Guide:Hardcore master mode for the worthy

Hardcore x Master Mode x For the worthy is a hard yet fun challenge to attempt.

The Start
the player starts off with nothing but a Copper Shortsword, a copper axe, and a copper pickaxe. the main goal should be getting wood and making a house. If you see any slime including green slimes avoid them at all costs as they can kill you very fast. Once you have made a house upgrade your sword to a wooden sword as it is better then the copper shortsword you start with (just a warning do not throw the copper shortsword away, especially if you are in a tin world as the copper shortsword is needed for the zenith.) once it is nighttime do not go outside, to prevent the door being accidently opened put dirt or wood or stone in front of the door so nothing can get in, once it is day time branch your base out a bit and add more valid housing for more npcs, it does not need to be fancy it just needs to be a wooden box with a chair, work bench, torch, and door. afterwards work on making a hellevator but do not go down into cavern/underworld near levels as all enemies can kill the player in one hit. look for iron or lead as then you can make better armor, take all life crystals if found but only use one as using more can allow blood moons, eye of cthulhu, etc to spawn. once you have 120 health the nurse npc can spawn, as i have said before the house does not matter but put the nurse in the best biome, and near the best npcs so you do not have to use a lot of money the reason is because the player will be using the nurse a lot, and the player will not have that money to use for nurse.

exploration
the first thing you should be doing is going underground looking for cabins and the cabins can sometimes contain magic mirrors or hermes boots, the magic mirror will be definitely useful for getting out of situations. once you find a magic mirror then you should get out of the cave via magic mirror. once done with the caves for a little bit go out to explore your world, just whatever the player does do not go into crimson/corruption or jungle as those biomes will kill the player really fast. once you have scoped out your world a bit you should go mining some more, as you can find platinum or gold. you should mainly get gold or platinum using spelunker potions or spelunker glowsticks if you found the skeleton merchant only try to find gold or platinum for armor only. you should be focusing on the armor not the tools or weapons. you should worry about getting as much defense as possible.

King Slime
this one is gonna be very tough and very hard but worth the time because king slime is a lot bigger than normal it would be best to keep your distance but not a lot of distance because he will then teleport to you. the arena recommendation is three straight lines of platforms stretching 200-400 blocks wide. the weapon recommendation is to use platinum bow or gold bow with frostburn arrows for ranger, enchanted boomerang for melee or other ranged melee weapons that are not spears, gem staves if you are mage, and i have nothing for summoner because it is really hard to obtain a summon weapon this early in the game, armor recommendation is platinum or gold armor. accessory recommendations are hereme boots, anklet, and any damage boosting accessories that you can find. once you have gotten the weapons use the slime crown and start running, always have eye contact and use the weapon you are using just never stop running. once you have killed king slime make sure to get rid of the slimes and go pick up any drops it should have dropped the slimy saddle, a very useful mount obtainable early on. and will reward you with the royal gel, a very useful item for dealing with slimes.