

Use health potions as soon as you can benefit from the full amount of healing, not when you're about to die. It will try to ram you with its massive mandibles(?), so kite it around and avoid contact or else take big damage on contact. When Plantera enrages, it changes forms and reveals how truly nasty it is inside. It wants to make contact, so don't let it - kite a bit even if melee to avoid some damage. At around half health, the boss will enrage. Use your arena or the Jungle's existing tunnels to your benefit and fire/melee attack backward. It will begin to shoot faster as it takes more damage. The main attack (poison spit) coupled with the bouncing balls can be a challenge for squishy characters, but this boss can definitely be brought down melee if using the best gear available. You will want to kite it unless melee, and simply fire away at the main body mass. In phase one, Plantera is not very difficult.

Kiting Plantera in a large open area is the best route for ranged, whether caster or bow/gun.īreak a bulb and Plantera will arrive shortly. The boss will shoot and fire bouncy spores, neither of which are very harmful in good armor. Plantera starts with a ranged attack, all while approaching you. Add a life regeneration potion and other potions on top of this and you're almost overpowered so long as your defense is over 50-60. Spread them out so that no matter where you are in the arena, you're getting the extra regen. It's better to use them for this purpose than sell them, as you can harvest lanterns with a pickaxe. As always, I recommend the ever-useful Heart Lantern (heart crystal + 4 chains) be placed somewhere in order to stack with campfires and give you more life regeneration. This takes a good deal of wood, but that is a renewable resource and you can lure future Plantera fights to this area. Platforms built across and about one screen in size, maybe 1.5 screens width wise. Setting up a big open area in the middle of the Jungle seems odd, but it makes the Plantera fight trivial and you get some good gold and loot while you set it up, especially if you're wearing Chlorophyte gear which features a spirit that fires automatically!įor the first Plantera boss fight, I carve out a section of Jungle near a Plantera Bulb that will not affect too much. Don't worry, for these bulbs will respawn throughout the jungle and Plantera can be fought again by repeating the process. Once you've found one, you can break the bulb with a pickaxe to begin the fight. They can appear practically anywhere in the immense jungle, so it may take some exploration and time on your part. If you've already explored the Underground Jungle seeking some Chlorophyte ore, Plantera's bulbs will be visible on the minimap as small pink squares along cavern floors (you've got to zoom in to see them well). As in, slaughtering the boss as opposed to running for my life, screaming as a giant plant climbs the cavern walls seeking to eviscerate my poor character. Additionally, you will want at least a few buff potions - your choice, but I load up on them and partake heavily in herbology so that my experience is more laid back. This powerful set will help immensely as you battle the Jungle's many monsters, which can be quite deadly. At least get yourself some so that you can farm it (it grows in mud by converting blocks).

Farm the Mechanical Bosses - whichever you find easiest - by summoning them multiple times at night until you're able to craft a full set of Hallowed Armor, then move up to Chlorophyte by mining some in the Jungle with a Hallowed Pickaxe. Plantera allows you to progress, and is effectively a gear/skill check to make sure you're ready for the hardest parts of Terraria. You'll also find pink bulbs, which will be used to summon Plantera as many times as you'd like to fight it. The entrance will be at the surface, and deep below you'll find powerful chlorophyte ore to create new gear and life fruit that can extend your character's life by 5 each, from 400 to 500.

It is on the opposite side of the dungeon. This boss is found deep in the Underground Jungle, which is fairly easy to find so long as you've gone east or west in your world. Once you've defeated the three mechanical bosses and have seen the message, "The Jungle Grows Restless", you are able to battle Plantera. Terraria: Plantera Boss Strategies, Fight Tips, and Unlocks Plantera is a key boss in Terraria's Hardmode
