I Made the Most Insane Desert Boss in Terraria - Forgotten Evils

[@portalmech4770]

NOTICE: All gameplay footage shown in this video was done on Master mode.

[@p0tat0g0ddessYT]

Finally... thwomp in terraria... Jokes aside, this is insanely cool and I don't know how you came up with this and also implemented it so dang well.

[@Justice449]

This is by far the best desert boss I’ve seen, BUT I have one complaint I Feel Like Four statues might be better than just three Perhaps a “circle” statue that can spin and send the flames out randomly All these bosses are Great and I look forward to see what comes next

[@portalmech4770]

Not a bad idea, but the fight is pretty long already, so I'm afraid adding another statue might be overkill

[@Justice449]

@@portalmech4770makes sense. I personally dont like long boos fights either so I see your reasoning

[@portalmech4770]

@@Justice449 I actually don't have any problem with long boss fights as a concept, but since pre-hardmode Terraria bosses have set a precedent for being on the shorter side, it'd be better to save the longer bosses for post-Moon Lord

[@Vincredible]

Wait… Post-Moon Lord?!!??!?!!

[@portalmech4770]

@@Vincredible Surprised? Let's just say it's something that I'll work on after all the pre-Hardmode and Hardmode content is finished

[@muovd]

I really like the concept of this boss, but i feel like it would fit better in a temple- like structure where the masks have a set position on the background walls in the structure. It could also have a summoning altar where the phantom emerges when you take an orb from the altar. This orb could be an accessory that makes your weapons have homing, so you can use it to keep up with the speed of these bosses. The fighting area in the temple should be big enough to the point that you do not need to make your own arena by blowing up the temple.

[@portalmech4770]

I might do something like this very far ahead in development, but for now I don't have any experience or knowledge in changing world generation, so that concept will have to wait

[@aceofconquest5745]

You're very talented. I can see this mod becoming an instant classic! Also like that the spirit reflects projectiles :)

[@Channelisded]

Man you outdid yourself on this one If only you could get a composer to do the music for you

[@unlegendly4079]

Interesting...

[@daiyousei.1586]

I was expecting this to be mid but for once I was surprised to see a good desert boss! All it needs is a proper sprite and for the flames to have a different appearance per phase so they are distinguishable. Only complaint is that this is more of a hard mode boss with that moveset and arena requirement.

[@Thomas-uc4sg]

This is really neat, I have no doubt that what you've been working on is on track to be really good with further development and polish. Although some aspects of the boss fights you've made make me think they may be more annoying than anything else I might be wrong and if I'm not some small tweaks could make for some top tier boss fights.

[@t8ue]

This is sick dude, I always felt like the desert could've had something cooler, especially after they totally upgraded the underground but didn't add anything but a few enemies lol

[@XLIM23334]

Nice work, i cant wait for the finished product.

[@Vincredible]

My only gameplay gripe is that the Phantom’s version of the Sun Face attack should chase you for longer, other than that the gameplay is fine. As for the design, the stone faces are very bare bones and should be designed to look better. The phantom itself has a cool face but it should be more than just a sphere (or at least add more cool particle effects).

[@vpexmc]

I felt like the sun shaped statue could’ve ysed more of a “:(“ face rather than a “:o” face

[@Amia_the_Smol]

Honestly one of the cooler concepts for a desert boss.

[@neutralspecial1413]

Are all of your custom/new bosses going to have unique drops? Cause some new items and weapons woukd be awesome to see!

[@portalmech4770]

Yes

[@AlexPlaysStuff-games]

I got an idea for a sky boss. But it requires extending how far up the world goes for the biome of heaven we only got hell. The boss can be a angel and I don't mean the angels represented by us I mean the ones that are one eye as a bunch of wings circle them. Hp (3,250) Movement(Flight) Contact damage(28) Attacks Heavenly rain: A guaranteed hit. 18 base damage to make sure the player isn't all like no planning needed I got 200 hp. (Has a 33% chance of replacing other attacks) Teleport Dash: Teleports randomly around you and dashes at you. 33% chance of replacing attacks Angelic duplication: Summons 3-5 on expert angels that take no knockback and move towards you Hp(100) Contact damage(16) 33% chance to replace other attacks Phase 2 The eye moves faster and so does it's tiny angels. They do 4 more base contact damage and heavenly rain goes up by 2 Chances of attack attack are 25% with this new attack Blades: The angel dashes and summons 2 blades while they are there for there time of 15 seconds any other attack executed by this angel does 1.25* the damage.(30 second cool down 25% chance)

[@portalmech4770]

Good idea but I'm afraid I already have a plan for a sky boss that I have my heart set on. I may however experiment with making more super-natural-esq bosses in Hardmode or post-Moon-Lord

[@AlexPlaysStuff-games]

O_O INTERESTING! Also I never thought my idea would be seen out of the 100's here@@portalmech4770

[@portalmech4770]

My current life style allows me plenty of time to sift through the comments section

[@Reptile011]

I hear you planned to make a shimmer boss. If I were you, I think it would be a prehardmode boss and to summon it you will throw an unique item to the shimmer lake.

[@portalmech4770]

I'm actually planning to have it attack you the instant you enter the Shimmer biome

[@Spartan-A239]

What do you use to make your mod, do you use tmodloader? What do you use to make sprites? I've always wanted to make a terraria mod but I'm on an xbox so I've been considering getting terraria and tmodloader on my computer. I even already have a couple sprites on my computer for if I ever make my mod.

[@portalmech4770]

Basically I use Tmodloader and Visual Studio Community to program my mods, and I use a program called paint.net to make sprites. You can find out a fair amount by going on Tmodloader and selecting the "create mods" option, but it will take a lot of time and dedication to figure it out

[@awesomecat]

Very good boss fight, the Jackal Face reminds me of the desert pyramid boss from Super Mario 64.

[@LuWeegeee]

Will they come with new loot? Even if not this mod is gonna be the best one ever

[@portalmech4770]

Yeah, they will. I just haven't gotten around to making the loot yet

[@spaghettibete4286]

Thwompface… Looking forward to more bosses :)

[@white_tiger2669]

cool but i think you should keep in mind the kinds of arenas people will or won't build because nobody's going to make a giant arena in the underground desert for one boss also the description: uhhhhhhh it's sort of hard competing in the "best desert boss" space with bosses like scarabus (spirit) and grand thunderbird (thorium) that are extremely well designed

[@portalmech4770]

I've seen Scarabus and the Grand Thunderbird, and although they are well designed, in my humble opinion I say mine is better

[@white_tiger2669]

@@portalmech4770 disregarding visuals, i still think the two beat this boss out in one very important factor: consideration for the player both are fought on the surface, which is good for a desert boss because the underground is inconvenient to make an arena in prehardmode due to high spawn rates and dangerous enemies. grand thunderbird takes it a step farther, and literally does not require an arena at all if you know a few tricks scarabus does require an arena, but with it being aboveground and the fight not being designed to take up large swathes of space, players can get away with a smaller arena while having to make a large arena isn't always bad, i would recommend not doing anything in prehardmode due to the length it takes, especially compared to hard mode. plus, the underground desert isn't really suited for fights, due to having small spaces & lots of dead ends naturally. compare this to plantera, terraria's only underground boss (that isn't golem), who is in hard mode letting the player use the faster mining tools, as well as the jungle being more suited to a fight naturally (with dead ends being a lot farther from the entrance), which makes a 'meta arena' more optional i think the main problem with your boss design is that it doesn't take into consideration the factors surrounding the fight. like it was conceptualized in a big open space and then moved to a cramped area with no changes. i have a few other nitpicks, like mostly only using one projectile type for like, every attack, but they're not very critical

[@portalmech4770]

@@white_tiger2669 Seems like your priorities and mine are different... which is understandable. However my stance remains unchanged

[@portalmech4770]

@@white_tiger2669 Oh, and I should probably add that you are right, I haven't really considered how hard this boss would be on a normal play through without this massive arena I made using Tedit. I don't have enough data to say for sure if it's too hard or not, so I plan to just publish it as it is and act based on how well the player base can handle it in its current state

[@venomousslime6797]

Also, I'd mention the Curse of the Pharoah from Secrets of the Shadows. Not sure how good that boss is in your opinion, though.

[@maciejpatura]

Where it lies in progression?

[@portalmech4770]

Just after Eater of Worlds/Brain of Cthulhu

[@maciejpatura]

@@portalmech4770 Concept for Sky Boss Zephyr Master Placement: Between Skeleton and Wall of Flesh HP: 7600 Attacks: try to add some great wind themed attacks How to Summon: Large Arena in Between in Sky. Click on a Wind Click to Summon Him Drops Wind Yoyo: A Yoyo, that spawns Homing Tornadoes Tornado gun: turns bullets to piercing Tornadoes Tome of Wind: Summons Piercing Tornadoes Wind-Piercer: Summons Quick Tornadoes Zephyr Wings: Summons Tornadoes, that stay in place

[@maciejpatura]

@@portalmech4770 Desert Biome boss Idea Mega Scorpio Hp: 2600 Placement: Before Eye of Chtulu Attacks: You Choose Attacks Drops: Scorpion Whip: A New Whip, with Poison Debuff Scorpio Shrapnel: Kindla like Bee gun, but summons scorpions Scorpion Claws: A Short Sword with the Poison ability Expert mode accessory: Scorpion Charm Turns you into a scorpion. you can climb walls, use a claw, and a stinger

[@portalmech4770]

@@maciejpatura Good idea, but but seeing as I've already made a pre-Hardmode Desert boss, it's unlikely that I'll make another one

[@maciejpatura]

@@portalmech4770 fine, what about a Sky Boss?

[@Tritoletgo]

Hey this is cool it’s just I feel like the 2nd phase doesn’t fit the theme but it’s just me and I’m not a smart person so just ignore this. Other then that love the 1st and 3rd phase

[@tuverytary]

The melee class is reworked?

[@bozo69420-l]

thats interesting concept but i have one question is it optional to fight any of the pre hardmode bosses?

[@zecreator2058]

no they aren't i think, but it's way harder to kill wall of flesh without killing any pre hardmode boss, like eye of cthulu gives you the abillity to dash and gives you 30 of crismatine or demonite ore

[@portalmech4770]

Yeah, pretty much all of the bosses I'm adding are optional

[@portalmech4770]

@@zecreator2058 I think the question being asked was if my bosses were optional

[@zecreator2058]

@@portalmech4770 oh my bad, thank you for pointing out

[@muovd]

The phantom seems way too fast for a pre- hardmode boss. You cannot hit the phantom normally with anything besides guns right now. I would suggest slowing it down or adding a rest period of 3 seconds after he has dashed a couple of times.

[@portalmech4770]

I'll keep your advice under consideration, but I probably won't make any changes to the current boss fight until I've seen the general player base's reaction to it. If it turns out that a lot of players have trouble with it then I'll never it as necessary

[@AlexPlaysStuff-games]

Also making other gems useful other than ruby(GENIUS)

[@anonymousanonymous4574]

I feel like an ether boss could be cool but maybe not for pre-hardmode maybe like pre to post-mech

[@timeblade]

Agreed. seems a bit much for a pre-hm boss.

[@macialdo100]

That's so cool!

[@Lime_259]

Epic!!!

[@mikrojunior3330]

Bro sounds like vader

[@aperson2543]

For the algorithm!

[@Matikz007]

tbh this isn't as insane as I thought it would be compared to some of your other works.

[@portalmech4770]

Well, it's easier with my vanilla boss reworks because they're expected to be stupidly hard. With unique bosses I have to actually make it beatable for the average player