Guide:Lepus strategies

Lepus is a -exclusive boss spawned by the Suspicious Looking Egg. This page contains strategies to defeat the boss.

Summoning
You must kill Corrupt Bunnies or Diseaster Bunnies during Easter, or disaster bunnies (not spawned by lepus) when they will drop Suspicious Looking Eggs, which you must hold in your hand and use to summon Lepus. Try summoning him near your base or anywhere there is a small house made of strong materials. If you leave the area, Lepus will despawn.

Terrain preparation

 * Starting the battle as soon as the sun sets (at 7:30 p.m.) will provide the maximum amount of time to defeat nocturnal bosses.
 * Prepare your Boss-fighting arena with adequate lighting, Campfires and Heart Lanterns for health regeneration, and Stars in Bottles for mana regeneration if you use magic.
 * Sunflowers provide the Happy! buff to players within a 50-tile radius, which grants a +10% movement speed bonus and 17% reduction in enemy spawn rate.
 * Always carry at least one stack of the highest-tier healing potion available (Lesser, Normal, Greater, or Super Healing Potions ). Relying only on natural Health Regeneration is not a good idea.
 * The same goes for Lesser, Normal, Greater, or Super Mana Potions  , if you use Magic.


 * It is suggested to build houses for the Dryad and the Nurse NPCs in your arena. The former casts the Dryad's Blessing  buff, which increases your defense and provides you with a thorns-like effect, while the latter can heal and remove debuffs instantly, at the cost of some coins.
 * Bosses are displayed on the Minimap: Follow the boss's icon to track it when you're struggling to find it. You can identify the boss icons by checking their respective wiki pages.
 * Once you have freed the Mechanic in the Dungeon, you can use Wire to enhance your arena with Traps and helpful Heart and Star Statues. The former help to damage the enemies, though be careful to set them up correctly in order not to hurt yourself during the battle. The latter will spawn heart and star pickups, respectively. Connect these devices to timers.
 * It may be useful to summon and kill the Eye of Cthulhu before summoning any harder boss in order to spawn an extra one-use pool of hearts.
 * Remember to use the Sharpening Station, Ammo Box   , Crystal Ball, and Bewitching Table  before you go to explore or battle Bosses / Invasions. These will give class-specific boosts that are useful to take. They respectively give Sharpened , Ammo Box   , Clairvoyance, and Bewitched .

Gearing up
Depending on where you're at in the game, many weapons can be used. Choose the ones available to you.

Armor

 * At the very least, you should have a full set of Silver armor.


 * Gold/Platinum armor is a strong choice.


 * If you've defeated the Brain of Cthulhu, Melee players can use Crimson armor. The same goes for the Eater of Worlds and Shadow armor.
 * Molten Armor's defense is high enough to reduce his damage to 1.
 * If you want to maximize all damage, you can use Pumpkin armor.
 * Meteor armor can be used by mages with the Space Gun.
 * Jungle armor can be used by mages for extra damage and mana.
 * if you have defeated Skeletron, the Necro armor can be used by ranged players.

Weapons

 * For Melee users:
 * The Starfury or the Enchanted Sword can deal damage at range. Use these to keep a good distance from Lepus.
 * If obtained, the Night's Edge can do massive damage to Lepus.
 * An Enchanted Boomerang or stronger can do good damage to Lepus.
 * A Flail such as the Ball O' Hurt or The Meatball can take out the Diseaster Bunnies and Lepus Eggs with ease.


 * For Ranged users:
 * a Gold/Platinum Bow or better will do great damage to Lepus. Jester's Arrows can pierce through Lepus and his minions, while Frostburn Arrows, can do good damage while inflicting the Frostburn debuff. Unholy Arrows are a cheaper alternative to Jester's arrows.
 * The Minishark will do phenomenal damage, while having great range.
 * The Snowball Cannon will do fair damage, while having cheap ammunition.


 * For Magic users:
 * A Gem staves deal decent damage, have low mana usage, and can pierce through some enemies.
 * The Roman candle is a good weapon, but has a heavy mana cost.
 * The Bee Gun's homing shots make it much easier to hit without having to aim.
 * The Aqua Scepter and Water Bolt are one of the best weapons available.


 * For Summoners:
 * The Imp Staff is the best weapon available.

Fighting
Once you have spawned Lepus, he will be far from the player's current position and once you encounter him he will use jumping attacks and continually leap over the player, like the King Slime. He will occasionally lay small eggs which spawn Diseaster Bunnies or larger ones which spawn weaker Lepuses. Remember to destroy them if you are not confident as they may spawn more weaker Lepuses and overpower you.
 * One strategy for beginning players who do not have access to lava is to use grenades, sold by the Demolitionist. First, make a platform above Lepus and wall him in. Then, throw the grenades down at him. This usually destroys his eggs when grenades are constantly thrown. Eventually, usually after 3 stacks of grenades, Lepus is defeated. To make sure that grenades are constantly thrown at Lepus, having another player pass you grenades as you throw them makes this strategy very easy.
 * Lepus is vulnerable to lava. Make a house with a layer of thin lava so the drops don't burn. Be sure to put the thin layer of lava on top of the house and near the sides. You may want lava protection to collect the drops. Because you can summon multiple Lepuses, this is a good way to make money. See Guide:Making Money
 * Build a wall out of any material and create an opening in it. After spawning the Lepus, attack it from the other side of the wall through the opening. Most weapons will do, such as swords, bows, and guns, but for his big hit box, it's easier to use a spear (early-game players may want to use the Trident for the best result.) If you want to weaken him first, use a thorn chakram in close range.
 * In multiplayer, one player can attack the Lepus through the opening while another player focuses on destroying Lepus Eggs as they can hatch into Diseaster Bunnies or even additional, weaker versions of the Lepus.
 * The Water Bolt is a good weapon of choice if you enclose Lepus In a small area and place a layer of platforms, just out of his reach. Since the Water Bolt’s attacks bounce off walls, you can place a thin layer of lava at the bottom and use water bolts to bounce of the walls of the enclosed area, and make Lepus unable to hatch eggs.

Lepus Eggs
Connect wires to Bunny Statues and Pressure Plates, and put a Dart Trap on one side facing towards the Pressure Plate. When a Blood Moon comes, and the pressure plates are triggered, it will spawn Corrupt Bunnies. These will be shot when walking on the pressure plates. This is also a decent tactic to farm the Bunny Hood.

Lepus
Trap Lepus inside a small enclosure like the one mentioned in above sections. Dig out some of the blocks, and replace them with Dart Traps, Super Dart Traps, Flame Traps, or Spear Traps. Hook them up to a 1-second timer, and it should kill Lepus easily. Turn off the traps to collect the egg, and summon another Lepus. Dig out one side of the enclosure, and lead Lepus inside. Close up the wall and turn on the timers. Keep repeating this to Farm him.

Rematches

 * The Egg Cannon that he drops and the Minishark both work well against him.
 * Any combination of Hardmode armor and weapons will help defeat Lepus extremely quickly.

Arena Strategy
1. Build a large block above you. Dig a massive pit so when the diseaster bunnies spawn they WILL get trapped in the hole. Summon Lepus. Put 1 block so he can't go forward because of the block above you. Make sure he's facing you. If he's not facing you he will run away (very rare chance) or duplicate himself. Shoot at him rapidly so you can get rid of the eggs as well.

2. Build a large box this time, and make it hollow. Put Lava at the bottom, along with pressure plates going all the way along, linked up to dart traps, which will rapid fire at the Lepus as the eggs get burnt. Be sure to wall out both sides so he can't jump out.

3. Dig a hole at least 5 across and 20 blocks down. Put traps at the bottom and a wall right in front of you. Lepus and the Diseaster Bunnies will try to jump over the hole, but they will hit the wall and fall down. This method does require some time, but you can wait for your spikes to kill Lepus. Sometimes, the smaller Diseaster Bunnies glitch into the wall, just use a weapon that can go through walls, such as the Vilethorn to easily dispose of them.