Talk:Lunatic Cultist

Reference to Zelda
Does anybody else think this boss references Agahnim, or however you spell his name, from The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past? Like Agahnim, he uses clones, has a lightning attack, an ice attack that shoots in six directions, and has some kind of glow projectile. It could be a coincidence, but I find it interesting that his attacks are very similar.

That is possible, and yes you spelled it correctly.

Possible bug with Treasure Bags
I've defeated two Lunatic Cultists on Expert Mode and didn't receive even one Treasure Bag, so there might either be a bug with them being dropped or their chance might not be exactly 100%. Did anyone else encounter a similar behaviour?--DoubleFloat (talk) 08:00, 12 July 2015


 * His treasure bag is unobtainable. The developers didn't include it.

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suggested merge for lunatic cultist and ancient light
the ancient light is a projectile-type enemy exclusive to the lunatic, so why keep it seperate when the page has only one sentence [which is redundent to this page, i might add]? FinaLemon 21:06, 29 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I agree, projectiles don't really need their own pages. One day when I have more time I'll go through and remove them. Gearzein (talk) 04:59, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

New tactic for battle! Piranha gun!
if you didn't already know, the Piranha gun is the ideal weapon for telling which is the real one when he uses duplicates. It follows the real one, reveals where it will apear and returns! not great at dealing damage but it will help the battle!

Gestures?
I have noticed that it is possible to tell if the cultist is going to do certain attacks:


 * Fireball/Ice ball/Ancient Light: It stays in place and raises it's arms until it is pointing forward and attacks
 * Force Lightning: It teleports right above the player and raises it's arms up and spawns the orb.
 * Clone: It phases the same way that Duke Fishron would when it is spawning sharknados and dissapears. It then attempts to make two extra clones each time and has an upper limit of seven clones.

222.65.121.89 09:50, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

So easy
Hard? I managed to defeat him on expert mode with all 5 clones(max) with the following gear: My trick is to dodge attacks while spamming attacks.(I suck at dodging) 180.172.51.2 03:03, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Weapon: Razorblade Typhoon
 * Mount: UFO
 * Potions: Super Healing Potion(around 4), Super Mana Potion(around 50)
 * Armour: Solar Flare
 * Equipment: Fire Gauntlet, Mana Flower, Celestial Shell, Ankh Shield, Yoaiz0r's Spell(not used).
 * Minions: Stardust Cell(1)


 * Did you managed to defeat him for the first time? Or did you managed to defeat him in post-Moon Lord/Endgame? I am asking you because Endgame players can pretty much defeat Lunatic Cultist. -- IosKent  ( Talk Page  -  Contribs ) 05:20, 20 August 2016 (UTC)--


 * im guessing he did it endgame telling from his armor and minion (ik im not in this arguement but just saying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )


 * Again, please make sure to sign your posts using four tildes instead of the unsigned or unsigned/doc templates. Something also to note is that this discussion is almost 5 years old - it's very unlikely that IosKent will see your reply. --Eraloiz (talk) 20:37, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

oh ok :\

Sound of Lunatic Cultist
So, just a quick question. Does Lunatic Cultist have the death sound of a train? I have not beaten the game yet, so I do not know if this is false. Can someone check? It is on this wiki for death sound. - Your boy, Dez


 * The sound listed under "Killed" in his infobox is his death sound. It is taken directly from Terraria's source code. Note that it is only the base sound – the game might play a version that is altered regarding pitch, volume, and/or duration. Unfortunately, we barely have the possibility to accurately represent these minor modifications on the wiki, since every single one would require a separate sound file. --Rye Greenwood (talk) 21:01, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

There's something that I find interesting
I added this to the page one time, but I guess it's not important enough to be on it, but when you kill him with the 'blood and gore' setting enabled, his head has the circular eyes of the clones. I feel like this could mean he teleported away and left a clone to die in his place. Just something that I thought was interesting. 172.249.169.192 02:11, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

new trick
use the pirana gun and the UFO mount,and dont forget to make a house for the nurse!(hold down the ATK button on the UFO and when you're at low health,go to the nurse,then go back to fighting)(oh!and do it 2 player)73.180.30.93 05:27, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Human
Trivia says "It is the smallest boss, the only human one, and the only one without an awakening message." Is he confirmed to be a human?

Human size, human language and human voice (sort of) say yes 18:10, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I am trying to beat the lunatic cultist.(I have beaten him twice,once I a large world,and once on a medium world,with 2 different characters) (oh!and the cultists only spawn if no events are active)any help?

never mind,I managed to blst him with my laser machine gun

I was playing multiplayer with some friends and someone angered the cultists; I remembered that the wiki said that lunatic despawns if even one player recalls so I finished off the normal cultists to reset them. To my dismay, the lunatic kept fighting the others after I recalled home. 172.58.204.23 16:48, 25 June 2020 (UTC) Topeka

Ancient cultist?
All official sources except for the enemy name in-game refer to it as “ancient cultist”. 1 source says lunatic cultist, all others say ancient cultist. Perhaps we should move it? 174.66.206.140 00:36, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

A thing with spectre armour
The projectiles created by the spectre armour with the mask will actually target the correct cultist during the clone summoning, even before it becomes visible. If anyone's having trouble with that attack, you can just use spectre armour.

help
Me and my friend are stuck on the lunatic cultist (We play on xbox btw) does anyone have any suggestions for a arena or potions to use

If you already made an arena for skeletron, I recommend using that.73.85.189.76

Homing changes in 1.4.3
This note was included in the 1.4.3 changelog:

"* Updated, added to, and pruned dozens of entries from an inaccurate and outdated list of homing projectiles that the Lunatic Cultist has damage resistance against."

Do we know what the new list is?