord. What strategies exist to better even the odds? At the moment, it seems like the player is guaranteed to be at a major disadvantage, no matter how equipped they are. Adding to all of this the fact that you have to run the lunar events again (burning 15 to 20 minutes in the process), makes this a frustrating experience. I've tried using the Phantasm with Holy Arrows, and that did great to start, but I eventually run low on health and he one-shots me (which is frustrating). His health stats are so high that, even with terrific end-game weapons, it takes a long time to bring each piece of him down.His attacks are difficult to dodge, even with the Cosmic Car Key.

Even with a 45-second cooldown, there's not enough health-restored-per-second to deal with his damage. This results in the player relying solely on healing potions.

The Moon Bite debuff prevents all life-leech capability ( Vampire Knives, for example).That said, I simply don't see how defeating this boss is even remotely possible (even in vanilla, non-expert mode): Being the final boss of the game, I'm aware that the Moon Lord is considerably harder than all prior bosses.

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