Martian Saucer

The Martian Saucer is a large flying Hardmode, post-Golem mini-boss that spawns during the Martian Madness event. 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.

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.

After the turrets and cannons are destroyed, the saucer stops and shakes for a moment as its core becomes exposed. The core may be damaged during and after the transformation. In this stage, the saucer will fire only its deathray, always moving towards the player. The deathray deals massive damage, even to those with very high-defense armor sets. It also fires yellow flames that linger on the ground for a while that deal damage if touched, like the Greek Fire projectiles from the Mourning Wood.

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.
 * If the "Wet" buff from Cute Fishron is activated, the player can fly slightly faster than the saucer.
 * The Piranha Gun is a fantastic weapon against the Martian Saucer. Once latched, the piranha will continually attack each part until the core is exposed. You will have to re-latch the piranha again, but then will kill the Martian Saucer in about 30 seconds.

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 the only mini-boss to drop recovery potions.
 * It is the only mini-boss or boss in the game that has a defeat message but not an "encounter" message (i.e. the message "" never appears).

History
Soucoupe martienne 火星飞碟