Martian Saucer

The Martian Saucer is a large flying Hardmode, post-Golem mini-boss that spawns during the Martian Madness event. It can only spawn if the Martian Madness event is 40% completed or higher. It can move through blocks. It has four turrets with independent health meters that must each be destroyed before damaging the saucer itself becomes possible. The turrets include two rocket launchers and two laser machine guns. In addition, the saucer itself fires a large beam ("deathray") which can only fire directly downward and which cannot be destroyed independently. The player can damage the core only if all four turrets have been destroyed.

After all four turrets have been destroyed, the boss shoots a deathray dealing the second highest damage in the game, only beaten by the Dungeon Guardian.

As of 1.4, the Martian Saucer no longer changes into its second form on difficulties below expert.

Behavior
The Martian Saucer has three attack phases it cycles through in order. It always moves a short distance between them.
 * 1) The saucer locks onto the player's current location and shoots a volley of lasers at that location. This attack does not follow the player if they move around.
 * 2) The saucer fires multiple small homing missiles from its cannons.
 * 3) The saucer positions itself above the player before unleashing its "deathray", traveling in the direction the player was in.

Tips



 * To dodge its first attack, hover above or below its lasers. To dodge its second attack, run away from the saucer as it shoots so that most of the missiles hit the ground in front of the player. To avoid its third attack, as well as its final enraged stage, simply stand under blocks. Weapons that attack through blocks, yoyos, or homing weapons like the Possessed Hatchet are useful during that phase.
 * As of 1.4, the deathray now passes through blocks. Hiding under structures no longer help.
 * If the "Wet" buff from Cute Fishron is activated, the player can fly slightly faster than the saucer.

Trivia

 * The Martian Saucer is a unique mini-boss in several ways:
 * It is the only mini-boss that has a status message appear in the chat when defeated. It is furthermore the only mini-boss in the game that has a defeat message but not an "encounter" message (i.e. the message "" never appears).
 * It is the only mini-boss to drop recovery potions.
 * It is the only mini-boss to have a health bar.

History
Soucoupe martienne 火星飞碟