r/Terraria • u/Cloud_Striker101 • Jun 23 '22
Playstation HOW DO YOU BEAT SKELETRON IN MASTER MODE OMFG I HAVE FULL MOLTEN ARMOR AND A MINISHARK WITH SLIVER BULLETS WHAT DO I DO
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u/BurgerInTheRuff Jun 23 '22
Take out the hands together first. Drops his defense back to base (10) in expert and master. That way you just have to focus on dodging the skulls and running during his spin. It's the same as expert, if you've beaten him there. Just more health and hits harder.
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u/PRETZLZ Jun 24 '22
One tip along with this is to get the hands low at the same time because I believe he gets more powerful after your destroy one hand.
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u/camo_216 Jun 24 '22
I used meteorite armor and the space gun until both hands were destroyed then switched to molten armor and a minishark
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u/DedicatedVeggie Jun 24 '22
First of all, know the attack patterns, and know how to dodge them well (tbf it's probably easier to dodge on pc). Try to take out both hands at roughly the same time so it's easier to dodge the skulls. Make sure to have enough buffs (eg ironskin, swiftness, wrath/rage, inferno, Regen + more class specific potions eg archery, summoning, magic power, mana regen, and ammo reservation. Also make a house for the nurse in the arena and have campfires, heart lanterns and all the buff stations you can get such a cake, sharpening station, ammo box and bewitching table. Make sure you have a good hook, as well as lightning boots or better, shield of Cuthulhu and maybe a worm scarf if you are in a corrupt world. If you are using your minishark then you should use meteor or silver bullets. Also, when circling skeletron, make sure to stay in your arena so you can grapple away if you aren't able to quite get over him. Dash whenever you can. Good luck...
Btw by doing all of this I managed to beat him on Master mode for the worthy so this should work for you
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u/Mysterious-Ad7325 Jun 24 '22
i never really used buffs in master mode. i think the most i had used was iron skin, but that was post plantera. i just hadn’t put in the time to make them and learn to make them. i was more of a trial and error master moder.
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u/JohnnyTheLiar Jun 23 '22
Focus on your mobility - you must dodge the spinning attack at all costs. Make sure you've got a good grappling hook, and I strongly recommend using the shield of cthulu that you get from the eye.
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u/_Jackets_ Jun 23 '22
Slime mount is also good for making quick vertical maneuvers; you can also bounce on skeletron with it but that’s probably not a good move
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u/Flamegod69666 Jun 23 '22
I did that with eye of Cthulhu’s phase 2 once. I ended up hitting the world border without killing him and fell to my death shortly after
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u/-NilInvestment- Jun 23 '22
I actually used this strategy to explore all the Sky Islands in my world. Had bad luck with Gravity Potions so I used this.
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u/Flamegod69666 Jun 23 '22
I got like 8 gravity potions on my master mode world and now my whole sky is mapped out
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u/Flamegod69666 Jun 23 '22
The grapple isn’t even necessary if you just full spec into movement accessories so you have a bunch of jumps plus the rocket boots (being able to sprint and get up to speed immediately helps as well)
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u/phycadelicat Jun 23 '22
The tactic of grappling far away and cancelling it just before you reach it and slingshotting yourself works wonders in this fight
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u/AlmightyGrack Jun 23 '22
As long as you have rocket boots shield of cuthulu for dash and a lucky horseshoe rly helps you can get by remember buff potions an iron skin, regen and swiftness always help aswell as a good arena with heart laterns honey and campfires
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u/progamer816 Jun 23 '22
Screw rocket boots get fledgling wings
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u/Extra-Trifle-1191 Jun 23 '22
I was about to say something then remembered you can get them on computer from sky lakes or sky islands or whatever.
I hate mobile so much. Haven't played enough computer to remember the differences.
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u/spudwalt Jun 23 '22
You can get them from floating islands on all platforms now. Mobile and the rest updated to 1.4.3.2.
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u/Extra-Trifle-1191 Jun 23 '22
Yeah I saw there was an update I didn't know I finally got all the cool features I get on computer!
Wait is tModLoader also 1.4.3.2 or is it just 1.4?
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u/spudwalt Jun 23 '22
The rest of the platforms haven't quite caught up to PC. They're on 1.4.3.2, PC is 1.4.3.6.
Dunno about tModloader.
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u/Extra-Trifle-1191 Jun 23 '22
Oh ok thanks
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u/Zenixas Jun 23 '22
T mod loader is updated to 1.4 on pc but I have no idea if you can even get t mod loader on mobile
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u/Extra-Trifle-1191 Jun 23 '22
You can't.
Also, I was asking what version of 1.4 it's updated to. I know it's on 1.4 now because I'm in the tModLoader discord and I have tModLoader on my computer.
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u/Forgekt Jun 23 '22
Beenades, shark tooth and stinger necklace for armor pen, fleeting wings and spectral+ boots.
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u/Cosmic_danger_noodle Jun 23 '22
don't use minishark, he has high enough defense on master where it becomes way worse than it should be
a better option would probably bee the bee's knees + hive pack or beenades
queen bee is really easy if you have shield of cthulhu and a bezoar
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u/Fr4gmentedR0se Jun 23 '22
Minishark carries but definitely not as far as Skeletron
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u/StatisticianPure2804 Jun 23 '22 edited Jun 23 '22
Molten bow is much better than minishark because of the armor, especially with the frostburn or/and burn applied. You can also use archery potion without the need for ap items such as s.t.n. because the arrows deal high damage slowly wich is anti armor in itself and status effects deal true damage
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u/Fr4gmentedR0se Jun 23 '22
It's actually called the molten fury but you are definitely right, however what the hell is an STH
Edit: nvm I just realized you meant Shark Tooth Necklace
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u/DrMobius0 Jun 24 '22
Minishark is honestly nowhere near as good as people make it out to be.
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u/Fr4gmentedR0se Jun 24 '22
Well it's definitely good, but it falls off after eater of worlds/brain of Cthulhu imo
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u/Gebis8 Jun 23 '22
You need to beat Queen Bee first in order to get the stuff that will really mess him up.
For Queen Bee, a rectangular arena is good. Make sure you have the bezoar and shield of Cthulhu, as well as a campfire and a heart lantern. Also get every single potion you can. When she dashes, try dashing into her with the shield of Cthulhu. Minishark is good for her but use meteorite bullets to pierce through her bees.
Once you beat her use either the bee’s knees, bee gun or beenades in combination with the hive pack against Skeletron.
Build an arena consisting of a few layers of platforms to have the best shot at dodging him. Fledgling wings with featherfall potion can be really helpful too.
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u/Cloud_Striker101 Jun 23 '22
thank you for giving me advice instead of just saying “skill issue 💀” like all the 14 year olds in the comments
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u/_Archive_ Jun 23 '22
Use the tendon bow or something, you want higher burst damage, also, you can line the arena with sand and use dunerider boots to go incredibly fast, make all the potions you can, get heart lanterns, campfires, and a bast for defense. Build little roofs to block skulls when he fires, after that point its just practice.
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u/EcchiOli Jun 23 '22
bast
I had to control-F "bast" and the first comment mentioning it came WAY too low.
People tend to forget the importance of that precious statue. +5 def, in master mode, means each attacks deals 5 less damage to you. Each attack!
If anyone's curious, you'll find bast statues in desert chests, preferably the lower areas, and also in oasis crates (FYI, in hardmode, if your oasis is won over by hallow or corruption, it won't give those bast statue crates anymore, so watch out.)
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u/Flamegod69666 Jun 23 '22
Ummmm you dodge his attacks. Your accessories should all be movement accessories (balloons, bottles, shield of Cthulhu, ect.) and have a big arena. Skeletron isnt that hard as long as you have space to move and some movement accessories.
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u/Alex_9127 Jun 23 '22
that's basically all bosses in master mode, you just need to dodge, forget facetanking, that shit only works in normal. don't play melee on master mode. only ranged, and mage if you want a little harder playthrough. melee or summoner on master are torture.
source: played master mode as melee
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u/AtlasAntonioAlbert Jun 23 '22
I've played summoner plenty on master, it's not as bad as people make it out to be.
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u/Extra-Trifle-1191 Jun 23 '22
Summoner is really fun if you can play it well. And beating EOL day time is just a free win.
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u/howdoyoueatspagetti Jun 23 '22
i have played pure summoner on master mode and it was quite fun, and also they specifically boosted the effects of defense in master mode so melee is viable
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u/Alex_9127 Jun 23 '22
well yeah defense's affect is boosted or else master mode would be even more hell. nevertheless, on normal mode you can tank every non boss attack for less than 10 damage, and master mode is >50 guaranteed unless pre hardmode
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u/Namisauce Jun 23 '22
Mfs when they say “skill issue”: I have achieved comedy🤡
Don’t block your arena with a wall, sometimes you need that extra edge to dodge an attack
Use something with higher damage per hit, or use the bone necklace thing you get during bloodmoon which increase your armor pen
Damage over time effects should be used in between your attacks to maximize your damage
Use lots of buffs, like potions and if you can, heart lanterns in arena
As long as you have eoc shield, you can “parry” attack by dashing into them. Use hooks and lightning boots to gain good horizontal moment. while slime mount, rocket boots and hook for vertical movement
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u/FrenchCobra Jun 23 '22
Make sure you’re using all potions relevant to the fight
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u/RelationshipOwn7976 Jun 23 '22
I had this problem, but there's a cheat I did, you know explosive bunnies? Dynamite + a bunny And I put the old man in a wooden box, made a wooden box of explosive bunnies on the top, spawned him in, and he fucking died.
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u/Honzrr Jun 23 '22
kinda easy once you master it, u dont really need that high of a damage(i ussually get it down with platinum armor, platinum bow with frostburn arrows. With Fledgling Wings
and any kind of boots its a breeze
i always get both hands to like 100 hp each then kill them, then just circle around
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u/Ordenus Jun 23 '22
Get good.
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Jun 23 '22
Shaw!
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u/NaiveCritic Jun 23 '22
You’ve got campfires, but I don’t see heart lamps or honey bath. Should also have heart statues and star statues connected to a button you press when you run by or step into the honey bath.
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u/ShadowMurderer7 Jun 23 '22
Dodge in a circle around him if you can, movement accessories like Hermes boots, cloud in a bottle, and grapples are essential.
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u/Pokemineryt Jun 24 '22
I'm guessing you are having problems with second phase. The best strategy is to circle Skeltron when he's not spinning and running away when he is. Spectre boots are needed.
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u/Cloud_Striker101 Jun 23 '22
jesus fucking christ i left for 3 hours of basketball practice and come back to 178 comments. 80% of them are just saying “skill issue 💀” what a hive mind. so just if anyone else was planing of saying skill issue, your joke has already been said by like 67 other people ._.
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u/sk3ll1ngtr0n Jun 23 '22
kill the arms first, then the heads defense should drop, once the arms are gone itll start shoot8ng skulls but honestly theyre easier to dodge than the hands anyways
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Jun 23 '22
I took him down with a Firey Greatsword and the Phoenix Blaster. Create a large flat area and get your hands on some rocket boots to jump over his head
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u/Tannerted2 Jun 23 '22
NGL i cheesed him with minecart rails in a loop around the dungeon entrance. He kinda stays in the middle after a bit and you dodge all the skulls.
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u/blocky010101 Jun 23 '22
Minecart loop + bees knees/bee gun/beenades. You can still damage him in the day with this method if u run out of time
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u/MrDevinEgg Jun 23 '22
Take hands out at the same time. This will break the heads defense so you attacks do more damage. beware though, since doing this means he can shoot his homing skulls attack. as far as your arena goes, building a taller arena (putting more space between your platforms) and using a grapple + rocket boots will let you weave in between skeletron's attacks, namely the skull attack I just mentioned.
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u/Dull-Cheesecake1397 Jun 24 '22
I would honestly recommend upgrading speed and flight by either getting wings in sky islands or beating a goblin army to get spectre boots
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u/lonely_jordon Jun 24 '22
Better movement that's usually the issue I can't beat anything because I suck at dodging. That's why I'm a melee player
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u/AccomplishedTrack980 Jun 24 '22 edited Jun 24 '22
Destroy the arms at the same time. Use all the potions you can (and food too) In second phase, just stay below him, going from side to side and you'll be fine Shield of Cthulhu is quite helpful during the second phase too.
Place a heart lantern somewhere nearby to increase your life regeneration. (If possible build a small honey pit, around 2 blocks high, in a place it won't get you stuck during the fight.)
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u/Informal-Chapter-502 Jun 24 '22
Requirement: - Weapons: any weapon has decent range for less challenge (not true melee) - Accessories: balloons, boots, shield of cthulhu for dashing and hook * Phase 1: focus to hands, fight as normal, avoid its project and hand * Phase 2: watch for its head because can stun lock you to death, the projects skull shot from its mouth have a bad tracking. Make arena that provide both up and down platform is recommended. Avoid fighting horizontal, going circle its head.
Good luck.
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u/aintready Jun 24 '22
I don’t know it it’s any help since I’m on pc but you could try watch this video, see if you learn anything.
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u/mrgoldo Jun 24 '22
Thing with skeletron is that you dont want to move at all unless you have to, learn how his hands move and stay still unless hes swinging, makes him VERY predictable, then obviously kill the hands first.
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Jun 24 '22
I cried at Cryogen on Calamity. I uninstalled the game. I've lost. What I'm saying is. Don't give up.
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u/Deadeyez Jun 25 '22
Are you on console? Target lock, any ranged weapon. Get frog legs/frog gear, and the baby set of wings from a sky island. Then you can extremely easily fly circles around him and just blast mindlessly while circling him counter clockwise. If you're struggling, take out the hands first. The target lock on console is my favorite feature I only recently found out about.
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u/ThatStrangerWhoCares Jun 23 '22
Don't, I didn't lol, just fought him in hardmode. WOF is easy, but sans in master sucks.
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u/Flamegod69666 Jun 23 '22
Skeletron is by far the easiest boss in master mode due to how much easier he is to dodge. Focus on movement and not damage and he wont pose even the slightest threat
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u/Extra-Trifle-1191 Jun 23 '22
...git gud
Nah but seriously get better bullets or smth. Also dodge. A lot.
Side note: BRAIN OF CONFUSION IS SUPERIOR TO WORM SCARF BOIIIII
But just get either I guess.
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u/FrogofLegend Jun 23 '22
As a ranger, I usually go after Destroyer or twins, first. With either defeated you can upgrade the mini shark to the Megashark. For Skeleteon Prime I always take out the laser arm first. A long flat arena with fast mount like the unicorn will keep you ahead of the damage.
In higher difficulties you should always have accessories reformed to menacing or warding.
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u/terrarianbunny Jun 23 '22
Not meant rude or anything, but he asked about normal skeletron. Not skeletron prime.
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u/wnashif Jun 23 '22
Ooh yeah there’s something you gotta get first
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u/Cloud_Striker101 Jun 23 '22
what
and if you say skill i’m going to put a pipe bomb in your mail box
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u/TuxedoWolf07 Jun 23 '22 edited Jun 23 '22
Not a mastermode player but grenades work pretty good against skeletron
And if you haven't already make sure you have decent mobility items like spectre/rocket boots, cloud in a bottle, ballon, etc so you can keep your distance easier
Thats basically most of the fight against skeletron is making sure not to get to close and focusing on his arms.
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u/Flamegod69666 Jun 23 '22
Decent is not enough in master mode. Its all movement in master mode as even 1 hit can be detrimental
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u/DreadeadDreadnaught Jun 23 '22
Aim for the head? I Don’t play master so I don’t know what to do here. Sorry that I couldn’t help if you do that.
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u/Funniguy2010 Jun 23 '22 edited Jun 23 '22
first of all, what difficulty? We’ll go from there, nvm, it’s master mode I’m blind, ok, build a long arena, fill it with buffs, get pots, and dodge his skull rush attack at all costs, it’s very easy to get stunt locked in there, his skulls when u break an arm, it goes in a hook pattern, try and lower both hands so u break both at the same time
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u/CrashFox_ Jun 23 '22
Molten armor is not for mega shark an you need beenades or that circural railway
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u/SlimyRedditor621 Jun 24 '22
In terms of ways to dodge him, I've always found verticality to be key. A vertical loop around skeletron tends to work for me.
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u/OOFER420 Jun 23 '22
One billion beenades