Reverend_Killjoy
Terrarian
Having trouble with the pig-faced menace? Well, here's your solution. This guide is for distribution wherever you please, just be sure to let me know and don't forget credit.
As you know, Fishron is a pretty challenging fight if you're not geared up properly. The first thing you want to do is get the proper gear. No doubt you've already beaten everything else, but Fishron is pretty tough. You'll need to create the beetle armor (shell type). This will give you a proper defense when facing him.
Next, be sure to purchase the mixing device from the steampunker in order to create asphalt blocks.
Have gel and stone blocks handy and create about 600 blocks.
Create some campfires and heart lanterns.
From the mechanic, grab about 1200+ wire, 40-50 player-activated pressure plates, a wrench (any color), and wire cutters.
Aquire at least 10 heart statues, (10 star statues as well if you're a magic user).
1. Begin on the very edge of the map, start over the ocean with a tiny "dock" platform for fishing.
2. Make sure you're able to jump/fly from your tiny dock to your Fishron arena, this is important... You don't want to get stuck by him and slaughtered.
Anyway, lay out all your asphalt blocks about 10 blocks above your tiny dock and a few blocks to the left or right of the dock, (away from the map's edge). Lay them out in a straight line with no gaps.
3. Make sure you have around 6-7 blocks left and create a "catch".
What is a catch? It's a set of blocks shaped like a blocky letter "C" or (backwards letter "C" if you're coming from the left side of the map like I did). What it does is catches you and keeps you from falling off your Fishron arena.
Anyway, from the line of asphalt blocks, make the catch 5 high, with one going back the way you came from, yeah, like a "C" attached to the end of your line.
4. All along this line, lay out heart statues (and star statues for magic users), campfires, and heart lanterns (hanging from the line).
5. Use the wrench to lay out a long line of wire, connect all the heart statues (star statues) together.
6. Lay down pressure plates between the statues, every few blocks so as to remain constant and make sure to wire them up to the statues.
7. Once that is done and you have a consistent arena, you're almost ready to take him on.
After setting up your arena, and after you have your beetle gear for defense, you'll need some appropriate weapons.
Now, it really doesn't matter if you're a melee, magic, ranged, or summon user, cause the beetle armor helps with damage control. We need to stay alive and whittle Fishron down to nothing.
The next step is getting a hard-hitting melee/magic/ranged weapon to deal some serious damage to Fishron.
Magic users, I can't stress this enough, DO NOT USE MAGNET SPHERE, IT'S TOO SLOW.
Find a spell that's quick and can hit him easily.
For ranged, find a gun that shoots fast, not accurate, deals high damage.
Summoners, well, you better stick with melee, magic, or ranged for this one. Fishron is faster than any other boss.
For melee users though, I have the perfect weapon. Create a crimson key, find the crimson chest in the dungeon and hope for some Vampire Knives. If not, create a new crimson key, (and possibly a new world if there are no more crimson chests), find a new chest. Anyway, Vampire Knives are found in crimson chests in the dungeon.
Get the Vampire Knives, have the goblin tinkerer reforge them to Godly status, then you're ready.
The fight
Begin by summoning Fishron with a truffle worm (found in underground mushroom biome, use hunter potion and battle potion to find them quicker).
Once you see the message saying he's been summoned, quickly get onto your asphalt arena and begin running to the end. As you run, be firing off your weapon directly behind you. Don't stop. You should grab hearts along the way and the campfires and heart lanterns are for added regeneration. Once you hit the "catch", immediately turn around and run back the way you came, firing in the opposite direction. Repeat this step a few times. Don't worry about jumping/flying to avoid him or his spells, trust me, you're going to get hit, you're going to take damage. Just keep running back and forth, firing at him as you go.
NOTE: DO BE CAREFUL NOT TO FALL OFF THE END NEXT TO THE DOCK, YOU KNOW, THE END WITHOUT A CATCH.
Do this and you should be able to defeat him in around 1 minute or so. You don't need Hermes, Frostspark, or Lightning boots for this...the asphalt blocks allow you to run ignorantly fast.
The Vampire Knives do help out a lot though, as they restore a little health with each hit.
If the above doesn't work for you, I suggest you get a set of Vampire Knives. I only say this because this is a general guide for all types of players, but it was created by a melee player.
Hope this guide helps you beat the ever-living out of Duke Fishron. Good luck!
As you know, Fishron is a pretty challenging fight if you're not geared up properly. The first thing you want to do is get the proper gear. No doubt you've already beaten everything else, but Fishron is pretty tough. You'll need to create the beetle armor (shell type). This will give you a proper defense when facing him.
Next, be sure to purchase the mixing device from the steampunker in order to create asphalt blocks.
Have gel and stone blocks handy and create about 600 blocks.
Create some campfires and heart lanterns.
From the mechanic, grab about 1200+ wire, 40-50 player-activated pressure plates, a wrench (any color), and wire cutters.
Aquire at least 10 heart statues, (10 star statues as well if you're a magic user).
1. Begin on the very edge of the map, start over the ocean with a tiny "dock" platform for fishing.
2. Make sure you're able to jump/fly from your tiny dock to your Fishron arena, this is important... You don't want to get stuck by him and slaughtered.
Anyway, lay out all your asphalt blocks about 10 blocks above your tiny dock and a few blocks to the left or right of the dock, (away from the map's edge). Lay them out in a straight line with no gaps.
3. Make sure you have around 6-7 blocks left and create a "catch".
What is a catch? It's a set of blocks shaped like a blocky letter "C" or (backwards letter "C" if you're coming from the left side of the map like I did). What it does is catches you and keeps you from falling off your Fishron arena.
Anyway, from the line of asphalt blocks, make the catch 5 high, with one going back the way you came from, yeah, like a "C" attached to the end of your line.
4. All along this line, lay out heart statues (and star statues for magic users), campfires, and heart lanterns (hanging from the line).
5. Use the wrench to lay out a long line of wire, connect all the heart statues (star statues) together.
6. Lay down pressure plates between the statues, every few blocks so as to remain constant and make sure to wire them up to the statues.
7. Once that is done and you have a consistent arena, you're almost ready to take him on.
After setting up your arena, and after you have your beetle gear for defense, you'll need some appropriate weapons.
Now, it really doesn't matter if you're a melee, magic, ranged, or summon user, cause the beetle armor helps with damage control. We need to stay alive and whittle Fishron down to nothing.
The next step is getting a hard-hitting melee/magic/ranged weapon to deal some serious damage to Fishron.
Magic users, I can't stress this enough, DO NOT USE MAGNET SPHERE, IT'S TOO SLOW.
Find a spell that's quick and can hit him easily.
For ranged, find a gun that shoots fast, not accurate, deals high damage.
Summoners, well, you better stick with melee, magic, or ranged for this one. Fishron is faster than any other boss.
For melee users though, I have the perfect weapon. Create a crimson key, find the crimson chest in the dungeon and hope for some Vampire Knives. If not, create a new crimson key, (and possibly a new world if there are no more crimson chests), find a new chest. Anyway, Vampire Knives are found in crimson chests in the dungeon.
Get the Vampire Knives, have the goblin tinkerer reforge them to Godly status, then you're ready.
The fight
Begin by summoning Fishron with a truffle worm (found in underground mushroom biome, use hunter potion and battle potion to find them quicker).
Once you see the message saying he's been summoned, quickly get onto your asphalt arena and begin running to the end. As you run, be firing off your weapon directly behind you. Don't stop. You should grab hearts along the way and the campfires and heart lanterns are for added regeneration. Once you hit the "catch", immediately turn around and run back the way you came, firing in the opposite direction. Repeat this step a few times. Don't worry about jumping/flying to avoid him or his spells, trust me, you're going to get hit, you're going to take damage. Just keep running back and forth, firing at him as you go.
NOTE: DO BE CAREFUL NOT TO FALL OFF THE END NEXT TO THE DOCK, YOU KNOW, THE END WITHOUT A CATCH.
Do this and you should be able to defeat him in around 1 minute or so. You don't need Hermes, Frostspark, or Lightning boots for this...the asphalt blocks allow you to run ignorantly fast.
The Vampire Knives do help out a lot though, as they restore a little health with each hit.
If the above doesn't work for you, I suggest you get a set of Vampire Knives. I only say this because this is a general guide for all types of players, but it was created by a melee player.
Hope this guide helps you beat the ever-living out of Duke Fishron. Good luck!
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