Bosses

Bosses are large enemies with much more health, has more complex AI and gives player a challenge. Defeating bosses always grants rewards that help progressing the game. Most bosses do not spawn naturally on their own, and thus require their respective boss summoning item to initiate the fight.

In Expert Mode, each boss has their own Treasure Bag which contains unique items only exclusive to Expert Mode and additional items. However, Expert Mode bosses have increased stats and sometimes have more difficult AI and can be challenging to players.

Hardmode Bosses

Tower Keeper

For strategies on defeating Tower Keeper, see Guide:Tower Keeper strategies. The Tower Keeper is a large humanoid with no lower body and is made out of rocks and geodes. It charges towards the player, shoots out Geode Spikes and summons a rotating ring of Protective Stones. It has 9000 health. (11000 in Expert Mode) It can be summoned by using a Pocket Cursed Mirror or by smashing a Broken Mirror at the top of The Cursed Tower using a Stone Hammer.

Boss Progression

Pre-Hardmode Icon Name King Slime Eye of Cthulhu Eater of Worlds or Brain of Cthulhu Queen Bee Antlion Queen Skeletron Wall of Flesh

Hardmode Icon Name Tower Keeper The Destroyer Skeletron Prime The Twins Plantera Golem Duke Fishron Lunatic Cultist Moon Lord

See Also

• Bosses on the vanilla Terraria wiki.